Forest land area fell 0.291% to 15.1 '000 sq km in Eritrea in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Eritrea reached an all time high of 16.2 '000 sq km in 1990 and an all time low of 15.1 '000 sq km in 2015. When compared to Eritrea's main peers, forest land area in Djibouti amounted to 0.056 '000 sq km, 63.6 '000 sq km in Somalia, 264 '000 sq km in Sudan and 5.49 '000 sq km in Yemen in 2015.
Eritrea has been ranked 111th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Chad | '000 sq km | 116 | 55.1 | 53.8 | 52.5 | 51.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | '000 sq km | 0.056 | 0.056 | 0.056 | 0.056 | 0.056 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | '000 sq km | 0.694 | 0.700 | 0.706 | 0.712 | 0.718 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | '000 sq km | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 15.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | '000 sq km | 124 | 123 | 123 | 124 | 124 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | '000 sq km | 34.8 | 42.3 | 42.7 | 43.0 | 43.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | '000 sq km | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | '000 sq km | 9.77 | 9.77 | 9.77 | 9.77 | 9.77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | '000 sq km | 68.2 | 67.5 | 66.7 | 65.9 | 65.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | '000 sq km | ... | ... | 71.6 | 71.6 | 71.6 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sudan | '000 sq km | 700 | 272 | 271 | 269 | 267 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | '000 sq km | 5.49 | 5.49 | 5.49 | 5.49 | 5.49 |
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