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Qatar — Forest area

Also known as forest cover, woodland share, share of land covered by forest, woodland area.

Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Qatar, 1990–2024.

Latest value · 2024
0.12%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · +1.0% since 1990
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Forest area for Qatar was 0.12% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1990 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 0.12% in 2014. The lowest was 0.12% in 1990 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.03% per year.

Qatar ranks 206 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 96%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.61%, so Qatar sits below it. It peaked in 2014 and has risen 0% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 0%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 20 of 23 economies; Libya (0.12%) is just below it.

Data highlights

World ranking. Slipped: 171st of 178 in 1990 → 200th of 207 in 2000 → 201st of 209 in 2010 → 206th of 214 in 2020 → 204th of 209 in 2024.

Adjacent in the latest world ranking (206 of 214): Curacao (#205) · Libya (#207).

Key figures

Latest (2024)
0.12%
First (1990)
0.12%
Change
+1.0%
Highest
0.12%
in 2014
Lowest
0.12%
in 1990
Average
0.12%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.03%
Years of data
35

Recent published years. 2024 — 0.12% · 2023 — 0.12% · 2022 — 0.12% · 2021 — 0.12% · 2020 — 0.12%.

Full history — 1990 to 2024

All 35 published years for this series, most recent first. Years the source does not publish are omitted rather than interpolated.

Qatar — Forest area
Year% of land areaChange
20240.12%+0.0 pp
20230.12%+0.0 pp
20220.12%+0.0 pp
20210.12%+0.0 pp
20200.12%+0.0 pp
20190.12%+0.0 pp
20180.12%+0.0 pp
20170.12%+0.0 pp
20160.12%+0.0 pp
20150.12%+0.0 pp
20140.12%+0.0 pp
20130.12%+0.0 pp
20120.12%+0.0 pp
20110.12%+0.0 pp
20100.12%+0.0 pp
20090.12%+0.0 pp
20080.12%+0.0 pp
20070.12%+0.0 pp
20060.12%+0.0 pp
20050.12%+0.0 pp
20040.12%+0.0 pp
20030.12%+0.0 pp
20020.12%+0.0 pp
20010.12%+0.0 pp
20000.12%+0.0 pp
19990.12%+0.0 pp
19980.12%+0.0 pp
19970.12%+0.0 pp
19960.12%+0.0 pp
19950.12%+0.0 pp
19940.12%+0.0 pp
19930.12%+0.0 pp
19920.12%+0.0 pp
19910.12%+0.0 pp
19900.12%—
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.

Frequently asked questions

What was Qatar’s Forest area in 1991?

0.12% (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.

Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?

Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of land area, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.

Is Qatar’s Forest area growing or shrinking?

Between 1990 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +1.0% in total.

Where does this data come from?

World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator AG.LND.FRST.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.

What are the most recent published figures?

The last five published years: 2024: 0.12%; 2023: 0.12%; 2022: 0.12%; 2021: 0.12%; 2020: 0.12%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.

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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.
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