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Somalia: Forest area (sq. km)

48,298sq km · 2025-19.2% 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 Somalia from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (sq km)Note
202548,297.5
202449,057
202349,816.5
202250,576
202151,335.5
202052,095
201953,634
201855,173
201756,712
201658,251
201559,790
201461,329
201362,868
201264,407
201165,946
201067,485
200968,252.5
200869,020
200769,787.5
200670,555
200571,322.5
200472,090
200372,857.5
200273,625
200174,392.5
200075,160
199975,927.5
199876,695
199777,462.5
199678,230
199578,997.5
199479,765
199380,532.5
199281,300
199182,067.5
199082,835

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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