Forest land — Share in Land area in Bahrain

Bahrain: Forest land — Share in Land area was 4.86 % in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
4.86 %
Change on year
up 14.1%
World rank
200th
of 231 countries
All-time high
4.86 %
in 2024
All-time low
1.76 %
in 2015
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Forest land — Share in Land area in Bahrain, 1990–2024

0123451990200720241990: 2 %1991: 2 %1992: 1.9 %1993: 1.9 %1994: 1.9 %1995: 1.9 %1996: 1.9 %1997: 1.9 %1998: 1.9 %1999: 1.9 %2000: 1.9 %2001: 1.9 %2002: 1.9 %2003: 1.9 %2004: 1.9 %2005: 1.9 %2006: 1.9 %2007: 1.8 %2008: 1.8 %2009: 1.8 %2010: 1.8 %2011: 1.8 %2012: 1.8 %2013: 1.8 %2014: 1.8 %2015: 1.8 %2016: 1.9 %2017: 2.1 %2018: 2.2 %2019: 2.4 %2020: 2.5 %2021: 3.1 %2022: 3.7 %2023: 4.3 %2024: 4.9 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

Bahrain recorded 4.86 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.1% on the previous year and up 173.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Bahrain peaked at 4.86 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.76 %, in 2015.

Bahrain ranks 200th of 231 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.94 % 1.93 % 1.99 % 10
2000s 1.87 % 1.8 % 1.93 % 10
2010s 1.93 % 1.76 % 2.37 % 10
2020s 3.69 % 2.51 % 4.86 % 5

Countries ranked near Bahrain

  1. 197 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 5.19 % compare
  2. 198 Turkmenistan 4.96 % compare
  3. 199 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4.88 % compare
  4. 201 United Arab Emirates 4.57 % compare
  5. 202 Tunisia 4.44 % compare
  6. 203 Pakistan 4.11 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is forest land — share in land area in Bahrain?
Forest land — share in land area in Bahrain was 4.86 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Bahrain?
The highest recorded value was 4.86 % in 2024.
What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Bahrain?
The lowest recorded value was 1.76 % in 2015.
How does Bahrain rank for forest land — share in land area?
Bahrain ranks 200th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Bahrain?
Over the last ten years it is up 173.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bahrain 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

Indicator
Forest land — Share in Land area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
267 places, 9,048 data points, 1990–2024
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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.