Kabul
2 km around Kabul
Tree cover
8%
68.1K
trees needed
to reach 30%
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Trees & air quality in Afghanistan
How much tree cover Afghanistan's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 1.9%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- JalalabadAQI 100
5 cities in Afghanistan
AQI 51
Herāt
2 km around Herat
Tree cover
3%
83.8K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Mazār-e Sharīf
2 km around Mazar-i-Sharif
Tree cover
2%
89.3K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Kandahār
2 km around Kandahar
Tree cover
2%
88.9K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Jalālābād
2 km around Jalalabad
Tree cover
10%
61.5K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Afghanistan as a whole
1.9% of Afghanistan was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 18.4B trees across 18.4M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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