Bangladesh vs United Arab Emirates: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 14.4% in Bangladesh and 4.6% in United Arab Emirates, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 9.8 percentage points, or 3.15 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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% of land · FAO

BangladeshUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

Bangladesh has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Bangladesh ranked 146 and United Arab Emirates ranked 180 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Bangladesh	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	14.4	4.6	–
2023	14.4	4.6	31.1
2022	14.4	4.6	31.1
2021	14.4	4.6	31.2
2020	14.4	4.5	31.2
2019	14.4	4.5	31.2
2018	14.5	4.5	31.3
2017	14.5	4.5	31.3
2016	14.5	4.5	31.3
2015	14.5	4.5	31.4
2014	14.5	4.5	31.4
2013	14.5	4.5	31.4
2012	14.5	4.5	31.5
2011	14.5	4.5	31.9
2010	14.5	4.5	32
2009	14.5	4.5	32
2008	14.6	4.5	32
2007	14.6	4.5	32.1
2006	14.6	4.5	32.1
2005	14.6	4.5	32.1
2004	14.7	4.5	32.2
2003	14.7	4.5	32.3
2002	14.7	4.4	32.3
2001	14.7	4.4	32.3
2000	14.8	4.4	32.4
1999	14.8	4.4	32.5
1998	14.9	4.4	32.5
1997	14.9	4.4	32.6
1996	15	4.4	32.7
1995	15	4.4	32.7
1994	15.1	4.4	32.8
1993	15.1	4.4	32.8
1992	15.2	4.4	33
1991	15.2	4.4	–
1990	15.3	4.4	–

Each country on its own

Good to know

The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Deaths in conflictsBangladesh: 2 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022