Land use hidden — Forest in Somalia
Somalia: Land use hidden — Forest was 57,498 Square kilometres in 2023. ▼ Falling
Land use hidden — Forest in Somalia, 1990–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 57,498 Square kilometres for land use hidden — forest in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — forest in Somalia peaked at 82,825 Square kilometres in 1990 and was at its lowest, 57,498 Square kilometres, in 2023.
Somalia ranks 67th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 79,371 Square kilometres | 75,918 Square kilometres | 82,825 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2000s | 71,696 Square kilometres | 68,242 Square kilometres | 75,150 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2010s | 64,021 Square kilometres | 60,568 Square kilometres | 67,475 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,649 Square kilometres | 57,498 Square kilometres | 59,800 Square kilometres | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More environment data for Somalia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.49 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 17.7 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 30.15 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.07 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 43,000 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use hidden — forest in Somalia?
- Land use hidden — forest in Somalia was 57,498 Square kilometres in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land use hidden — forest recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 82,825 Square kilometres in 1990.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — forest recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 57,498 Square kilometres in 2023.
- How does Somalia rank for land use hidden — forest?
- Somalia ranks 67th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — forest rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use hidden — Forest. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: June 3, 2024 Database documentation Countries metadata