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Israel — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Israel, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
6.47%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · +6.1% since 1990
Forest area for Israel was 6.47% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 7.62% in 2015. The lowest was 6.10% in 1990 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.18% per year.
Israel ranks 176 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 82%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.44%, so Israel sits above it. It peaked in 2015 and has fallen 15% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
6.47%
First (1990)
6.10%
Change
+6.1%
Highest
7.62%
in 2015
Lowest
6.10%
in 1990
Average
6.83%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.18%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.47% |
| 2022 | 6.47% |
| 2021 | 6.47% |
| 2020 | 6.47% |
| 2019 | 6.47% |
| 2018 | 6.47% |
| 2017 | 6.47% |
| 2016 | 6.47% |
| 2015 | 7.62% |
| 2014 | 7.52% |
| 2013 | 7.42% |
| 2012 | 7.32% |
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.