Forest land area rose 0% to 4.91 '000 sq km in Syria in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Syria reached an all time high of 4.91 '000 sq km in 2015 and an all time low of 3.72 '000 sq km in 1990. When compared to Syria's main peers, forest land area in Iraq amounted to 8.25 '000 sq km, 0.975 '000 sq km in Jordan, 1.37 '000 sq km in Lebanon and 117 '000 sq km in Turkey in 2015.
Syria has been ranked 136th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area.
| 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 |
| Bulgaria | '000 sq km | 38.7 | 37.4 | 37.5 | 37.7 | 37.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | '000 sq km | 1.73 | 1.73 | 1.73 | 1.73 | 1.73 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | '000 sq km | 38.7 | 39.0 | 39.3 | 39.6 | 39.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | '000 sq km | 111 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | '000 sq km | 8.25 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 8.25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | '000 sq km | 1.54 | 1.54 | 1.56 | 1.58 | 1.61 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | '000 sq km | 0.975 | 0.975 | 0.975 | 0.975 | 0.975 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | '000 sq km | 0.061 | 0.063 | 0.063 | 0.063 | 0.063 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | '000 sq km | 1.37 | 1.37 | 1.37 | 1.37 | 1.37 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | '000 sq km | 9.77 | 9.77 | 9.77 | 9.77 | 9.77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | '000 sq km | 4.85 | 4.91 | 4.91 | 4.91 | 4.91 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | '000 sq km | 112 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 |
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