Forest land — Area in Kuwait
Kuwait: Forest land — Area was 6.3 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Area in Kuwait, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — area in Kuwait is 6.3 1000 ha, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Kuwait peaked at 6.3 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.45 1000 ha, in 1990.
Kuwait ranks 204th of 231 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 | 4.14 1000 ha | 3.45 1000 ha | 4.84 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.17 1000 ha | 4.99 1000 ha | 5.35 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.92 1000 ha | 5.39 1000 ha | 6.26 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.3 1000 ha | 6.3 1000 ha | 6.3 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More environment data for Kuwait
- Standard Deviation 0.516 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 170,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 170,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 2,275 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1,317 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 26,355 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 69,208 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 72,512 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 76,723 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Kuwait?
- Forest land — area in Kuwait was 6.3 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 6.3 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.45 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Kuwait rank for forest land — area?
- Kuwait ranks 204th out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.