Share of global forest area in Angola
Angola: Share of global forest area was 1.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of global forest area in Angola, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of global forest area in Angola stood at 1.5%. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Angola peaked at 1.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2025.
Angola ranks 12th of 235 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 6 |
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More environment data for Angola
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 69.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.85 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 7.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.77 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 21.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0059 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 34.32 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0048 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0542 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Angola?
- Share of global forest area in Angola was 1.5% 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 share of global forest area recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2025.
- How does Angola rank for share of global forest area?
- Angola ranks 12th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Angola 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 Share of global forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.