Annual forest expansion in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Annual forest expansion was 1,500 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia stood at 1,500 hectares per year. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1,500 hectares per year in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares per year, in 1990.
Saudi Arabia ranks 59th of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Annual forest expansion in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | hectares per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0 hectares per year | — |
| 2000 | 0 hectares per year | — |
| 2010 | 0 hectares per year | — |
| 2015 | 0 hectares per year | — |
| 2020 | 1,500 hectares per year | — |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 1,500 hectares per year is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,880 hectares per year, 52% of the median. (47 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 | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 1,500 hectares per year | 1,500 hectares per year | 1,500 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.53 % 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 9.62 % 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 Saudi Arabia?
- Annual forest expansion in Saudi Arabia was 1,500 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,500 hectares per year in 2020.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for annual forest expansion?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 59th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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).