Share of global forest area in Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire: Share of global forest area was 0.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of global forest area in Cote d'Ivoire, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cote d'Ivoire 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 2.0% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Cote d'Ivoire peaked at 0.2% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2025.
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 81st of 235 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 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 Cote d'Ivoire
More environment data for Cote d'Ivoire
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 38.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.19 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.88 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 4.7 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0024 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 13.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0153 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0472 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Share of global forest area in Cote d'Ivoire 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 Cote d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2025.
- How does Cote d'Ivoire rank for share of global forest area?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 81st out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cote d'Ivoire 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.