Forest land area rose 0.390% to 19.6 '000 sq km in Algeria in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Algeria reached an all time high of 19.6 '000 sq km in 2015 and an all time low of 15.0 '000 sq km in 2009. When compared to Algeria's main peers, forest land area in Libya amounted to 2.17 '000 sq km, 56.3 '000 sq km in Morocco, 184 '000 sq km in Spain and 10.4 '000 sq km in Tunisia in 2015.
Algeria has been ranked 106th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 4 places above 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 |
Algeria | '000 sq km | 15.0 | 19.2 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.4 | ||||||||||||||||
Chad | '000 sq km | 116 | 55.1 | 53.8 | 52.5 | 51.3 | ||||||||||||||||
Egypt | '000 sq km | 0.694 | 0.700 | 0.706 | 0.712 | 0.718 | ||||||||||||||||
France | '000 sq km | 159 | 164 | 165 | 167 | 168 | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | '000 sq km | 90.7 | 90.3 | 90.8 | 91.4 | 91.9 | ||||||||||||||||
Libya | '000 sq km | 2.17 | 2.17 | 2.17 | 2.17 | 2.17 | ||||||||||||||||
Malta | '000 sq km | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.004 | ||||||||||||||||
Mauritania | '000 sq km | 2.47 | 2.42 | 2.39 | 2.35 | 2.32 | ||||||||||||||||
Morocco | '000 sq km | 51.2 | 56.7 | 56.6 | 56.6 | 56.5 | ||||||||||||||||
Portugal | '000 sq km | 34.5 | 32.4 | 32.3 | 32.2 | 32.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Spain | '000 sq km | 180 | 182 | 183 | 183 | 183 | ||||||||||||||||
Tunisia | '000 sq km | 9.90 | 9.90 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.2 |