Forest area in Ethiopia
Forests covered 23.8% of the land area of Ethiopia in 2024.
Ethiopia, 2024
23.8%
Change from 2023
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World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
122nd of 209
Forest area in Ethiopia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ethiopia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23.8% | – |
| 2023 | 23.8% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 23.8% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 23.8% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 23.8% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 23.8% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 23.8% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 23.8% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 23.8% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 23.9% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 23.9% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 24.0% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 24.0% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 24.1% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 24.1% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 24.2% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 24.2% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 24.3% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 24.4% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 24.4% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 24.5% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 27.6% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 27.7% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 27.7% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 27.8% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 23.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 23.9%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Ethiopia has the 122nd highest value.