Share of global forest area in Benin
Benin: Share of global forest area was 0.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of global forest area in Benin, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.1% for share of global forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Benin peaked at 0.2% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2025.
That places Benin 92nd out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 89 United Kingdom 0.1% compare
- 90 Burkina Faso 0.1% compare
- 91 Pakistan 0.1% compare
- 93 Georgia 0.1% compare
- 94 Costa Rica 0.1% compare
- 95 Czechia 0.1% compare
More environment data for Benin
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 17.77 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.23 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.77 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7055 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0019 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 7.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0384 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Benin?
- Share of global forest area in Benin was 0.1% 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2025.
- How does Benin rank for share of global forest area?
- Benin ranks 92nd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin 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.