Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land was 99.9 % in 2025. ▬ Flat
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Burkina Faso, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 99.9 % for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Burkina Faso peaked at 99.9 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 99.82 %, in 1999.
Burkina Faso ranks 42nd of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 99.87 % | — |
| 1991 | 99.87 % | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 99.86 % | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 99.86 % | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 99.85 % | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 99.85 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 99.84 % | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 99.84 % | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 99.83 % | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 99.82 % | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 99.82 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 99.82 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 99.82 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 99.82 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 99.82 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 99.82 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 99.82 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 99.82 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 99.82 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 99.82 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 99.82 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.83 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 99.83 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.83 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.84 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.84 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.85 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.85 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.85 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.86 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.86 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.87 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.88 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.88 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.89 % | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 99.9 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.85 % | 99.82 % | 99.87 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 99.82 % | 99.82 % | 99.82 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.84 % | 99.82 % | 99.86 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.88 % | 99.86 % | 99.9 % | 6 |
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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 — Import quantity, annual growth rate 36.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0001 t per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0002 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -16.5 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Burkina Faso?
- Naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Burkina Faso was 99.9 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.82 % in 1999.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land?
- Burkina Faso ranks 42nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land. 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.