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Somalia, Fed. Rep. — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Somalia, Fed. Rep., 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
9.17%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -30.6% since 1990
Forest area for Somalia, Fed. Rep. was 9.17% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 13.20% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.10% per year.
Somalia, Fed. Rep. ranks 167 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 78%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.44%, so Somalia, Fed. Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 31% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
9.17%
First (1990)
13.20%
Change
-30.6%
Highest
13.20%
in 1990
Lowest
9.17%
in 2023
Average
11.18%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.10%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.17% |
| 2022 | 9.29% |
| 2021 | 9.41% |
| 2020 | 9.53% |
| 2019 | 9.65% |
| 2018 | 9.78% |
| 2017 | 9.9% |
| 2016 | 10.02% |
| 2015 | 10.14% |
| 2014 | 10.27% |
| 2013 | 10.39% |
| 2012 | 10.51% |
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.