Central African Republic vs Sudan: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 72.5% in Central African Republic and 11.9% in Sudan, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Central African Republic, by 60.6 percentage points, or 6.11 times that in Sudan.

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% of land · FAO

Central African RepublicSudanWorld

What the numbers say

Central African Republic has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2012.
In 2024, Central African Republic ranked 15 and Sudan ranked 159 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Central African Republic	Sudan	World
2024	72.5	11.9	–
2023	72.5	12	31.1
2022	72.6	12.1	31.1
2021	72.7	12.1	31.2
2020	72.8	12.2	31.2
2019	72.8	12.3	31.2
2018	72.9	12.4	31.3
2017	73	12.5	31.3
2016	73.1	12.6	31.3
2015	73.1	12.7	31.4
2014	73.2	12.8	31.4
2013	73.2	12.9	31.4
2012	73.3	13	31.5
2011	73.4	–	31.9
2010	73.4	–	32
2009	73.5	–	32
2008	73.5	–	32
2007	73.6	–	32.1
2006	73.6	–	32.1
2005	73.7	–	32.1
2004	73.8	–	32.2
2003	73.8	–	32.3
2002	73.9	–	32.3
2001	73.9	–	32.3
2000	74	–	32.4
1999	74	–	32.5
1998	74.1	–	32.5
1997	74.1	–	32.6
1996	74.2	–	32.7
1995	74.3	–	32.7
1994	74.3	–	32.8
1993	74.4	–	32.8
1992	74.4	–	33
1991	74.5	–	–
1990	74.5	–	–

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.

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Deaths in conflictsCentral African Republic: 754 deaths in 2022Sudan: 1,364 deaths in 2022