Jordan vs Syria

Jordan vs Syria: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 0.8% in Jordan and 2.9% in Syria, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Syria, by 2.1 percentage points, or 3.61 times that in Jordan.

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% of land · FAO

Jordan vs Syria: Forest areaForest area in 2024: 0.8% in Jordan and 2.9% in Syria, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Syria, by 2.1 percentage points, or 3.61 times that in Jordan.
JordanSyriaWorld

What the numbers say

  • Syria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2024, Jordan ranked 198 and Syria ranked 185 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearJordanSyriaWorld
20240.82.9–
20230.82.931.1
20220.82.931.1
20210.82.931.2
20200.82.931.2
20190.82.931.2
20180.82.931.3
20170.82.931.3
20160.82.931.3
20150.82.931.4
20140.82.931.4
20130.82.831.4
20120.82.831.5
20110.82.831.9
20100.82.832
20090.82.832
20080.82.732
20070.82.732.1
20060.82.732.1
20050.82.732.1
20040.82.632.2
20030.82.632.3
20020.82.632.3
20010.82.532.3
20000.82.532.4
19990.82.532.5
19980.82.532.5
19970.82.532.6
19960.82.532.7
19950.82.532.7
19940.82.532.8
19930.82.532.8
19920.82.533
19910.82.5–
19900.82.5–

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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