Share of global forest area in Eritrea
Eritrea: Share of global forest area was 0.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of global forest area in Eritrea, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global forest area in Eritrea is 0.0%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Eritrea peaked at 0.0% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2025.
That places Eritrea 116th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
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 Eritrea
- 113 Slovakia 0.0% compare
- 114 Bangladesh 0.0% compare
- 115 Algeria 0.0% compare
- 117 Belize 0.0% compare
- 118 Switzerland 0.0% compare
- 119 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% compare
More environment data for Eritrea
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 6.58 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.86 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1944 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.4952 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.685 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Eritrea?
- Share of global forest area in Eritrea 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2025.
- How does Eritrea rank for share of global forest area?
- Eritrea ranks 116th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.