Forest area (% of land area) data
Unweighted average of the 54 countries reporting in 2024
27.5% (share) of land area
-4.3% on 2014. Country values run from 0 to 91.4 % (share) of land area. An average of country values, not a regional total.
- Countries covered
- 54
- Years
- 2000–2024
- Observations
- 1,326
- Source
- World Bank WDI
Countries
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Years
2000 – 2024 · 25 years
Annual values by country, 2000 to 2024
World Bank WDI · % (share) of land area · hover or use the arrow keys to read a year
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
3 countries · 25 years · 1,326 values in the snapshot
Data tablevalues in % (share) of land area
| Country | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria DZ | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.71 |
| Angola AO | 61 | 60.6 | 60.2 | 59.7 | 59.3 | 58.9 | 58.5 | 58.1 | 57.7 | 57.3 | 56.9 | 56.5 | 56.1 | 55.7 | 55.2 | 54.8 | 54.4 | 54 | 53.6 | 53.2 | 52.8 | 52.4 | 52 | 51.6 | 51.2 |
| Benin BJ | 50.3 | 49.1 | 47.8 | 46.6 | 45.3 | 44.1 | 42.8 | 41.6 | 40.3 | 39.1 | 37.8 | 36.5 | 35.1 | 33.8 | 32.5 | 31.1 | 30.8 | 30.4 | 30.1 | 29.8 | 29.4 | 29.1 | 28.8 | 28.5 | 28.1 |
Source and notes
- Indicator code
- AG.LND.FRST.ZS
- Unit
- % (share) of land area
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Collection
- Macro Indicators
Values as published by World Bank WDI: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Coverage is the countries and years held in this snapshot, not the full extent of the series at source. Check at data.worldbank.org.
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