Forest area in Israel

Forests covered 6.8% of the land area of Israel in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2018.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Israel, 2024 6.8% % of land area
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 6.7%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Israel (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 34.3% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 173rd of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Israel 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 IsraelWorld
2024 6.8% –
2023 6.7% 31.1%
2022 6.7% 31.1%
2021 6.6% 31.2%
2020 6.5% 31.2%
2019 6.7% 31.2%
2018 6.9% 31.3%
2017 7.2% 31.3%
2016 7.4% 31.3%
2015 7.6% 31.4%
2014 7.5% 31.4%
2013 7.4% 31.4%
2012 7.3% 31.5%
2011 7.2% 31.9%
2010 7.1% 31.9%
2009 7.1% 32.0%
2008 7.1% 32.0%
2007 7.1% 32.1%
2006 7.1% 32.1%
2005 7.1% 32.1%
2004 7.1% 32.2%
2003 7.1% 32.3%
2002 7.1% 32.3%
2001 7.1% 32.3%
2000 7.1% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 6.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 7.5%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Israel has the 173rd 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
1990 to 2024 for Israel
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)