Ethiopia

Forest area in Ethiopia

Forest area in Ethiopia: 28.3% in 1993 and 23.8% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
23.8%
Since 1993
−4.5 percentage points
Rank, 2024
122 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in EthiopiaForest area in Ethiopia: 28.3% in 1993 and 23.8% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 28.3% in 1993, the lowest 23.8% in 2018.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 28.3% in 1993, the lowest 23.8% in 2018.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearEthiopiaWorld
202423.8–
202323.831.1
202223.831.1
202123.831.2
202023.831.2
201923.831.2
201823.831.3
201723.931.3
201623.931.3
201523.931.4
201423.931.4
20132431.4
20122431.5
201124.131.9
201024.132
200924.232
200824.332
200724.332.1
200624.432.1
200524.432.1
200424.532.2
200327.632.3
200227.732.3
200127.732.3
200027.832.4
199927.932.5
19982832.5
19972832.6
199628.132.7
199528.232.7
199428.332.8
199328.332.8
1992–33

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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