Benin vs Mozambique: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 28.1% in Benin and 41.3% in Mozambique, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 13.2 percentage points, or 1.47 times that in Benin.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

Mozambique has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Benin.
In 2024, Benin ranked 114 and Mozambique ranked 76 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Benin	Mozambique	World
2024	28.1	41.3	–
2023	28.5	41.7	31.1
2022	28.8	42	31.1
2021	29.1	42.4	31.2
2020	29.4	42.7	31.2
2019	29.8	43	31.2
2018	30.1	43.4	31.3
2017	30.4	43.7	31.3
2016	30.8	44.1	31.3
2015	31.1	44.4	31.4
2014	32.5	44.7	31.4
2013	33.8	45.1	31.4
2012	35.1	45.4	31.5
2011	36.5	45.8	31.9
2010	37.8	46.1	32
2009	39.1	46.4	32
2008	40.3	46.8	32
2007	41.6	47.1	32.1
2006	42.8	47.5	32.1
2005	44.1	47.8	32.1
2004	45.3	48.1	32.2
2003	46.6	48.5	32.3
2002	47.8	48.8	32.3
2001	49.1	49.2	32.3
2000	50.3	49.5	32.4
1999	51.5	49.8	32.5
1998	52.6	50.2	32.5
1997	53.8	50.5	32.6
1996	55	50.9	32.7
1995	56.1	51.2	32.7
1994	57.3	51.5	32.8
1993	58.4	51.9	32.8
1992	59.6	52.2	33
1991	60.7	52.6	–
1990	61.9	52.9	–

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The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Benin vs Mozambique: Forest area

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