World Bank · Agriculture

Ethiopia: Forest area (sq. km)

267,471sq km · 2025-0.1% since 2015

Forest area is land 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. Annual figures for Ethiopia from 1993 to 2025.

19932025

Every year

YearValue (sq km)Note
2025267,471
2024267,510.2
2023267,549.4
2022267,588.6
2021267,627.8
2020267,667
2019267,706
2018267,745
2017267,784
2016267,823
2015267,862
2014268,452.4
2013269,042.8
2012269,633.2
2011270,223.6
2010270,814
2009271,542
2008272,270
2007272,998
2006273,726
2005274,454
2004275,182
2003275,910
2002276,638
2001277,366
2000278,094
1999278,822.1
1998279,550.2
1997280,278.3
1996281,006.4
1995281,734.5
1994282,462.6
1993283,190.7

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (sq. km). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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