Annual change in forest area in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Annual change in forest area was -119,860 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area in Burkina Faso, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded -119,860 hectares for annual change in forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area in Burkina Faso peaked at -119,860 hectares in 2016 and was at its lowest, -192,114 hectares, in 1991.
Burkina Faso ranks 217th of 235 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -192,114 hectares | -192,114 hectares | -192,114 hectares | 9 |
| 2000s | -140,090 hectares | -192,114 hectares | -134,310 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | -121,305 hectares | -134,310 hectares | -119,860 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | -119,860 hectares | -119,860 hectares | -119,860 hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Burkina Faso
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 34.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.48 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 14.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.67 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0021 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 21 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0014 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0197 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.61 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area in Burkina Faso?
- Annual change in forest area in Burkina Faso was -119,860 hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was -119,860 hectares in 2016.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was -192,114 hectares in 1991.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for annual change in forest area?
- Burkina Faso ranks 217th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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 change in forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.