Forest area in Tunisia
Tunisia: Forest area was 687,490 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Tunisia, 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 Tunisia stood at 687,490 hectares.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Tunisia peaked at 704,930 hectares in 2015 and was at its lowest, 643,980 hectares, in 1990.
Tunisia ranks 135th 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 | 654,717 hectares | 643,980 hectares | 665,454 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 683,856 hectares | 667,840 hectares | 699,871 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 703,294 hectares | 700,186 hectares | 704,930 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 693,245 hectares | 687,490 hectares | 699,000 hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 133 Montenegro 827,000 hectares compare
- 134 Iraq 692,550 hectares compare
- 136 El Salvador 684,840 hectares compare
- 137 Belgium 670,520 hectares compare
- 138 Denmark 642,560 hectares compare
More environment data for Tunisia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 44.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.63 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2784 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.16 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0039 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0172 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0491 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Tunisia?
- Forest area in Tunisia was 687,490 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 704,930 hectares in 2015.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 643,980 hectares in 1990.
- How does Tunisia rank for forest area?
- Tunisia ranks 135th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.