Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Somalia
Somalia: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 0.08 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Somalia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, planted forest — share in forest land in Somalia stood at 0.08 %. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Somalia peaked at 0.08 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.05 %, in 1990.
That places Somalia 187th out of 191 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 | 0.05 % | 0.05 % | 0.05 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.056 % | 0.05 % | 0.06 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.066 % | 0.06 % | 0.07 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.08 % | 0.08 % | 0.08 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 185 Angola 0.09 % compare
- 185 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.09 % compare
- 188 Mongolia 0.06 % compare
- 189 Niue 0.05 % compare
- 190 Guinea-Bissau 0.02 % compare
More environment data for Somalia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 17.7 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 200 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,032 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 68.54 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 97.44 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 43,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.07 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 30.15 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.49 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,100 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Somalia?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Somalia was 0.08 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.08 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.05 % in 1990.
- How does Somalia rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Somalia ranks 187th out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.