Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.027% in Syria in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in Syria reached an all time high of 0.027% in 2015 and an all time low of 0.020% in 1990. When compared to Syria's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in Iraq amounted to 0.019%, 0.011% in Jordan, 0.134% in Lebanon and 0.152% in Turkey in 2015.
Syria has been ranked 149th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 1 place above 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 |
| Bulgaria | % | 0.343% | 0.344% | 0.346% | 0.347% | 0.349% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | % | 0.187% | 0.187% | 0.187% | 0.187% | 0.187% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 0.300% | 0.303% | 0.305% | 0.307% | 0.310% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 0.066% | 0.066% | 0.066% | 0.066% | 0.066% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 0.019% | 0.019% | 0.019% | 0.019% | 0.019% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Israel | % | 0.071% | 0.071% | 0.072% | 0.073% | 0.074% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 0.011% | 0.011% | 0.011% | 0.011% | 0.011% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 0.003% | 0.003% | 0.004% | 0.004% | 0.004% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | % | 0.134% | 0.134% | 0.134% | 0.134% | 0.134% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 0.005% | 0.005% | 0.005% | 0.005% | 0.005% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Syria | % | 0.026% | 0.027% | 0.027% | 0.027% | 0.027% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | 0.144% | 0.146% | 0.147% | 0.148% | 0.150% | ... |
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