Forest area in Togo

Forests covered 22.5% of the land area of Togo in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2015.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Togo, 2024 22.5% % of land area
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 22.4%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Togo (2024).
Position in 2024 125th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Togo 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 TogoWorld
2024 22.5% –
2023 22.4% 31.1%
2022 22.3% 31.1%
2021 22.3% 31.2%
2020 22.2% 31.2%
2019 22.3% 31.2%
2018 22.3% 31.3%
2017 22.4% 31.3%
2016 22.5% 31.3%
2015 22.5% 31.4%
2014 22.6% 31.4%
2013 22.6% 31.4%
2012 22.7% 31.5%
2011 22.7% 31.9%
2010 22.8% 31.9%
2009 22.8% 32.0%
2008 22.9% 32.0%
2007 22.9% 32.1%
2006 23.0% 32.1%
2005 23.0% 32.1%
2004 23.1% 32.2%
2003 23.2% 32.3%
2002 23.2% 32.3%
2001 23.3% 32.3%
2000 23.3% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 22.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 22.6%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Togo has the 125th 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 Togo
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)