Saudi Arabia vs United Kingdom: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 1.3% in Saudi Arabia and 13.5% in United Kingdom, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 12.2 percentage points, or 10 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% of land · FAO

Saudi ArabiaUnited KingdomWorld

What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Saudi Arabia ranked 193 and United Kingdom ranked 148 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Saudi Arabia	United Kingdom	World
2024	1.3	13.5	–
2023	1.3	13.5	31.1
2022	1.3	13.4	31.1
2021	1.3	13.3	31.2
2020	1.3	13.3	31.2
2019	1.3	13.2	31.2
2018	1.3	13.2	31.3
2017	1.3	13.1	31.3
2016	1.3	13.1	31.3
2015	1.3	13	31.4
2014	1.3	13	31.4
2013	1.3	12.9	31.4
2012	1.3	12.8	31.5
2011	1.3	12.7	31.9
2010	1.3	12.6	32
2009	1.3	12.6	32
2008	1.3	12.6	32
2007	1.3	12.5	32.1
2006	1.3	12.5	32.1
2005	1.3	12.4	32.1
2004	1.3	12.4	32.2
2003	1.3	12.3	32.3
2002	1.3	12.3	32.3
2001	1.3	12.3	32.3
2000	1.3	12.2	32.4
1999	1.3	12.1	32.5
1998	1.3	12.1	32.5
1997	1.3	12	32.6
1996	1.3	11.9	32.7
1995	1.3	11.9	32.7
1994	1.3	11.8	32.8
1993	1.3	11.7	32.8
1992	1.3	11.6	33
1991	1.3	11.6	–
1990	1.3	11.5	–

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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Deaths in conflictsSaudi Arabia: 31 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022