Forest area in Azerbaijan

Forests covered 14.6% of the land area of Azerbaijan in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1992.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1992 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Azerbaijan, 2024 14.6% % of land area
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 14.4%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Azerbaijan (2024).
Position in 2024 144th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Azerbaijan over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period AzerbaijanWorld
2024 14.6% –
2023 14.4% 31.1%
2022 14.3% 31.1%
2021 14.2% 31.2%
2020 14.1% 31.2%
2019 13.8% 31.2%
2018 13.6% 31.3%
2017 13.4% 31.3%
2016 13.2% 31.3%
2015 13.0% 31.4%
2014 12.9% 31.4%
2013 12.8% 31.4%
2012 12.7% 31.5%
2011 12.6% 31.9%
2010 12.5% 31.9%
2009 12.4% 32.0%
2008 12.4% 32.0%
2007 12.3% 32.1%
2006 12.3% 32.1%
2005 12.2% 32.1%
2004 12.2% 32.2%
2003 12.1% 32.3%
2002 12.1% 32.3%
2001 12.0% 32.3%
2000 12.0% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 14.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 12.9%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Azerbaijan has the 144th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1992 to 2024 for Azerbaijan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)