Forest land — Share in Land area in Algeria
Algeria: Forest land — Share in Land area was 0.71 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Share in Land area in Algeria, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 0.71 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Algeria peaked at 0.72 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.71 %, in 2008.
Algeria ranks 221st of 231 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.72 % | 0.72 % | 0.72 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.718 % | 0.71 % | 0.72 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.71 % | 0.71 % | 0.71 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.71 % | 0.71 % | 0.71 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More environment data for Algeria
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 16.03 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1,365 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 13.77 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 79.4 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 32,807 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.38 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 982.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 18.23 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 7,531 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.18 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Algeria?
- Forest land — share in land area in Algeria was 0.71 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.72 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.71 % in 2008.
- How does Algeria rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Algeria ranks 221st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Share in 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.