Forest land — Share in Land area in Western Asia
Western Asia: Forest land — Share in Land area was 6.84 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia is 6.84 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Western Asia peaked at 6.84 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.46 %, in 1990.
That places Western Asia 34th out of 36 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 6.06 % | 5.46 % | 6.24 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.35 % | 6.25 % | 6.46 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.59 % | 6.48 % | 6.71 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.78 % | 6.73 % | 6.84 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 31 Slovenia 61.76 % compare
- 32 Fiji 61.74 % compare
- 33 Democratic Republic of the Congo 61.52 % compare
- 34 Montenegro 61.49 % compare
- 35 Anguilla 60.67 % compare
- 36 Zambia 60.5 % compare
- 37 Costa Rica 59.06 % compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 45,596 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 484,480 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 479,195 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 274,698 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Western Asia?
- Forest land — share in land area in Western Asia was 6.84 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.84 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.46 % in 1990.
- How does Western Asia rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Western Asia ranks 34th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.