Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Senegal
Senegal: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -0.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Senegal, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Senegal is -0.2%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Senegal peaked at -0.2% in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.2%, in 2025.
Senegal ranks 171st of 228 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 6 |
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- 168 Western Sahara -0.2% compare
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- 174 Guinea-Bissau -0.2% compare
More environment data for Senegal
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 31.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.71 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 9.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3409 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.6572 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0025 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.33 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0063 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0238 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.91 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Senegal?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Senegal was -0.2% 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 as a share of forest area recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was -0.2% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.2% in 2025.
- How does Senegal rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Senegal ranks 171st out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.