Annual afforestation in Togo
Togo: Annual afforestation was 7,000 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual afforestation in Togo, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual afforestation in Togo is 7,000 hectares per year, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 250.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual afforestation in Togo peaked at 7,000 hectares per year in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,000 hectares per year, in 1990.
Togo ranks 23rd of 106 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,000 hectares per year | 1,000 hectares per year | 1,000 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 1,500 hectares per year | 1,500 hectares per year | 1,500 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,000 hectares per year | 2,000 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 7,000 hectares per year | 7,000 hectares per year | 7,000 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 20 Burkina Faso 8,050 hectares per year compare
- 21 Algeria 8,000 hectares per year compare
- 22 Netherlands 7,290 hectares per year compare
- 24 Nicaragua 6,740 hectares per year compare
- 25 Germany 6,000 hectares per year compare
More environment data for Togo
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 10.84 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.29 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7379 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0012 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 6.04 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.009 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual afforestation in Togo?
- Annual afforestation in Togo was 7,000 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual afforestation recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 7,000 hectares per year in 2020.
- What is the lowest annual afforestation recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Togo rank for annual afforestation?
- Togo ranks 23rd out of 106 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual afforestation rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 250.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Togo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual afforestation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.