Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Algeria
Algeria: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 16.12 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Algeria, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 16.12 % for planted forest — share in forest land in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Algeria peaked at 16.12 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 14.62 %, in 1990.
Algeria ranks 74th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.81 % | 14.62 % | 15 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.24 % | 15.04 % | 15.43 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.67 % | 15.47 % | 15.86 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.01 % | 15.9 % | 16.12 % | 6 |
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More environment data for Algeria
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 16.03 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1,365 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 13.77 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 79.4 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 32,807 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.38 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 982.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 18.23 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 7,531 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.18 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Algeria?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Algeria was 16.12 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 16.12 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.62 % in 1990.
- How does Algeria rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Algeria ranks 74th out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Planted 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.