Forest land — Share in Land area in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Forest land — Share in Land area was 12.27 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Share in Land area in Burkina Faso, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 12.27 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Burkina Faso peaked at 30.33 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 12.27 %, in 2024.
That places Burkina Faso 155th out of 210 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 27.17 % | 24.01 % | 30.33 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.1 % | 18.89 % | 23.31 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.43 % | 14.46 % | 18.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.15 % | 12.27 % | 14.02 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Burkina Faso
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -16.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3027 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.4048 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -14.69 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Burkina Faso?
- Forest land — share in land area in Burkina Faso was 12.27 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 30.33 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.27 % in 2024.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Burkina Faso ranks 155th out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.