Annual forest expansion in Egypt
Egypt: Annual forest expansion was 30 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2020)
30 hectares per year
World rank
70th
of 110 countries
All-time high
170 hectares per year
in 2000
All-time low
0 hectares per year
in 1990
Years of data
5
1990–2020
Annual forest expansion in Egypt, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
In 2020, annual forest expansion in Egypt stood at 30 hectares per year.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Egypt peaked at 170 hectares per year in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares per year, in 1990.
Egypt ranks 70th of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Annual forest expansion in Egypt, year by year
| Year | hectares per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0 hectares per year | — |
| 2000 | 170 hectares per year | — |
| 2010 | 0 hectares per year | -100.0% |
| 2015 | 0 hectares per year | — |
| 2020 | 30 hectares per year | — |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 30 hectares per year is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,790 hectares per year, 2% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 170 hectares per year | 170 hectares per year | 170 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 30 hectares per year | 30 hectares per year | 30 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 67 Comoros 100 hectares per year compare
- 68 Kyrgyzstan 60 hectares per year compare
- 69 Djibouti 50 hectares per year compare
- 71 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 10 hectares per year compare
- 71 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10 hectares per year compare
- 73 Bahrain 0 hectares per year
- 73 Bhutan 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Brazil 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Cayman Islands 0 hectares per year
- 73 Equatorial Guinea 0 hectares per year
- 73 Falkland Islands 0 hectares per year
- 73 Faroe Islands 0 hectares per year
- 73 Finland 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Gambia 0 hectares per year
- 73 Georgia 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Gibraltar 0 hectares per year
- 73 Greenland 0 hectares per year
- 73 Guyana 0 hectares per year
- 73 Iran 0 hectares per year
- 73 Iraq 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Isle of Man 0 hectares per year
- 73 Jersey 0 hectares per year
- 73 Jordan 0 hectares per year
- 73 Kuwait 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Lebanon 0 hectares per year
- 73 Libya 0 hectares per year
- 73 Malawi 0 hectares per year
- 73 Mauritius 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Monaco 0 hectares per year
- 73 Namibia 0 hectares per year
- 73 Nauru 0 hectares per year
- 73 Oman 0 hectares per year
- 73 Qatar 0 hectares per year
- 73 San Marino 0 hectares per year
- 73 Singapore 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Somalia 0 hectares per year
- 73 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 hectares per year
- 73 Sweden 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Tanzania 0 hectares per year
- 73 Tokelau 0 hectares per year
- 73 Vatican 0 hectares per year
- 73 Yemen 0 hectares per year
- 73 Zimbabwe 0 hectares per year
More environment data for Egypt
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.21 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -3.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Egypt?
- Annual forest expansion in Egypt was 30 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual forest expansion recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 170 hectares per year in 2000.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Egypt rank for annual forest expansion?
- Egypt ranks 70th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).