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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological sustainability — Forest land by country

The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual...

Countries reporting
175
Highest
3.41 million Hectares
World outside Africa
Lowest
0 Hectares
Qatar
Median
3,135 Hectares
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
5,127

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological sustainability — Forest land is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 3.41 million Hectares in World outside Africa; the lowest is 0 Hectares in Qatar.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,135 Hectares, and the mean is 57,267 Hectares.

Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 44.2%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 32.6%).

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 World outside Africa 3.41 million Hectares 2020 down 0.2% flat
2 OECD 1.16 million Hectares 2020 up 0.6% flat
3 Resource-rich countries 1.10 million Hectares 2020 down 0.1% flat
4 Russia 815,312 Hectares 2020 up 0.0% flat
5 Brazil 496,620 Hectares 2020 down 2.9% falling
6 Canada 346,928 Hectares 2020 down 0.1% flat
7 Africa, fragile states 336,207 Hectares 2020 down 5.9% falling
8 United States 309,795 Hectares 2020 up 0.3% flat
9 China (People’s Republic of) 219,978 Hectares 2020 up 9.7% rising
10 East African Community 185,562 Hectares 2020 down 4.3% falling
11 Australia 134,005 Hectares 2020 up 3.4% flat
12 Indonesia 92,133 Hectares 2020 down 7.6% falling
13 Peru 72,330 Hectares 2020 down 2.3% flat
14 India 72,160 Hectares 2020 up 3.8% rising
15 Angola 66,607 Hectares 2020 down 7.7% falling
16 Mexico 65,692 Hectares 2020 down 1.9% flat
17 Colombia 59,142 Hectares 2020 down 2.7% falling
18 Bolivia 50,834 Hectares 2020 down 4.2% falling
19 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 46,231 Hectares 2020 down 2.7% falling
20 Tanzania, United Republic of 45,745 Hectares 2020 down 8.4% falling
21 Zambia 44,814 Hectares 2020 down 4.0% flat
22 Mozambique, Republic of 36,744 Hectares 2020 down 5.7% falling
23 Papua New Guinea 35,856 Hectares 2020 down 0.9% flat
24 Argentina 28,573 Hectares 2020 down 5.4% falling
25 Myanmar 28,544 Hectares 2020 down 9.2% falling
26 Sweden 27,980 Hectares 2020 down 0.3% flat
27 Japan 24,935 Hectares 2020 down 0.1% flat
28 Gabon 23,531 Hectares 2020 down 0.5% flat
29 Finland 22,409 Hectares 2020 up 0.8% flat
30 Central African Republic 22,303 Hectares 2020 down 1.3% flat
31 Congo, Republic of 21,946 Hectares 2020 down 0.6% flat
32 Nigeria 21,627 Hectares 2020 down 7.0% falling
33 Cameroon 20,340 Hectares 2020 down 2.7% falling
34 Thailand 19,873 Hectares 2020 down 1.0% flat
35 Malaysia 19,114 Hectares 2020 up 0.9% flat
36 Spain 18,572 Hectares 2020 up 0.1% rising
37 Guyana 18,415 Hectares 2020 down 0.6% flat
38 Sudan 18,360 Hectares 2020 down 32.6% falling
39 Chile 18,211 Hectares 2020 up 8.9% rising
40 Zimbabwe 17,445 Hectares 2020 down 2.6% falling
41 France 17,253 Hectares 2020 up 5.1% rising
42 South Africa 17,050 Hectares 2020 down 2.1% flat
43 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16,596 Hectares 2020 down 2.0% flat
44 Paraguay 16,102 Hectares 2020 down 17.7% falling
45 Botswana 15,255 Hectares 2020 down 7.2% falling
46 Suriname 15,196 Hectares 2020 down 0.7% flat
47 Mongolia 14,173 Hectares 2020 down 0.1% flat
48 Mali 13,296 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
49 Ecuador 12,498 Hectares 2020 down 4.1% falling
50 Norway 12,180 Hectares 2020 up 0.6% flat
51 Germany 11,419 Hectares 2020 up 0.1% flat
52 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10,752 Hectares 2020 up 0.6% rising
53 New Zealand 9,893 Hectares 2020 up 0.5% flat
54 Ukraine 9,690 Hectares 2020 up 1.5% flat
55 Italy 9,566 Hectares 2020 up 6.0% rising
56 Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 8,924 Hectares 2020 up 0.7% rising
57 Belarus, Republic of 8,768 Hectares 2020 up 1.6% rising
58 Cambodia 8,068 Hectares 2020 down 23.8% falling
59 Senegal 8,068 Hectares 2020 down 4.7% falling
60 Ghana 7,986 Hectares 2020 up 0.5% falling
61 Liberia 7,617 Hectares 2020 down 3.8% falling
62 Philippines 7,189 Hectares 2020 up 5.1% flat
63 South Sudan, Republic of 7,157 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
64 Romania 6,929 Hectares 2020 up 6.4% rising
65 Namibia 6,639 Hectares 2020 down 9.7% falling
66 Honduras 6,359 Hectares 2020 down 3.3% falling
67 Burkina Faso 6,216 Hectares 2020 down 7.4% falling
68 Guinea 6,189 Hectares 2020 down 5.8% falling
69 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 6,030 Hectares 2020 down 3.4% falling
70 Somalia 5,980 Hectares 2020 down 11.4% falling
71 Nepal 5,962 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
72 Morocco 5,742 Hectares 2020 up 1.2% flat
73 Chad 4,313 Hectares 2020 down 22.0% falling
74 Panama 4,214 Hectares 2020 down 2.6% falling
75 Turkmenistan 4,127 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
76 Greece 3,902 Hectares 2020 down 0.0% rising
77 Austria 3,899 Hectares 2020 up 0.9% flat
78 Bulgaria 3,893 Hectares 2020 up 4.2% rising
79 Pakistan 3,726 Hectares 2020 down 9.0% falling
80 Uzbekistan, Republic of 3,690 Hectares 2020 up 10.2% rising
81 Kenya 3,611 Hectares 2020 down 0.1% falling
82 Guatemala 3,528 Hectares 2020 down 5.2% falling
83 Kazakhstan, Republic of 3,455 Hectares 2020 up 12.1% rising
84 Nicaragua 3,408 Hectares 2020 down 18.6% falling
85 Portugal 3,312 Hectares 2020 up 1.8% flat
86 Cuba 3,242 Hectares 2020 up 10.6% rising
87 United Kingdom 3,190 Hectares 2020 up 4.3% rising
88 Benin 3,135 Hectares 2020 down 13.8% falling
89 Costa Rica 3,035 Hectares 2020 up 5.7% rising
90 Côte d’Ivoire 2,837 Hectares 2020 down 28.5% falling
91 Georgia 2,822 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
92 Bhutan 2,725 Hectares 2020 up 0.7% flat
93 Serbia, Republic of 2,723 Hectares 2020 up 0.4% falling
94 Czechia 2,677 Hectares 2020 up 0.7% flat
95 Sierra Leone 2,535 Hectares 2020 down 7.2% falling
96 Solomon Islands 2,523 Hectares 2020 down 0.3% flat
97 Uganda 2,338 Hectares 2020 down 15.0% falling
98 Malawi 2,242 Hectares 2020 down 15.8% falling
99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,188 Hectares 2020 up 4.1% flat
100 Dominican Republic 2,144 Hectares 2020 up 3.4% rising
101 Sri Lanka 2,113 Hectares 2020 up 0.4% flat
102 Hungary 2,053 Hectares 2020 up 0.3% rising
103 Uruguay 2,031 Hectares 2020 up 17.3% rising
104 Guinea-Bissau 1,980 Hectares 2020 down 4.1% falling
105 Algeria 1,949 Hectares 2020 up 1.6% rising
106 Bangladesh 1,883 Hectares 2020 down 0.3% flat
107 Kyrgyz Republic 1,315 Hectares 2020 up 7.0% rising
108 Belize 1,277 Hectares 2020 down 8.2% falling
109 Switzerland 1,269 Hectares 2020 up 2.8% rising
110 Togo 1,209 Hectares 2020 down 2.4% flat
111 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 1,208 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
112 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1,132 Hectares 2020 up 9.6% rising
113 Niger 1,080 Hectares 2020 down 10.3% falling
114 Eritrea, The State of 1,055 Hectares 2020 down 2.9% falling
115 North Macedonia, Republic of 1,001 Hectares 2020 up 4.3% rising
116 Saudi Arabia 977 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
117 Montenegro 827 Hectares 2020 unchanged rising
118 Iraq 825 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
119 Albania 788.9 Hectares 2020 up 0.9% flat
120 Ireland 782.02 Hectares 2020 up 8.6% rising
121 Tunisia 702.73 Hectares 2020 up 2.2% rising
122 Belgium 689.3 Hectares 2020 down 0.1% flat
123 Denmark 628.44 Hectares 2020 up 7.2% rising
124 Jamaica 596.89 Hectares 2020 up 6.9% rising
125 El Salvador 583.88 Hectares 2020 down 7.2% falling
126 Yemen, Republic of 549 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
127 Bahamas, The 509.86 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
128 Vanuatu 442.3 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
129 Tajikistan, Republic of 423.8 Hectares 2020 up 3.4% flat
130 Brunei Darussalam 380 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
131 Haiti 347.3 Hectares 2020 down 8.2% falling
132 Armenia, Republic of 328.47 Hectares 2020 down 0.6% flat
133 United Arab Emirates 317.3 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
134 Burundi 279.64 Hectares 2020 up 44.2% rising
135 Rwanda 276 Hectares 2020 up 4.2% flat
136 Gambia, The 242.67 Hectares 2020 down 19.1% falling
137 Trinidad and Tobago 228.19 Hectares 2020 down 1.8% flat
138 Libya 217 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
139 Cyprus 172.53 Hectares 2020 down 0.2% flat
140 Samoa 161.67 Hectares 2020 down 2.9% falling
141 Lebanon 143.33 Hectares 2020 up 4.4% flat
142 Israel 140 Hectares 2020 down 9.1% falling
143 Jordan 97.5 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
144 Luxembourg 88.7 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
145 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 51.9 Hectares 2020 down 10.7% falling
146 Iceland 51.35 Hectares 2020 up 15.0% rising
147 Dominica 47.87 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
148 Egypt, Arab Republic of 44.98 Hectares 2020 down 31.5% falling
149 Palau, Republic of 41.41 Hectares 2020 up 2.1% flat
150 Mauritius 38.77 Hectares 2020 up 1.0% falling
151 Seychelles 33.7 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
152 Comoros, Union of the 32.92 Hectares 2020 down 11.7% falling
153 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 28.54 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
154 St. Lucia 20.77 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
155 Grenada 17.7 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
156 Andorra, Principality of 16 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
157 Singapore 15.57 Hectares 2020 down 12.2% falling
158 St. Kitts and Nevis 11 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
159 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 9.4 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
160 Tonga 8.95 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
161 Antigua and Barbuda 8.12 Hectares 2020 down 7.5% falling
162 Liechtenstein, Principality of 6.7 Hectares 2020 up 0.0% flat
163 Barbados 6.3 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
164 Kuwait 6.25 Hectares 2020 unchanged rising
165 Djibouti 5.8 Hectares 2020 up 3.6% flat
166 Oman 2.5 Hectares 2020 down 16.7% falling
167 Kiribati 1.18 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
168 San Marino, Republic of 1 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
168 Tuvalu 1 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
170 Maldives 0.82 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
171 Bahrain, Kingdom of 0.7 Hectares 2020 up 34.6% rising
172 Malta 0.46 Hectares 2020 up 31.4% rising
173 Monaco 0 Hectares 2020 — flat
173 Nauru, Republic of 0 Hectares 2020 — flat
173 Qatar 0 Hectares 2020 — flat

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological sustainability — Forest land
Unit
Hectares
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
245 places, 5,127 data points, 2000–2020
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The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. <br><br> Table 23 shows indicators of ecological sustainability, in terms of land use. This includes number of hectars of land allocated to different kinds of use, carbon stock in living biomass, and fertiliser use, and wood production.