Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 1,593 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Burkina Faso, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 1,593 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Burkina Faso peaked at 1,593 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,290 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Burkina Faso 107th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,290 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,290 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,290 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,292 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,294 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,297 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 1,303 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 1,325 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 1,362 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 1,373 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 1,381 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 1,386 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1,393 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,395 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,397 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,400 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,402 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,405 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,406 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,410 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,412 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,415 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,420 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,420 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,426 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,430 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,507 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 1,558 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 1,565 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,579 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 1,593 1000 ha | +0.9% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 1,593 1000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 2,674 1000 ha, 60% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 1,593 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,570 1000 ha, 35% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,298 1000 ha | 1,290 1000 ha | 1,325 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,389 1000 ha | 1,362 1000 ha | 1,405 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,441 1000 ha | 1,406 1000 ha | 1,558 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,579 1000 ha | 1,565 1000 ha | 1,593 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 104 Belize 1,692 1000 ha compare
- 105 Morocco 1,637 1000 ha compare
- 106 Algeria 1,634 1000 ha compare
- 108 Kyrgyzstan 1,528 1000 ha compare
- 109 El Salvador 1,451 1000 ha compare
- 110 Switzerland 1,340 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Burkina Faso
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.3634 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Burkina Faso?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Burkina Faso was 1,593 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1,593 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,290 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Burkina Faso ranks 107th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.