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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Environment > Forest area > Sq. km per 1000

DEFINITION: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Gabon 157.85 km² 2005
2 Botswana 63.67 km² 2005
3 Central African Republic 57.45 km² 2005
4 Namibia 37.79 km² 2005
5 Zambia 37.01 km² 2005
6 Angola 35.72 km² 2005
7 Equatorial Guinea 27.04 km² 2005
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 24.73 km² 2005
9 Sudan 21.38 km² 2005
10 Guinea-Bissau 14.58 km² 2005
11 Zimbabwe 13.8 km² 2005
12 Chad 11.9 km² 2005
13 Cameroon 11.71 km² 2005
14 Mali 10.53 km² 2005
15 Liberia 9.65 km² 2005
16 Mozambique 9.17 km² 2005
17 Tanzania 9.08 km² 2005
18 Somalia 8.42 km² 2005
19 Senegal 7.7 km² 2005
20 Guinea 7.02 km² 2005
21 Madagascar 7.02 km² 2005
22 Cote d'Ivoire 5.98 km² 2005
23 Sierra Leone 5.38 km² 2005
24 Burkina Faso 5.06 km² 2005
25 Swaziland 4.9 km² 2005
26 Seychelles 4.83 km² 2005
27 The Gambia 3.28 km² 2005
28 Eritrea 3.2 km² 2005
29 Benin 2.87 km² 2005
30 Malawi 2.63 km² 2005
31 Ghana 2.58 km² 2005
32 South Africa 1.95 km² 2005
33 Cape Verde 1.75 km² 2005
34 Sao Tome and Principe 1.75 km² 2005
35 Ethiopia 1.71 km² 2005
36 Uganda 1.26 km² 2005
37 Kenya 0.984 km² 2005
38 Niger 0.96 km² 2005
39 Mauritania 0.849 km² 2005
40 Nigeria 0.794 km² 2005
41 Togo 0.697 km² 2005
42 Rwanda 0.509 km² 2005
43 Mauritius 0.298 km² 2005
44 Burundi 0.196 km² 2005
45 Comoros 0.0832 km² 2005
46 Djibouti 0.0773 km² 2005
47 Lesotho 0.0415 km² 2005

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