Share of global forest area in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Share of global forest area was 0.1% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of global forest area in Turkmenistan, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Turkmenistan recorded 0.1% for share of global forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Turkmenistan peaked at 0.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1990.
That places Turkmenistan 103rd out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 6 |
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- 100 Sierra Leone 0.1% compare
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- 104 Dominican Republic 0.1% compare
- 105 Lithuania 0.1% compare
- 106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% compare
More environment data for Turkmenistan
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 114.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 15.32 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 10.59 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0828 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 14.93 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 27.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0296 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0322 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Turkmenistan?
- Share of global forest area in Turkmenistan was 0.1% 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 Turkmenistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1990.
- How does Turkmenistan rank for share of global forest area?
- Turkmenistan ranks 103rd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Turkmenistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Turkmenistan 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.