Forest area in Sub-Saharan Africa
Forests covered 25.7% of the land area of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2023
25.7%
Change from 2022
−0.2percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Forest area in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 25.7% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 25.9% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 26.1% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 26.2% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 26.4% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 26.6% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 26.7% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 26.9% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 27.1% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 27.2% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 27.4% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 27.6% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 29.7% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 29.9% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 30.0% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 30.2% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 30.4% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 30.5% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 30.7% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 30.8% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 31.2% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 31.3% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 31.5% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 31.6% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 25.9% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 27.4%, the figure has changed by −1.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 31.1%.