Forest area in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Forest area was 1.21 million hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Afghanistan, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest area in Afghanistan is 1.21 million hectares, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Afghanistan peaked at 1.21 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.21 million hectares, in 1990.
Afghanistan ranks 123rd of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.21 million hectares | 1.21 million hectares | 1.21 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.21 million hectares | 1.21 million hectares | 1.21 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.21 million hectares | 1.21 million hectares | 1.21 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.21 million hectares | 1.21 million hectares | 1.21 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More environment data for Afghanistan
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 33.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.7746 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 12.48 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2033 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.5 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0094 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 16.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0035 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Afghanistan?
- Forest area in Afghanistan was 1.21 million hectares 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 forest area recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.21 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.21 million hectares in 1990.
- How does Afghanistan rank for forest area?
- Afghanistan ranks 123rd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.