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Eritrea — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Eritrea, 1993–2023.
Latest value · 2023
8.63%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -23.6% since 1993
Forest area for Eritrea was 8.63% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 31 years, from 1993 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 11.29% in 1993. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.89% per year.
Eritrea ranks 170 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 79%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.44%, so Eritrea sits below it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 24% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
8.63%
First (1993)
11.29%
Change
-23.6%
Highest
11.29%
in 1993
Lowest
8.63%
in 2023
Average
9.68%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.89%
Years of data
31
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.63% |
| 2022 | 8.66% |
| 2021 | 8.68% |
| 2020 | 8.72% |
| 2019 | 8.74% |
| 2018 | 8.77% |
| 2017 | 8.79% |
| 2016 | 8.82% |
| 2015 | 8.85% |
| 2014 | 8.88% |
| 2013 | 8.9% |
| 2012 | 8.92% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.