Environment in United Arab Emirates

2,864 indicators covering environment for United Arab Emirates.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 371.2% 26th
Recovered paper — Import quantity 30,545 t 2024 down 71.2% 56th
Recovered paper — Import value 3,827 1000 USD 2024 down 70.7% 64th
Annual change in forest area 336 hectares 2025 up 0.6% 62nd
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 0.1% 2025 down 0.4% 59th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 0.1% 2025 down 0.4% 58th
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 336 hectares 2025 up 0.6% 62nd
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per capita 0.0005 t per person 2024 down 28.8% 44th
Fibreboard — Export quantity 82,680 m3 2024 down 33.8% 41st
Fibreboard — Export value 27,198 1000 USD 2024 down 27.5% 50th
Other paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 44th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person 2024 107th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, annual growth rate -9.78 % change on previous year 2024 down 117.5% 145th
Forest land — Area 324.58 1000 ha 2025 up 1.0% 172nd
Naturally regenerating forest — Area 310.97 1000 ha 2025 unchanged 157th
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 95.81 % 2025 down 1.0% 117th
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre 1.08 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 73.5% 29th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate 13.23 % change on previous year 2024 down 83.1% 82nd
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 9,895 t 2024 up 112.8% 25th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 34,308 1000 USD 2024 up 472.0% 26th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 68,883 m3 2024 down 56.0% 49th
Other fibreboard — Import quantity 82,363 m3 2024 down 30.7% 9th
Other fibreboard — Import value 16,783 1000 USD 2024 down 22.6% 16th
Fibreboard — Import value, per square kilometre 3.08 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 14.6% 11th
Fibreboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre 11.95 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 99.8% 6th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export value 17,772 1000 USD 2024 down 57.0% 51st
Planted Forest — Area 13.61 1000 ha 2025 up 32.8% 159th
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land 4.19 % 2025 up 31.3% 127th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Production 0 m3 2024 145th
Industrial roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0959 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 210.2% 49th
Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.1043 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 52.3% 65th
Total fibre furnish — Export value 151,695 1000 USD 2024 up 81.5% 33rd
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 up 100.0% 77th
Total fibre furnish — Export quantity 478,356 t 2024 up 4.1% 35th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 7,578 t 2024 down 48.1% 54th
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita 0.0003 t per person 2024 down 24.6% 132nd
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 77.7% 162nd
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person 2024 77th
Wood fuel — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 77.7% 163rd
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 77.7% 163rd
Roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 77.7% 164th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.7409 t per square kilometre 2023 up 221.2% 18th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.7409 t per square kilometre 2023 up 221.2% 20th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, per square 0.0666 t per square kilometre 2023 up 12.1% 98th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, per square 0.0666 t per square kilometre 2023 down 11.0% 99th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.4979 t per square kilometre 2023 up 109.9% 70th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.4979 t per square kilometre 2023 up 101.3% 67th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.4% 59th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 up 240.6% 31st
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 182.5% 35th
Emissions of air pollutants 2.06 million tonnes 2022 up 17.0% 10th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 107th
Total fibre furnish — Import value, per square kilometre 9.03 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 459.4% 5th
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre 8.48 t per square kilometre 2023 up 102.3% 9th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.1636 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 119.6% 46th
Graphic papers — Export quantity 365,609 t 2024 up 1,975.1% 28th
Graphic papers — Export value 392,083 1000 USD 2024 up 1,974.2% 27th
Veneer sheets — Import value, per square kilometre 0.5106 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 115.9% 25th
Paper and paperboard — Export value, per square kilometre 13.67 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 1,204.0% 14th
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per square kilometre 12.77 t per square kilometre 2023 up 837.2% 11th