Forest area in Senegal

Forests covered 45.0% of the land area of Senegal 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
Senegal, 2024 45.0% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 45.1%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Senegal (2024).
Position in 2024 66th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Senegal 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 SenegalWorld
2024 45.0% –
2023 45.1% 31.1%
2022 45.2% 31.1%
2021 45.2% 31.2%
2020 45.3% 31.2%
2019 45.4% 31.2%
2018 45.5% 31.3%
2017 45.6% 31.3%
2016 45.7% 31.3%
2015 45.7% 31.4%
2014 45.8% 31.4%
2013 45.9% 31.4%
2012 46.0% 31.5%
2011 46.1% 31.9%
2010 46.1% 31.9%
2009 46.2% 32.0%
2008 46.3% 32.0%
2007 46.4% 32.1%
2006 46.5% 32.1%
2005 46.5% 32.1%
2004 46.6% 32.2%
2003 46.7% 32.3%
2002 46.8% 32.3%
2001 46.9% 32.3%
2000 46.9% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 45.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 45.8%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Senegal has the 66th 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 Senegal
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)