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Forest area in Africa

54 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: % of land area. World ranking →

First in the ranking

91.4 %

Gabon

Median country

19.6 %

half above, half below

Range

0.0 to 91.4

Egypt - Gabon

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Gabon (91.4 %) and the lowest in Egypt (0.0 %).

The median country is at 19.6 %: 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

2024

In chart
Gabon in chart	1	Gabon	91.4
Equatorial Guinea in chart	2	Equatorial Guinea	86.1
Guinea-Bissau in chart	3	Guinea-Bissau	74.8
Central African Republic in chart	4	Central African Republic	72.5
Liberia in chart	5	Liberia	66.1
Republic of the Congo in chart	6	Republic of the Congo	64.0
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	61.5
Zambia in chart	8	Zambia	60.5
Seychelles in chart	9	Seychelles	58.5
São Tomé and Principe in chart	10	São Tomé and Principe	57.6
Angola in chart	11	Angola	51.2
Tanzania in chart	12	Tanzania	49.6
Senegal in chart	13	Senegal	45.0
Mozambique in chart	14	Mozambique	41.3
Cameroon in chart	15	Cameroon	40.7
Zimbabwe in chart	16	Zimbabwe	35.7
Sierra Leone in chart	17	Sierra Leone	34.0
Ghana in chart	18	Ghana	30.9
Benin in chart	19	Benin	28.1
Botswana in chart	20	Botswana	27.8
Rwanda in chart	21	Rwanda	26.1
Eswatini in chart	22	Eswatini	25.3
Ethiopia in chart	23	Ethiopia	23.8
Togo in chart	24	Togo	22.5
Malawi in chart	25	Malawi	22.0
The Gambia in chart	26	The Gambia	21.3
Guinea in chart	27	Guinea	20.0
Mauritius in chart	28	Mauritius	19.1
Nigeria in chart	29	Nigeria	18.9
South Africa in chart	30	South Africa	18.8
Comoros in chart	31	Comoros	17.8
Madagascar in chart	32	Madagascar	17.3
Morocco in chart	33	Morocco	12.8
Cabo Verde in chart	34	Cabo Verde	12.5
Burkina Faso in chart	35	Burkina Faso	12.3
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	36	Côte d'Ivoire	12.1
Eritrea in chart	37	Eritrea	12.0
Uganda in chart	38	Uganda	11.9
Sudan in chart	39	Sudan	11.9
South Sudan in chart	40	South Sudan	11.3
Burundi in chart	41	Burundi	10.9
Namibia in chart	42	Namibia	9.8
Mali in chart	43	Mali	8.7
Somalia in chart	44	Somalia	7.8
Kenya in chart	45	Kenya	6.6
Tunisia in chart	46	Tunisia	4.4
Chad in chart	47	Chad	3.0
Lesotho in chart	48	Lesotho	1.1
Mauritania in chart	49	Mauritania	1.0
Niger in chart	50	Niger	0.8
Algeria in chart	51	Algeria	0.7
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 · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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