Forest land — Share in Land area in Kuwait
Kuwait: Forest land — Share in Land area was 0.35 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Kuwait, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 0.35 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Kuwait peaked at 0.35 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.19 %, in 1990.
Kuwait ranks 223rd 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.232 % | 0.19 % | 0.27 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.29 % | 0.28 % | 0.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.332 % | 0.3 % | 0.35 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.35 % | 0.35 % | 0.35 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More environment data for Kuwait
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 100 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 18 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 7.63 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 90.67 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 136 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 4 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 6 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 5.33 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 8 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Kuwait?
- Forest land — share in land area in Kuwait was 0.35 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 0.35 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.19 % in 1990.
- How does Kuwait rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Kuwait ranks 223rd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.