Iran vs Jordan: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 6.6% in Iran and 0.8% in Jordan, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 5.8 percentage points, or 8.32 times that in Jordan.

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Watch it change on the map

Change since 2010, percentage points · FAO

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Latest figures

% of land · FAO

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2024
Iran	6.6 2024	6.6	175 of 209
Jordan	0.8 2024	0.8	198 of 209
World	31.1 2023	31.4

What the numbers say

Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Iran ranked 175 and Jordan ranked 198 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Iran	Jordan	World
2024	6.6	0.8	–
2023	6.6	0.8	31.1
2022	6.6	0.8	31.1
2021	6.6	0.8	31.2
2020	6.6	0.8	31.2
2019	6.6	0.8	31.2
2018	6.6	0.8	31.3
2017	6.6	0.8	31.3
2016	6.6	0.8	31.3
2015	6.6	0.8	31.4
2014	6.6	0.8	31.4
2013	6.6	0.8	31.4
2012	6.6	0.8	31.5
2011	6.6	0.8	31.9
2010	6.6	0.8	32
2009	6.6	0.8	32
2008	6.6	0.8	32
2007	6.6	0.8	32.1
2006	6.6	0.8	32.1
2005	6.6	0.8	32.1
2004	6.6	0.8	32.2
2003	6.6	0.8	32.3
2002	6.6	0.8	32.3
2001	6.6	0.8	32.3
2000	6.6	0.8	32.4
1999	6.6	0.8	32.5
1998	6.6	0.8	32.5
1997	6.6	0.8	32.6
1996	6.6	0.8	32.7
1995	6.6	0.8	32.7
1994	6.6	0.8	32.8
1993	6.6	0.8	32.8
1992	6.6	0.8	33
1991	6.6	0.8	–
1990	6.6	0.8	–

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time