Forest area in Eritrea

Forests covered 12.0% of the land area of Eritrea in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1993.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1993 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Eritrea, 2024 12.0% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 12.0%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Eritrea (2024).
Position in 2024 156th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Eritrea 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 EritreaWorld
2024 12.0% –
2023 12.0% 31.1%
2022 12.1% 31.1%
2021 12.1% 31.2%
2020 12.2% 31.2%
2019 12.2% 31.2%
2018 12.3% 31.3%
2017 12.3% 31.3%
2016 12.4% 31.3%
2015 12.4% 31.4%
2014 12.5% 31.4%
2013 12.5% 31.4%
2012 12.6% 31.5%
2011 12.6% 31.9%
2010 12.7% 31.9%
2009 12.7% 32.0%
2008 12.8% 32.0%
2007 12.8% 32.1%
2006 12.9% 32.1%
2005 12.9% 32.1%
2004 13.0% 32.2%
2003 15.6% 32.3%
2002 15.6% 32.3%
2001 15.7% 32.3%
2000 15.8% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 12.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 12.5%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Eritrea has the 156th 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
1993 to 2024 for Eritrea
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)