Forest area in Lebanon

Forests covered 13.8% of the land area of Lebanon in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2024 13.8% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 13.8%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Lebanon (2024).
Position in 2024 147th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Lebanon 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 LebanonWorld
2024 13.8% –
2023 13.8% 31.1%
2022 13.8% 31.1%
2021 13.8% 31.2%
2020 13.8% 31.2%
2019 13.8% 31.2%
2018 13.7% 31.3%
2017 13.7% 31.3%
2016 13.7% 31.3%
2015 13.7% 31.4%
2014 13.7% 31.4%
2013 13.7% 31.4%
2012 13.7% 31.5%
2011 13.7% 31.9%
2010 13.7% 31.9%
2009 13.7% 32.0%
2008 13.7% 32.0%
2007 13.6% 32.1%
2006 13.6% 32.1%
2005 13.6% 32.1%
2004 13.6% 32.2%
2003 13.6% 32.3%
2002 13.6% 32.3%
2001 13.6% 32.3%
2000 13.6% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 13.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 13.7%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Lebanon has the 147th 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 Lebanon
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)