Forest area in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Forest area was 51,060 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Cape Verde, 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 Cape Verde stood at 51,060 hectares. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Cape Verde peaked at 51,060 hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 33,500 hectares, in 1990.
Cape Verde ranks 172nd of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35,480 hectares | 33,500 hectares | 37,460 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,880 hectares | 37,900 hectares | 41,860 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,712 hectares | 42,300 hectares | 47,340 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,510 hectares | 47,960 hectares | 51,060 hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
More environment data for Cape Verde
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.9126 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.74 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0723 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0241 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1711 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0693 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Cape Verde?
- Forest area in Cape Verde was 51,060 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 Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 51,060 hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,500 hectares in 1990.
- How does Cape Verde rank for forest area?
- Cape Verde ranks 172nd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 36 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
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.