Syria vs United Arab Emirates: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 2.9% in Syria and 4.6% in United Arab Emirates, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 1.7 percentage points, or 1.59 times that in Syria.

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% of land · FAO

SyriaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Syria ranked 185 and United Arab Emirates ranked 180 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Syria	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	2.9	4.6	–
2023	2.9	4.6	31.1
2022	2.9	4.6	31.1
2021	2.9	4.6	31.2
2020	2.9	4.5	31.2
2019	2.9	4.5	31.2
2018	2.9	4.5	31.3
2017	2.9	4.5	31.3
2016	2.9	4.5	31.3
2015	2.9	4.5	31.4
2014	2.9	4.5	31.4
2013	2.8	4.5	31.4
2012	2.8	4.5	31.5
2011	2.8	4.5	31.9
2010	2.8	4.5	32
2009	2.8	4.5	32
2008	2.7	4.5	32
2007	2.7	4.5	32.1
2006	2.7	4.5	32.1
2005	2.7	4.5	32.1
2004	2.6	4.5	32.2
2003	2.6	4.5	32.3
2002	2.6	4.4	32.3
2001	2.5	4.4	32.3
2000	2.5	4.4	32.4
1999	2.5	4.4	32.5
1998	2.5	4.4	32.5
1997	2.5	4.4	32.6
1996	2.5	4.4	32.7
1995	2.5	4.4	32.7
1994	2.5	4.4	32.8
1993	2.5	4.4	32.8
1992	2.5	4.4	33
1991	2.5	4.4	–
1990	2.5	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 conflictsSyria: 1,574 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022