Syria

Forest area in Syria

Forest area in Syria: 2.5% in 1990 and 2.9% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
2.9%
Since 1990
+0.4 percentage points
Rank, 2024
185 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in SyriaForest area in Syria: 2.5% in 1990 and 2.9% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 2.9% in 2021, the lowest 2.5% in 1990.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 2.9% in 2021, the lowest 2.5% in 1990.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearSyriaWorld
20242.9–
20232.931.1
20222.931.1
20212.931.2
20202.931.2
20192.931.2
20182.931.3
20172.931.3
20162.931.3
20152.931.4
20142.931.4
20132.831.4
20122.831.5
20112.831.9
20102.832
20092.832
20082.732
20072.732.1
20062.732.1
20052.732.1
20042.632.2
20032.632.3
20022.632.3
20012.532.3
20002.532.4
19992.532.5
19982.532.5
19972.532.6
19962.532.7
19952.532.7
19942.532.8
19932.532.8
19922.533
19912.5–
19902.5–

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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