Forest area in Kuwait
Kuwait: Forest area was 0.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Kuwait, 1990–2023
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in % of land area.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest area in Kuwait is 0.4%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Kuwait peaked at 0.4% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1990.
Kuwait ranks 202nd of 214 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More agriculture & rural data for Kuwait
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -146.8% (2004)
- Rural population 0 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 834.02 million current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 2,070 hectares (2023)
- Cereal yield 14,957 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal production 30,955 metric tons (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Kuwait?
- Forest area in Kuwait was 0.4% in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest forest area recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2010.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1990.
- How does Kuwait rank for forest area?
- Kuwait ranks 202nd out of 214 countries with data for 2023.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Forest area (% of land area). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is 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.