Annual forest expansion in Senegal
Senegal: Annual forest expansion was 5,920 hectares per year in 2020. ▬ Flat
Annual forest expansion in Senegal, 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 forest expansion in Senegal is 5,920 hectares per year, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Senegal peaked at 5,920 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 5,920 hectares per year, in 1990.
Senegal ranks 43rd of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Annual forest expansion in Senegal, year by year
| Year | hectares per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5,920 hectares per year | — |
| 2000 | 5,920 hectares per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5,920 hectares per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5,920 hectares per year | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5,920 hectares per year | +0.0% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 5,920 hectares per year is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,790 hectares per year, 3.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 5,920 hectares per year is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,500 hectares per year, 3.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,920 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 5,920 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 5,920 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 5,920 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 5,920 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More environment data for Senegal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.432 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.48 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.1647 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Senegal?
- Annual forest expansion in Senegal was 5,920 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 5,920 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,920 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Senegal rank for annual forest expansion?
- Senegal ranks 43rd out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Senegal 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).