Forest land — Share in Land area in Jordan
Jordan: Forest land — Share in Land area was 0.8 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Share in Land area in Jordan, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, forest land — share in land area in Jordan stood at 0.8 %. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Jordan peaked at 0.8 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.8 %, in 1990.
Jordan ranks 237th of 249 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Forest land — Share in Land area in Jordan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.8 % | — |
| 1991 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.8 % | +0.0% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 0.8 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 38.73 %, 2% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 0.8 % is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.55 %, 52% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8 % | 0.8 % | 0.8 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8 % | 0.8 % | 0.8 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8 % | 0.8 % | 0.8 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8 % | 0.8 % | 0.8 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
More environment data for Jordan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -40.96 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.19 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.533 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.64 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.0264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Jordan?
- Forest land — share in land area in Jordan was 0.8 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8 % in 1990.
- How does Jordan rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Jordan ranks 237th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Jordan 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.