Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Egypt
Egypt: Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land was 17.03 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Egypt, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 17.03 % for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Egypt peaked at 17.16 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 13.55 %, in 1990.
That places Egypt 215th out of 222 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.55 % | 13.55 % | 13.55 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.2 % | 13.55 % | 16.81 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.16 % | 17.16 % | 17.16 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.09 % | 17.03 % | 17.16 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More environment data for Egypt
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 94.91 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 4,014 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 600 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 22.58 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 955 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 77.42 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 3,274 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.04 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 4.25 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Egypt?
- Naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Egypt was 17.03 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 17.16 % in 2010.
- What is the lowest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.55 % in 1990.
- How does Egypt rank for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land?
- Egypt ranks 215th out of 222 countries with data for 2025.
- Is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land. 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.