Forest area in Central African Republic

Forests covered 72.5% of the land area of Central African Republic in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Central African Republic, 2024 72.5% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 72.5%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Central African Republic (2024).
Position in 2024 15th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Central African Republic 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 Central African RepublicWorld
2024 72.5% –
2023 72.5% 31.1%
2022 72.6% 31.1%
2021 72.7% 31.2%
2020 72.8% 31.2%
2019 72.8% 31.2%
2018 72.9% 31.3%
2017 73.0% 31.3%
2016 73.1% 31.3%
2015 73.1% 31.4%
2014 73.2% 31.4%
2013 73.2% 31.4%
2012 73.3% 31.5%
2011 73.4% 31.9%
2010 73.4% 31.9%
2009 73.5% 32.0%
2008 73.5% 32.0%
2007 73.6% 32.1%
2006 73.6% 32.1%
2005 73.7% 32.1%
2004 73.8% 32.2%
2003 73.8% 32.3%
2002 73.9% 32.3%
2001 73.9% 32.3%
2000 74.0% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 72.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 73.2%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Central African Republic has the 15th highest value.

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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 Central African Republic
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)