Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 2.04 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 2.04 % for planted forest — share in forest land in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 2.04 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.98 %, in 1990.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 27th of 35 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.05 % | 0.98 % | 1.13 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.26 % | 1.14 % | 1.38 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.64 % | 1.4 % | 1.83 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.96 % | 1.87 % | 2.04 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
More environment data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 13.02 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 31.93 % (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 41,984 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 7,505 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 2.86 % (2024)
- Total fisheries production 9.71 million metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 8.80 million metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 904,662 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) 10.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Sub-Saharan Africa was 2.04 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.04 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.98 % in 1990.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 27th out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Planted 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.