Forest area in Burundi

Forests covered 10.9% of the land area of Burundi in 2024.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Burundi, 2024 10.9% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 10.9%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Burundi (2024).
Position in 2024 166th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Burundi over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period BurundiWorld
2024 10.9% –
2023 10.9% 31.1%
2022 10.9% 31.1%
2021 10.9% 31.2%
2020 10.9% 31.2%
2019 10.9% 31.2%
2018 10.9% 31.3%
2017 10.9% 31.3%
2016 10.9% 31.3%
2015 10.9% 31.4%
2014 10.2% 31.4%
2013 9.6% 31.4%
2012 8.9% 31.5%
2011 8.2% 31.9%
2010 7.6% 31.9%
2009 7.6% 32.0%
2008 7.6% 32.0%
2007 7.6% 32.1%
2006 7.6% 32.1%
2005 7.6% 32.1%
2004 7.6% 32.2%
2003 7.6% 32.3%
2002 7.6% 32.3%
2001 7.6% 32.3%
2000 7.6% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 10.2%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Burundi has the 166th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Burundi
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)