Share of global forest area in Palestine
Palestine: Share of global forest area was 0.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of global forest area in Palestine, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Palestine recorded 0.0% for share of global forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Palestine peaked at 0.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
That places Palestine 190th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Palestine
- 187 Singapore 0.0% compare
- 188 Cook Islands 0.0% compare
- 189 Cayman Islands 0.0% compare
- 191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% compare
- 192 Wallis and Futuna 0.0% compare
- 193 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% compare
More environment data for Palestine
- Aquaculture production 32 metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 250 metric tons (2024)
- Total fisheries production 282 metric tons (2024)
- Arable land use per person 0.0081 hectares per person (2023)
- Forest area 11,100 hectares (2025)
- Annual change in forest area 0 hectares (2025)
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 0.0% (2025)
- Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 0.0% (2025)
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 0 hectares (2025)
- Emissions of air pollutants 0 tonnes (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Palestine?
- Share of global forest area in Palestine 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 Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Palestine rank for share of global forest area?
- Palestine ranks 190th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine 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.