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.
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
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- 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 compare
- 73 Bhutan 0 hectares per year compare
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- 73 Cayman Islands 0 hectares per year compare
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- 73 Falkland Islands 0 hectares per year compare
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- 73 Gibraltar 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Greenland 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Guyana 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Iran 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Iraq 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Isle of Man 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Jersey 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Jordan 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Kuwait 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Lebanon 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Libya 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Malawi 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Mauritius 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Monaco 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Namibia 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Nauru 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Oman 0 hectares per year compare
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- 73 San Marino 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Singapore 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Somalia 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Sweden 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Tanzania 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Tokelau 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Vatican 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Yemen 0 hectares per year compare
- 73 Zimbabwe 0 hectares per year compare
More environment data for Egypt
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 386.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.32 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 13.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4584 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 20.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0674 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 57.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1169 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.5385 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 22.26 Mt CO2e (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).