Share of forest area within protected areas in Eritrea
Eritrea: Share of forest area within protected areas was 5.5% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of forest area within protected areas in Eritrea, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of forest area within protected areas in Eritrea is 5.5%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of forest area within protected areas in Eritrea peaked at 5.5% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 1990.
That places Eritrea 160th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share of forest area within protected areas in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5.5% | — |
| 2000 | 5.5% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10.0% | +82.3% |
| 2017 | 10.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5.5% | -45.1% |
| 2025 | 5.5% | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 5.5% is below the median for low income countries, which is 15.9%, 34% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 5.5% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 19.7%, 28% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 8.5% | 5.5% | 10.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 2 |
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 share of forest area within protected areas in Eritrea?
- Share of forest area within protected areas in Eritrea was 5.5% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of forest area within protected areas recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 5.5% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of forest area within protected areas recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 1990.
- How does Eritrea rank for share of forest area within protected areas?
- Eritrea ranks 160th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of forest area within protected areas rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of forest area within protected areas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas (%).