Forest cover in Eritrea
8.6%
% of land area · 2023
170th highest of 213 countries
In 2013: 8.9%
Nearby in the ranking
- Somalia 9.2%
- Mongolia 9.1%
- Turkmenistan 8.8%
- Eritrea 8.6%
- Uzbekistan 8.5%
- Côte d'Ivoire 7.9%
- Namibia 7.8%
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About the data
Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.
- Unit
- % of land area
- Years
- 1990–2023
- Data as of
- 2026-09-28
- Source
- World Bank
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.FRST.ZS), CC BY 4.0