Forest area in Angola
Forests covered 51.2% of the land area of Angola in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Angola, 2024
51.2%
Change from 2023
−0.4percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
54th of 209
Forest area in Angola over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Angola | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51.2% | – |
| 2023 | 51.6% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 52.0% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 52.4% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 52.8% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 53.2% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 53.6% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 54.0% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 54.4% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 54.8% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 55.2% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 55.7% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 56.1% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 56.5% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 56.9% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 57.3% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 57.7% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 58.1% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 58.5% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 58.9% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 59.3% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 59.7% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 60.2% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 60.6% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 61.0% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 51.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 55.2%, the figure has changed by −4.1 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Angola has the 54th highest value.