Botswana vs Namibia

Botswana vs Namibia: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 27.8% in Botswana and 9.8% in Namibia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Botswana, by 18 percentage points, or 2.84 times that in Namibia.

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% of land · FAO

Botswana vs Namibia: Forest areaForest area in 2024: 27.8% in Botswana and 9.8% in Namibia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Botswana, by 18 percentage points, or 2.84 times that in Namibia.
BotswanaNamibiaWorld

What the numbers say

  • Botswana has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2024, Botswana ranked 115 and Namibia ranked 167 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearBotswanaNamibiaWorld
202427.89.8–
202327.89.831.1
202227.89.831.1
202127.89.831.2
202027.89.831.2
201927.89.831.2
201827.89.831.3
201727.89.831.3
201627.89.831.3
201527.89.831.4
201427.89.831.4
201327.89.831.4
201227.89.831.5
201127.89.831.9
201027.89.832
200927.89.832
200827.89.832
200727.89.832.1
200627.89.832.1
200527.89.832.1
200427.89.832.2
200327.89.832.3
200227.89.832.3
200127.89.832.3
200027.89.832.4
199927.89.932.5
199827.81032.5
199727.810.132.6
199627.810.132.7
199527.810.232.7
199427.810.332.8
199327.810.432.8
199227.810.533
199127.810.6–
199027.810.7–

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Good to know

  • 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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