Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palestine
Palestine: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was 0.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palestine, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Palestine recorded 0.0% for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palestine peaked at 1.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1991.
Palestine ranks 85th of 228 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0% | — |
| 1992 | 0.0% | — |
| 1993 | 0.0% | — |
| 1994 | 0.0% | — |
| 1995 | 0.0% | — |
| 1996 | 0.0% | — |
| 1997 | 0.0% | — |
| 1998 | 0.0% | — |
| 1999 | 0.0% | — |
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 1.0% | — |
| 2002 | 1.0% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +29.6% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | — |
| 2023 | 0.0% | — |
| 2024 | 0.0% | — |
| 2025 | 0.0% | — |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 0.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is -0.0%. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palestine changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -100.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| 2011 | +29.6% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
- 82 Morocco 0.0% compare
- 83 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% compare
- 84 Armenia 0.0% compare
- 85 Afghanistan 0.0%
- 85 Albania 0.0% compare
- 85 American Samoa 0.0% compare
- 85 Anguilla 0.0%
- 85 Aruba 0.0%
- 85 Bahamas 0.0%
- 85 Barbados 0.0%
- 85 Belgium 0.0% compare
- 85 Bermuda 0.0%
- 85 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0%
- 85 Botswana 0.0% compare
- 85 British Virgin Islands 0.0% compare
- 85 Brunei 0.0% compare
- 85 Burundi 0.0% compare
- 85 Cayman Islands 0.0% compare
- 85 Cook Islands 0.0% compare
- 85 Curacao 0.0%
- 85 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 85 Finland 0.0% compare
- 85 French Polynesia 0.0% compare
- 85 Georgia 0.0% compare
- 85 Greece 0.0% compare
- 85 Greenland 0.0%
- 85 Grenada 0.0%
- 85 Guam 0.0% compare
- 85 Guernsey 0.0% compare
- 85 Iran 0.0%
- 85 Isle of Man 0.0% compare
- 85 Jordan 0.0%
- 85 Kiribati 0.0%
- 85 Kuwait 0.0% compare
- 85 Lesotho 0.0%
- 85 Luxembourg 0.0% compare
- 85 Maldives 0.0%
- 85 Marshall Islands 0.0% compare
- 85 Mauritius 0.0% compare
- 85 Mongolia 0.0% compare
- 85 Montenegro 0.0% compare
- 85 Montserrat 0.0% compare
- 85 New Caledonia 0.0% compare
- 85 Niue 0.0% compare
- 85 Norfolk Island 0.0%
- 85 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0% compare
- 85 Oman 0.0%
- 85 Pitcairn 0.0%
- 85 Qatar 0.0%
- 85 Saint Barthelemy 0.0%
- 85 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 85 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0%
- 85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% compare
- 85 San Marino 0.0%
- 85 Singapore 0.0% compare
- 85 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0%
- 85 Sweden 0.0% compare
- 85 Tonga 0.0%
- 85 Turkmenistan 0.0%
- 85 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0%
- 85 Tuvalu 0.0%
- 85 Yemen 0.0%
More environment data for Palestine
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -15.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.477 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), annual growth rate -94.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per capita 0 metric tons per person (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), annual growth rate -92.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palestine?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Palestine was 0.0% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1991.
- How does Palestine rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Palestine ranks 85th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Palestine 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 change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.