Forest area in Angola
Angola: Forest area was 63.26 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Angola, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
In 2025, forest area in Angola stood at 63.26 million hectares. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Angola peaked at 77.53 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 63.26 million hectares, in 2025.
Angola ranks 12th of 235 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 76.85 million hectares | 76.17 million hectares | 77.53 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.72 million hectares | 71.42 million hectares | 76.01 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.62 million hectares | 66.32 million hectares | 70.91 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.54 million hectares | 63.26 million hectares | 65.81 million hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Angola
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 69.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.85 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 7.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.77 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 21.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0059 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 34.32 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0048 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0542 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Angola?
- Forest area in Angola was 63.26 million 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 forest area recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 77.53 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.26 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Angola rank for forest area?
- Angola ranks 12th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Angola 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.