Forest area in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

Forests covered 7.8% of the land area of Somalia, Fed. Rep. in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest 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
Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2024 7.8% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 7.9%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Somalia, Fed. Rep. (2024).
Position in 2024 172nd of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Somalia, Fed. Rep. 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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.World
2024 7.8% –
2023 7.9% 31.1%
2022 8.1% 31.1%
2021 8.2% 31.2%
2020 8.3% 31.2%
2019 8.5% 31.2%
2018 8.8% 31.3%
2017 9.0% 31.3%
2016 9.3% 31.3%
2015 9.5% 31.4%
2014 9.8% 31.4%
2013 10.0% 31.4%
2012 10.3% 31.5%
2011 10.5% 31.9%
2010 10.8% 31.9%
2009 10.9% 32.0%
2008 11.0% 32.0%
2007 11.1% 32.1%
2006 11.2% 32.1%
2005 11.4% 32.1%
2004 11.5% 32.2%
2003 11.6% 32.3%
2002 11.7% 32.3%
2001 11.9% 32.3%
2000 12.0% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 7.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 9.8%, the figure has changed by −2.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the 172nd highest value.

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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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.
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)