Forest land — Share in Land area in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Forest land — Share in Land area was 3.93 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Share in Land area in Northern Africa, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — share in land area in Northern Africa is 3.93 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Northern Africa peaked at 5.26 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 3.93 %, in 2024.
Northern Africa ranks 30th of 31 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.16 % | 5.07 % | 5.26 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.95 % | 4.86 % | 5.05 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.27 % | 4.05 % | 4.84 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.98 % | 3.93 % | 4.02 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 432.96 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.41 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Northern Africa?
- Forest land — share in land area in Northern Africa was 3.93 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5.26 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.93 % in 2024.
- How does Northern Africa rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Northern Africa ranks 30th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.