Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.101% in Somalia in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in Somalia reached an all time high of 0.132% in 1990 and an all time low of 0.101% in 2015. When compared to Somalia's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in Djibouti amounted to 0.003%, 0.125% in Ethiopia, 0.078% in Kenya and 0.010% in Yemen in 2015.
Somalia has been ranked 129th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Forest Land Area (As % of Country Land Area) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Djibouti | % | 0.002% | 0.003% | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Eritrea | % | 0.152% | 0.152% | 0.151% | 0.151% | 0.150% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Ethiopia | % | 0.124% | 0.123% | 0.123% | 0.124% | 0.124% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Kenya | % | 0.074% | 0.074% | 0.075% | 0.076% | 0.076% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Oman | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | % | 0.005% | 0.005% | 0.005% | 0.005% | 0.005% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Somalia | % | 0.109% | 0.108% | 0.106% | 0.105% | 0.104% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Sudan | % | 0.115% | 0.115% | 0.084% | 0.083% | 0.082% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Tanzania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Uganda | % | 0.145% | 0.137% | 0.131% | 0.124% | 0.117% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Yemen | % | 0.010% | 0.010% | 0.010% | 0.010% | 0.010% | ... |