Forest area in Côte d'Ivoire

Forests covered 12.1% of the land area of Côte d'Ivoire 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
Côte d'Ivoire, 2024 12.1% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 12.4%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Côte d'Ivoire (2024).
Position in 2024 155th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Côte d'Ivoire 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 Côte d'IvoireWorld
2024 12.1% –
2023 12.4% 31.1%
2022 12.6% 31.1%
2021 12.9% 31.2%
2020 13.1% 31.2%
2019 13.3% 31.2%
2018 13.5% 31.3%
2017 13.6% 31.3%
2016 13.8% 31.3%
2015 14.0% 31.4%
2014 14.3% 31.4%
2013 14.7% 31.4%
2012 15.0% 31.5%
2011 15.4% 31.9%
2010 15.7% 31.9%
2009 16.1% 32.0%
2008 16.4% 32.0%
2007 16.8% 32.1%
2006 17.2% 32.1%
2005 17.5% 32.1%
2004 17.9% 32.2%
2003 18.3% 32.3%
2002 18.6% 32.3%
2001 19.0% 32.3%
2000 19.4% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 12.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 14.3%, the figure has changed by −2.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Côte d'Ivoire has the 155th 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 Côte d'Ivoire
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)