Djibouti vs Eritrea: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 0.3% in Djibouti and 12% in Eritrea, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 11.7 percentage points, or 47 times that in Djibouti.

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% of land · FAO

DjiboutiEritreaWorld

What the numbers say

Eritrea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
In 2024, Djibouti ranked 202 and Eritrea ranked 156 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Djibouti	Eritrea	World
2024	0.3	12	–
2023	0.3	12	31.1
2022	0.3	12.1	31.1
2021	0.3	12.1	31.2
2020	0.3	12.2	31.2
2019	0.3	12.2	31.2
2018	0.2	12.3	31.3
2017	0.2	12.3	31.3
2016	0.2	12.4	31.3
2015	0.2	12.4	31.4
2014	0.2	12.5	31.4
2013	0.2	12.5	31.4
2012	0.2	12.6	31.5
2011	0.2	12.6	31.9
2010	0.2	12.7	32
2009	0.2	12.7	32
2008	0.2	12.8	32
2007	0.2	12.8	32.1
2006	0.2	12.9	32.1
2005	0.2	12.9	32.1
2004	0.2	13	32.2
2003	0.2	15.6	32.3
2002	0.2	15.6	32.3
2001	0.2	15.7	32.3
2000	0.2	15.8	32.4
1999	0.2	15.8	32.5
1998	0.2	15.9	32.5
1997	0.2	15.9	32.6
1996	0.2	16	32.7
1995	0.2	16.1	32.7
1994	0.2	16.1	32.8
1993	0.2	16.2	32.8
1992	0.2	–	33
1991	0.2	–	–
1990	0.2	–	–

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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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