Forest area in São Tomé and Príncipe

Forests covered 57.6% of the land area of São Tomé and Príncipe in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2014.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
São Tomé and Príncipe, 2024 57.6% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 57.5%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as São Tomé and Príncipe (2024).
Position in 2024 39th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in São Tomé and Príncipe 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 São Tomé and PríncipeWorld
2024 57.6% –
2023 57.5% 31.1%
2022 57.5% 31.1%
2021 57.5% 31.2%
2020 57.4% 31.2%
2019 57.4% 31.2%
2018 57.4% 31.3%
2017 57.4% 31.3%
2016 57.3% 31.3%
2015 57.3% 31.4%
2014 57.9% 31.4%
2013 58.6% 31.4%
2012 59.2% 31.5%
2011 59.8% 31.9%
2010 60.4% 31.9%
2009 60.5% 32.0%
2008 60.5% 32.0%
2007 60.6% 32.1%
2006 60.6% 32.1%
2005 60.7% 32.1%
2004 60.8% 32.2%
2003 60.8% 32.3%
2002 60.9% 32.3%
2001 60.9% 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 percentage points from 57.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 57.9%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, São Tomé and Príncipe has the 39th 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 São Tomé and Príncipe
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)