Share of global forest area in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Share of global forest area was 0.0% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of global forest area in Afghanistan, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 0.0% for share of global forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Afghanistan peaked at 0.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
Afghanistan ranks 123rd of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More environment data for Afghanistan
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 33.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.7746 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 12.48 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2033 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.5 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0094 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 16.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0035 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Afghanistan?
- Share of global forest area in Afghanistan was 0.0% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global forest area recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Afghanistan rank for share of global forest area?
- Afghanistan ranks 123rd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.