Share of global forest area in Tunisia
Tunisia: Share of global forest area was 0.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of global forest area in Tunisia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of global forest area in Tunisia stood at 0.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Tunisia peaked at 0.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
Tunisia ranks 135th of 235 countries on this measure, 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 | 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 Tunisia
- 133 Montenegro 0.0% compare
- 134 Iraq 0.0% compare
- 136 El Salvador 0.0% compare
- 137 Belgium 0.0% compare
- 138 Denmark 0.0% compare
More environment data for Tunisia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 44.62 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.63 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2784 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.16 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0039 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0172 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0491 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Tunisia?
- Share of global forest area in Tunisia 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Tunisia rank for share of global forest area?
- Tunisia ranks 135th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.