Change forest area share total in Eritrea
Eritrea: Change forest area share total was -0.4147 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
-0.4147
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
193rd
of 228 countries
All-time high
-0.3635
in 1991
All-time low
-0.4147
in 2025
Years of data
35
1991–2025
Change forest area share total in Eritrea, 1991–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded -0.4147 for change forest area share total in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change forest area share total in Eritrea peaked at -0.3635 in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.4147, in 2025.
That places Eritrea 193rd out of 228 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Change forest area share total in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.3635 | — |
| 1992 | -0.3648 | +0.4% |
| 1993 | -0.3661 | +0.4% |
| 1994 | -0.3675 | +0.4% |
| 1995 | -0.3688 | +0.4% |
| 1996 | -0.3702 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | -0.3716 | +0.4% |
| 1998 | -0.3729 | +0.4% |
| 1999 | -0.3743 | +0.4% |
| 2000 | -0.3757 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | -0.3771 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | -0.3785 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | -0.38 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | -0.3814 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | -0.3829 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | -0.3843 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | -0.3858 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | -0.3873 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | -0.3888 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | -0.3903 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | -0.3919 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | -0.3935 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | -0.395 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | -0.3966 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | -0.3982 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | -0.3998 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | -0.4014 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | -0.403 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | -0.4046 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | -0.4063 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | -0.4079 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | -0.4096 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | -0.4113 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | -0.413 | +0.4% |
| 2025 | -0.4147 | +0.4% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's -0.4147 is above the median for low income countries, which is -0.4663, 89% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's -0.4147 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.3469, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.3688 | -0.3743 | -0.3635 | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.3822 | -0.3888 | -0.3757 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.3974 | -0.4046 | -0.3903 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.4105 | -0.4147 | -0.4063 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More environment data for Eritrea
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0033 hectares per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 1.91 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 57.12 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6471 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change forest area share total in Eritrea?
- Change forest area share total in Eritrea was -0.4147 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change forest area share total recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was -0.3635 in 1991.
- What is the lowest change forest area share total recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4147 in 2025.
- How does Eritrea rank for change forest area share total?
- Eritrea ranks 193rd out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change forest area share total rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Change forest area share total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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