Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Eritrea
Eritrea: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 0.69 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Eritrea, 1993–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for planted forest — share in forest land in Eritrea is 0.69 %, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Eritrea peaked at 0.69 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.61 %, in 1993.
Eritrea ranks 180th of 207 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.61 % | — |
| 1994 | 0.61 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.62 % | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.62 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.62 % | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.62 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.63 % | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.63 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.63 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.63 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.64 % | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.64 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.64 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.64 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.65 % | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.65 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.65 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.65 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.66 % | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.66 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.66 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.66 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.67 % | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.67 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.67 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.67 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.68 % | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.68 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.68 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.68 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.69 % | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 0.69 % | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.69 % | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 0.69 % is below the median for low income countries, which is 2.65 %, 26% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 0.69 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.91 %, 24% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6186 % | 0.61 % | 0.63 % | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.64 % | 0.63 % | 0.65 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.665 % | 0.65 % | 0.68 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.685 % | 0.68 % | 0.69 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More environment data for Eritrea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6471 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.3665 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Eritrea?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Eritrea was 0.69 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.69 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.61 % in 1993.
- How does Eritrea rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Eritrea ranks 180th out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.