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United Arab Emirates — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for United Arab Emirates, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.47%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · +29.5% since 1990
Forest area for United Arab Emirates was 4.47% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 4.47% in 2010. The lowest was 3.45% in 1990 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.79% per year.
United Arab Emirates ranks 182 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 85%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.44%, so United Arab Emirates sits above it. It peaked in 2010 and has risen 0% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.47%
First (1990)
3.45%
Change
+29.5%
Highest
4.47%
in 2010
Lowest
3.45%
in 1990
Average
4.27%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.79%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.47% |
| 2022 | 4.47% |
| 2021 | 4.47% |
| 2020 | 4.47% |
| 2019 | 4.47% |
| 2018 | 4.47% |
| 2017 | 4.47% |
| 2016 | 4.47% |
| 2015 | 4.47% |
| 2014 | 4.47% |
| 2013 | 4.47% |
| 2012 | 4.47% |
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.