Indonesia vs United Arab Emirates: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 50.7% in Indonesia and 4.6% in United Arab Emirates, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 46.1 percentage points, or 11 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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% of land · FAO

IndonesiaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

Indonesia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Indonesia ranked 57 and United Arab Emirates ranked 180 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Indonesia	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	50.7	4.6	–
2023	50.6	4.6	31.1
2022	50.6	4.6	31.1
2021	50.5	4.6	31.2
2020	50.9	4.5	31.2
2019	50.8	4.5	31.2
2018	50.8	4.5	31.3
2017	50.7	4.5	31.3
2016	50.7	4.5	31.3
2015	50.6	4.5	31.4
2014	50.8	4.5	31.4
2013	50.9	4.5	31.4
2012	51	4.5	31.5
2011	51.2	4.5	31.9
2010	51.3	4.5	32
2009	51.1	4.5	32
2008	50.8	4.5	32
2007	50.6	4.5	32.1
2006	50.4	4.5	32.1
2005	50.1	4.5	32.1
2004	49.9	4.5	32.2
2003	49.7	4.5	32.3
2002	49.4	4.4	32.3
2001	49.2	4.4	32.3
2000	49	4.4	32.4
1999	52.1	4.4	32.5
1998	53.5	4.4	32.5
1997	54.8	4.4	32.6
1996	56.1	4.4	32.7
1995	57.5	4.4	32.7
1994	58.8	4.4	32.8
1993	60.2	4.4	32.8
1992	61.5	4.4	33
1991	62.9	4.4	–
1990	64.2	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 conflictsIndonesia: 46 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022