Forest land — Share in Land area in Comoros
Comoros: Forest land — Share in Land area was 17.79 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Share in Land area in Comoros, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, forest land — share in land area in Comoros stood at 17.79 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Comoros peaked at 25.34 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 17.66 %, in 2020.
That places Comoros 152nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.28 % | 23.22 % | 25.34 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.66 % | 20.34 % | 22.99 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.83 % | 17.84 % | 20.04 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.75 % | 17.66 % | 17.82 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 149 Cyprus 18.6 % compare
- 150 Australia and New Zealand 18.08 % compare
- 151 Antigua and Barbuda 17.84 % compare
- 153 Australia 17.37 % compare
- 154 Ukraine 17.35 % compare
- 155 Madagascar 17.27 % compare
More environment data for Comoros
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.1 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.13 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 8.02 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 10.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 15 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 52.32 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 77.19 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 37.52 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 55.35 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.15 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Comoros?
- Forest land — share in land area in Comoros was 17.79 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 25.34 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.66 % in 2020.
- How does Comoros rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Comoros ranks 152nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Comoros 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.