Forest area in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Forest area was 2.78 million hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Saudi Arabia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 2.78 million hectares for forest area in 2025. 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 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Saudi Arabia peaked at 2.78 million hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2.77 million hectares, in 1990.
Saudi Arabia ranks 96th of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.77 million hectares | 2.77 million hectares | 2.77 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.77 million hectares | 2.77 million hectares | 2.77 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.77 million hectares | 2.77 million hectares | 2.77 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.77 million hectares | 2.77 million hectares | 2.78 million hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 838.88 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 23.76 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 8.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0153 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 69.55 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0811 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 113.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.3635 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.3983 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 33.24 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Saudi Arabia?
- Forest area in Saudi Arabia was 2.78 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.78 million hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.77 million hectares in 1990.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for forest area?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 96th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.