Burkina Faso - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Burkina Faso was 62,164 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 77,166 in 1990 and a minimum value of 62,164 in 2020.

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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 77,166
1991 76,666
1992 76,166
1993 75,666
1994 75,166
1995 74,666
1996 74,165
1997 73,665
1998 73,165
1999 72,665
2000 72,165
2001 71,665
2002 71,165
2003 70,665
2004 70,165
2005 69,665
2006 69,165
2007 68,665
2008 68,165
2009 67,665
2010 67,165
2011 66,665
2012 66,165
2013 65,664
2014 65,164
2015 64,664
2016 64,164
2017 63,664
2018 63,164
2019 62,664
2020 62,164

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Burkina Faso was 22.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 28.20 in 1990, while its lowest value was 22.72 in 2020.

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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 28.20
1991 28.02
1992 27.84
1993 27.66
1994 27.47
1995 27.29
1996 27.11
1997 26.92
1998 26.74
1999 26.56
2000 26.38
2001 26.19
2002 26.01
2003 25.83
2004 25.65
2005 25.46
2006 25.28
2007 25.10
2008 24.91
2009 24.73
2010 24.55
2011 24.37
2012 24.18
2013 24.00
2014 23.82
2015 23.63
2016 23.45
2017 23.27
2018 23.09
2019 22.90
2020 22.72

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use