Annual forest expansion in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Annual forest expansion was 8,050 hectares per year in 2020. ▲ Rising
Annual forest expansion in Burkina Faso, 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
Burkina Faso recorded 8,050 hectares per year for annual forest expansion in 2020.
The figure is down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Burkina Faso peaked at 11,060 hectares per year in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3,720 hectares per year, in 1990.
Burkina Faso ranks 32nd of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,720 hectares per year | 3,720 hectares per year | 3,720 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 11,060 hectares per year | 11,060 hectares per year | 11,060 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 9,055 hectares per year | 8,510 hectares per year | 9,600 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 8,050 hectares per year | 8,050 hectares per year | 8,050 hectares per year | 1 |
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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 forest expansion in Burkina Faso?
- Annual forest expansion in Burkina Faso was 8,050 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 forest expansion recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 11,060 hectares per year in 2000.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,720 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for annual forest expansion?
- Burkina Faso ranks 32nd out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. 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 forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).