Forest area in Djibouti
Djibouti: Forest area was 5,930 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Djibouti, 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 Djibouti is 5,930 hectares, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Djibouti peaked at 5,930 hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5,600 hectares, in 1990.
That places Djibouti 202nd out of 235 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,600 hectares | 5,600 hectares | 5,600 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,600 hectares | 5,600 hectares | 5,600 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,681 hectares | 5,600 hectares | 5,834 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,905 hectares | 5,880 hectares | 5,930 hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Djibouti
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 2.42 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.07 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.5227 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0524 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.1619 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.31 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0027 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5652 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Djibouti?
- Forest area in Djibouti was 5,930 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 Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 5,930 hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,600 hectares in 1990.
- How does Djibouti rank for forest area?
- Djibouti ranks 202nd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Djibouti 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.