United Arab Emirates
Forest area in United Arab Emirates
Forest area in United Arab Emirates: 4.4% in 1990 and 4.6% in 2024, by FAO estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 4.6%
- Since 1990
- +0.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 180 of 209
- counting from the highest
% of land · FAO
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.6 | – |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 4.6 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 4.5 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 4.5 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 4.5 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 4.5 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 4.5 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 4.5 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 4.5 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 4.5 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 4.5 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 4.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | 4.5 | 32 |
| 2008 | 4.5 | 32 |
| 2007 | 4.5 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 4.5 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 4.5 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 4.5 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 4.5 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 4.4 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 4.4 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 4.4 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 4.4 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 4.4 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 4.4 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 4.4 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 4.4 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 4.4 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 4.4 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 4.4 | 33 |
| 1991 | 4.4 | – |
| 1990 | 4.4 | – |
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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United Arab Emirates in numbers
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Military
- Military spending5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollars$27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per person$2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spending17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnel63,000 people in 2020
- National power0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports33 million TIV in 2025