Forest land — Area in Yemen
Yemen: Forest land — Area was 549 1000 ha in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Area in Yemen, 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 Yemen is 549 1000 ha, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Yemen peaked at 549 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 549 1000 ha, in 1990.
Yemen ranks 146th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 549 1000 ha | 549 1000 ha | 549 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 549 1000 ha | 549 1000 ha | 549 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 549 1000 ha | 549 1000 ha | 549 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 549 1000 ha | 549 1000 ha | 549 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More environment data for Yemen
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 46.86 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 680.44 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 41.67 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 93.81 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 22,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 1.33 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 311.21 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 4.86 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,141 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.04 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Yemen?
- Forest land — area in Yemen was 549 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 549 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 549 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Yemen rank for forest land — area?
- Yemen ranks 146th out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Yemen 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.