Forest area in Rwanda
Rwanda: Forest area was 634,630 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Rwanda, 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 Rwanda stood at 634,630 hectares. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Rwanda peaked at 634,630 hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 409,230 hectares, in 2000.
Rwanda ranks 139th 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 | 424,421 hectares | 411,992 hectares | 436,850 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 412,384 hectares | 409,230 hectares | 415,539 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 481,753 hectares | 416,240 hectares | 547,270 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 598,230 hectares | 561,830 hectares | 634,630 hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Rwanda
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 8.35 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.5857 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.9152 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.9571 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0053 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0055 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.12 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Rwanda?
- Forest area in Rwanda was 634,630 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 634,630 hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 409,230 hectares in 2000.
- How does Rwanda rank for forest area?
- Rwanda ranks 139th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.