Forest area in South Sudan
Forests covered 11.3% of the land area of South Sudan in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2012.
South Sudan, 2024
11.3%
Change from 2023
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World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
162nd of 209
Forest area in South Sudan 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 | South Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.3% | – |
| 2023 | 11.3% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 11.3% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 11.3% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 11.3% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 11.3% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 11.3% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 11.3% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 11.3% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 11.3% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 11.3% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 11.3% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | – | 31.9% |
| 2010 | – | 31.9% |
| 2009 | – | 32.0% |
| 2008 | – | 32.0% |
| 2007 | – | 32.1% |
| 2006 | – | 32.1% |
| 2005 | – | 32.1% |
| 2004 | – | 32.2% |
| 2003 | – | 32.3% |
| 2002 | – | 32.3% |
| 2001 | – | 32.3% |
| 2000 | – | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 11.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 11.3%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, South Sudan has the 162nd highest value.