Forest area in Eritrea
Eritrea: Forest area was 1.44 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Eritrea, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 1.44 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Eritrea peaked at 1.65 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.44 million hectares, in 2025.
Eritrea ranks 116th of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.62 million hectares | 1.60 million hectares | 1.65 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.56 million hectares | 1.54 million hectares | 1.59 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.50 million hectares | 1.48 million hectares | 1.53 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.46 million hectares | 1.44 million hectares | 1.47 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 113 Slovakia 1.94 million hectares compare
- 114 Bangladesh 1.87 million hectares compare
- 115 Algeria 1.69 million hectares compare
- 117 Belize 1.32 million hectares compare
- 118 Switzerland 1.27 million hectares compare
- 119 Kyrgyzstan 1.26 million hectares compare
More environment data for Eritrea
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 6.58 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.86 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1944 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.4952 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.685 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Eritrea?
- Forest area in Eritrea was 1.44 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 1.65 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.44 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Eritrea rank for forest area?
- Eritrea ranks 116th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.