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Ethiopia — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Ethiopia, 1993–2023.
Latest value · 2023
14.93%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -21.6% since 1993
Forest area for Ethiopia was 14.93% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 31 years, from 1993 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 19.04% in 1993. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.81% per year.
Ethiopia ranks 142 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 66%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.44%, so Ethiopia sits below it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 22% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
14.93%
First (1993)
19.04%
Change
-21.6%
Highest
19.04%
in 1993
Lowest
14.93%
in 2023
Average
16.66%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.81%
Years of data
31
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.93% |
| 2022 | 15% |
| 2021 | 15.06% |
| 2020 | 15.12% |
| 2019 | 15.19% |
| 2018 | 15.25% |
| 2017 | 15.32% |
| 2016 | 15.38% |
| 2015 | 15.45% |
| 2014 | 15.51% |
| 2013 | 15.58% |
| 2012 | 15.64% |
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.