Forest area in Mali
Forests covered 8.7% of the land area of Mali in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Mali, 2024
8.7%
Change from 2023
−0.1percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
171st of 209
Forest area in Mali 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 | Mali | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.7% | – |
| 2023 | 8.8% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 8.8% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 8.9% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 9.0% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 9.1% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 9.2% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 9.3% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 9.4% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 9.5% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 9.6% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 9.7% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 9.7% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 9.8% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 9.9% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 10.0% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 10.1% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 10.2% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 10.3% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 10.4% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 10.5% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 10.6% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 10.6% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 8.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 9.5%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Mali has the 171st highest value.