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Forest area in Africa

54 countries in Africa, 2023. Unit: % of land area. World ranking →

First in the ranking

91.2 %

Gabon

Median country

21.7 %

half above, half below

World

31.1 %

World Bank aggregate

Range

0.0 to 91.2

Egypt - Gabon

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Gabon (91.2 %) and the lowest in Egypt (0.0 %).

The median country is at 21.7 %: half are above, half below.

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.

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Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL, publisher: Food and Agriculture… · via World Bank WDI (AG.LND.FRST.ZS) · licence

Forest area over time

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Ranking of countries

2023

In chart
Gabon in chart	1	Gabon	91.2
Equatorial Guinea in chart	2	Equatorial Guinea	86.4
Liberia in chart	3	Liberia	78.1
Seychelles in chart	4	Seychelles	73.3
Guinea-Bissau in chart	5	Guinea-Bissau	69.5
Republic of the Congo in chart	6	Republic of the Congo	64.1
Zambia in chart	7	Zambia	59.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	54.2
São Tomé and Principe in chart	9	São Tomé and Principe	52.1
Angola in chart	10	Angola	52.1
Tanzania in chart	11	Tanzania	50.1
Mozambique in chart	12	Mozambique	45.8
Zimbabwe in chart	13	Zimbabwe	44.7
Cameroon in chart	14	Cameroon	42.7
Senegal in chart	15	Senegal	41.3
Central African Republic in chart	16	Central African Republic	35.7
Ghana in chart	17	Ghana	35.2
Sierra Leone in chart	18	Sierra Leone	34.3
Eswatini in chart	19	Eswatini	29.1
Benin in chart	20	Benin	26.5
Botswana in chart	21	Botswana	26.3
Guinea in chart	22	Guinea	24.7
Nigeria in chart	23	Nigeria	23.2
Malawi in chart	24	Malawi	22.4
The Gambia in chart	25	The Gambia	22.3
Burkina Faso in chart	26	Burkina Faso	22.2
Togo in chart	27	Togo	22.1
Madagascar in chart	28	Madagascar	21.3
Mauritius in chart	29	Mauritius	19.5
Comoros in chart	30	Comoros	17.0
Ethiopia in chart	31	Ethiopia	14.9
South Africa in chart	32	South Africa	14.0
Morocco in chart	33	Morocco	12.9
Cabo Verde in chart	34	Cabo Verde	11.6
South Sudan in chart	35	South Sudan	11.3
Rwanda in chart	36	Rwanda	11.3
Uganda in chart	37	Uganda	11.0
Mali in chart	38	Mali	10.9
Burundi in chart	39	Burundi	10.9
Sudan in chart	40	Sudan	9.6
Somalia in chart	41	Somalia	9.2
Eritrea in chart	42	Eritrea	8.6
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	43	Côte d'Ivoire	7.9
Namibia in chart	44	Namibia	7.8
Kenya in chart	45	Kenya	6.2
Tunisia in chart	46	Tunisia	4.6
Chad in chart	47	Chad	3.2
Lesotho in chart	48	Lesotho	1.1
Algeria in chart	49	Algeria	0.8
Niger in chart	50	Niger	0.8
Mauritania in chart	51	Mauritania	0.3
Djibouti in chart	52	Djibouti	0.3
Libya in chart	53	Libya	0.1
Egypt in chart	54	Egypt	0.0

World Bank, WDI · AG.LND.FRST.ZS · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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