Forest land — Share in Land area in Palestine
Palestine: Forest land — Share in Land area was 1.84 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Palestine, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Palestine recorded 1.84 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Palestine peaked at 1.84 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.51 %, in 1990.
Palestine ranks 194th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Forest land — Share in Land area in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.51 % | — |
| 1991 | 1.51 % | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1.51 % | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1.51 % | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.51 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.51 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.51 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.51 % | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1.51 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.51 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1.51 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.52 % | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.54 % | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 1.55 % | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1.57 % | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 1.58 % | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1.6 % | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 1.61 % | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 1.63 % | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 1.64 % | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 1.66 % | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1.68 % | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.7 % | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 1.72 % | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.74 % | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 1.76 % | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.77 % | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1.79 % | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.81 % | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.83 % | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.84 % | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1.84 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.84 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.84 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.84 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.51 % | 1.51 % | 1.51 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.57 % | 1.51 % | 1.64 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.75 % | 1.66 % | 1.83 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.84 % | 1.84 % | 1.84 % | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -15.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.477 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0058 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -43.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0009 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Palestine?
- Forest land — share in land area in Palestine was 1.84 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 1.84 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.51 % in 1990.
- How does Palestine rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Palestine ranks 194th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine 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.