Forest area in Jordan

Forests covered 0.8% of the land area of Jordan in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Jordan, 2024 0.8% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 0.8%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Jordan (2024).
Position in 2024 198th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Jordan 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 JordanWorld
2024 0.8% –
2023 0.8% 31.1%
2022 0.8% 31.1%
2021 0.8% 31.2%
2020 0.8% 31.2%
2019 0.8% 31.2%
2018 0.8% 31.3%
2017 0.8% 31.3%
2016 0.8% 31.3%
2015 0.8% 31.4%
2014 0.8% 31.4%
2013 0.8% 31.4%
2012 0.8% 31.5%
2011 0.8% 31.9%
2010 0.8% 31.9%
2009 0.8% 32.0%
2008 0.8% 32.0%
2007 0.8% 32.1%
2006 0.8% 32.1%
2005 0.8% 32.1%
2004 0.8% 32.2%
2003 0.8% 32.3%
2002 0.8% 32.3%
2001 0.8% 32.3%
2000 0.8% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 0.8%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Jordan has the 198th 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 Jordan
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)