Burkina Faso vs Somalia

Burkina Faso vs Somalia: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 12.3% in Burkina Faso and 7.8% in Somalia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 4.4 percentage points, or 1.57 times that in Somalia.

Burkina FasoSomalia
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Change since 1990, percentage points · FAO

All yearsSince 2010
ValuesChange
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World
Burkina Faso vs Somalia: Forest areaForest area in 2024: 12.3% in Burkina Faso and 7.8% in Somalia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 4.4 percentage points, or 1.57 times that in Somalia.
Burkina FasoSomalia

Latest figures

% of land · FAO

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Burkina Faso12.3 202416.7153 of 209
Somalia7.8 20249.8172 of 209
World31.1 202331.4

What the numbers say

  • Burkina Faso has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2024, Burkina Faso ranked 153 and Somalia ranked 172 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearBurkina FasoSomaliaWorld
202412.37.8–
202312.77.931.1
202213.28.131.1
202113.68.231.2
2020148.331.2
201914.58.531.2
201814.98.831.3
201715.3931.3
201615.89.331.3
201516.29.531.4
201416.79.831.4
201317.11031.4
201217.510.331.5
20111810.531.9
201018.410.832
200918.910.932
200819.41132
200719.911.132.1
200620.411.332.1
200520.911.432.1
200421.411.532.2
200321.811.632.3
200222.311.732.3
200122.811.932.3
200023.31232.4
19992412.132.5
199824.712.232.5
199725.412.432.6
199626.112.532.7
199526.812.632.7
199427.512.732.8
199328.212.832.8
199228.91333
199129.613.1–
199030.313.2–

Each country on its own

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time