Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Somalia
Somalia: Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas was 0.6% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Somalia, 1990–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Somalia stood at 0.6%. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Somalia peaked at 0.6% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1990.
Somalia ranks 158th of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.6% | — |
| 2000 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 2 |
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More environment data for Somalia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.49 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 17.7 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 30.15 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.07 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 43,000 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Somalia?
- Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas in Somalia was 0.6% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 1990.
- What is the lowest proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1990.
- How does Somalia rank for proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas?
- Somalia ranks 158th out of 168 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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