Share of land covered by forest in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Share of land covered by forest was 1.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of land covered by forest in Palestine, State of, 1990–2025
Source: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (2013) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Palestine, State of recorded 1.8% for share of land covered by forest in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of land covered by forest in Palestine, State of peaked at 1.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 1990.
That places Palestine, State of 192nd out of 216 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Share of land covered by forest in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.5% | — |
| 1991 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.5% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 1.5% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 1.6% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.7% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 1.8% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.8% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1.8% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 6 |
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- 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)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate -73.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per capita 0.0039 m3 per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate -87.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of land covered by forest in Palestine, State of?
- Share of land covered by forest in Palestine, State of was 1.8% in 2025, according to Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (2013) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of land covered by forest recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of land covered by forest recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 1990.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for share of land covered by forest?
- Palestine, State of ranks 192nd out of 216 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of land covered by forest rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
- The figures come from Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (2013) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of land covered by forest. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of land area covered by forest, including both natural forests and forest plantations.