Forest area in Egypt
Egypt: Forest area was 4,110 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Egypt, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
In 2025, forest area in Egypt stood at 4,110 hectares. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Egypt peaked at 4,110 hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3,910 hectares, in 1990.
Egypt ranks 206th of 235 countries on this measure, 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 | 3,910 hectares | 3,910 hectares | 3,910 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,986 hectares | 3,910 hectares | 4,063 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,080 hectares | 4,080 hectares | 4,080 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,095 hectares | 4,080 hectares | 4,110 hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More environment data for Egypt
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 386.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.32 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 13.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4584 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 20.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0674 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 57.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1169 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.5385 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 22.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Egypt?
- Forest area in Egypt was 4,110 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 4,110 hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,910 hectares in 1990.
- How does Egypt rank for forest area?
- Egypt ranks 206th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.