Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Geography > Forest area > Sq. km
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DEFINITION:
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.".
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.33 million | 2007 | ||
2 | Sudan | 663,677 | 2007 | ||
3 | Angola | 588,544 | 2007 | ||
4 | Zambia | 415,624 | 2007 | ||
5 | Tanzania | 344,326 | 2007 | ||
6 | Central African Republic | 226,958 | 2007 | ||
7 | Gabon | 217,546 | 2007 | ||
8 | Cameroon | 208,050 | 2007 | ||
9 | Mozambique | 191,620 | 2007 | ||
10 | Zimbabwe | 169,140 | 2007 | ||
11 | Madagascar | 127,637 | 2007 | ||
12 | Ethiopia | 127,180 | 2007 | ||
13 | Mali | 123,715 | 2007 | ||
14 | Chad | 117,626 | 2007 | ||
15 | Botswana | 117,062 | 2007 | ||
16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 104,358 | 2007 | ||
17 | Nigeria | 102,698 | 2007 | ||
18 | South Africa | 92,030 | 2007 | ||
19 | Senegal | 85,832 | 2007 | ||
20 | Namibia | 75,122 | 2007 | ||
21 | Somalia | 69,774 | 2007 | ||
22 | Burkina Faso | 67,464 | 2007 | ||
23 | Guinea | 66,522 | 2007 | ||
24 | Ghana | 52,862 | 2007 | ||
25 | Kenya | 34,980 | 2007 | ||
26 | Uganda | 34,542 | 2007 | ||
27 | Malawi | 33,360 | 2007 | ||
28 | Liberia | 30,336 | 2007 | ||
29 | Sierra Leone | 27,158 | 2007 | ||
30 | Benin | 22,214 | 2007 | ||
31 | Guinea-Bissau | 20,523 | 2007 | ||
32 | Equatorial Guinea | 16,015 | 2007 | ||
33 | Eritrea | 15,496 | 2007 | ||
34 | Niger | 12,411 | 2007 | ||
35 | Swaziland | 5,504 | 2007 | ||
36 | Rwanda | 5,344 | 2007 | ||
37 | The Gambia | 4,750 | 2007 | ||
38 | Togo | 3,460 | 2007 | ||
39 | Mauritania | 2,470 | 2007 | ||
40 | Burundi | 1,336 | 2007 | ||
41 | Cape Verde | 845 | 2007 | ||
42 | Seychelles | 400 | 2007 | ||
43 | Mauritius | 366 | 2007 | ||
44 | Sao Tome and Principe | 274 | 2007 | ||
45 | Lesotho | 84 | 2007 | ||
46 | Djibouti | 56 | 2007 | ||
47 | Comoros | 44 | 2007 |