Forest area in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Forest area was 1.21 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Azerbaijan, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Azerbaijan recorded 1.21 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Azerbaijan peaked at 1.21 million hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 944,740 hectares, in 1990.
Azerbaijan ranks 122nd of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 963,856 hectares | 944,740 hectares | 982,972 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 million hectares | 987,220 hectares | 1.03 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.08 million hectares | 1.03 million hectares | 1.14 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.19 million hectares | 1.16 million hectares | 1.21 million hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Azerbaijan
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 58.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.71 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 7.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0301 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 5.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0019 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 14.95 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0164 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0428 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.71 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Azerbaijan?
- Forest area in Azerbaijan 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 Azerbaijan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.21 million hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The lowest recorded value was 944,740 hectares in 1990.
- How does Azerbaijan rank for forest area?
- Azerbaijan ranks 122nd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Azerbaijan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Azerbaijan 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.