Planted Forest — Area in Africa
Africa: Planted Forest — Area was 14,085 1000 ha in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Area in Africa, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 14,085 1000 ha for planted forest — area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — area in Africa peaked at 14,085 1000 ha in 2025 and was at its lowest, 8,948 1000 ha, in 1990.
Africa ranks 15th of 35 groups 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 | 9,366 1000 ha | 8,948 1000 ha | 9,784 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,531 1000 ha | 9,877 1000 ha | 11,185 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,150 1000 ha | 11,330 1000 ha | 13,078 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,694 1000 ha | 13,302 1000 ha | 14,085 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More environment data for Africa
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.69 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 4.58 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 1.30 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 1.05 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.23 kg/ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 3.04 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 1.19 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 2.99 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 1.29 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.45 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — area in Africa?
- Planted forest — area in Africa was 14,085 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — area recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 14,085 1000 ha in 2025.
- What is the lowest planted forest — area recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,948 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Africa rank for planted forest — area?
- Africa ranks 15th out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — area rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Planted Forest — 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.