Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Western Asia
Western Asia: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 6.24 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Western Asia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 6.24 % for planted forest — share in forest land in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Western Asia peaked at 6.26 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4.53 %, in 1990.
That places Western Asia 17th out of 35 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 | 5.52 % | 4.53 % | 5.8 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.88 % | 5.81 % | 5.94 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.15 % | 5.96 % | 6.26 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.19 % | 6.14 % | 6.24 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 45,596 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 484,480 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 479,195 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 274,698 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Western Asia?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Western Asia was 6.24 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.26 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.53 % in 1990.
- How does Western Asia rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Western Asia ranks 17th out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.