Germany vs South Africa: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 32.8% in Germany and 18.8% in South Africa, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Germany, by 14.1 percentage points, or 1.75 times that in South Africa.

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% of land · FAO

GermanySouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Germany ranked 107 and South Africa ranked 133 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Germany	South Africa	World
2024	32.8	18.8	–
2023	32.8	18.7	31.1
2022	32.8	18.7	31.1
2021	32.8	18.6	31.2
2020	32.8	18.5	31.2
2019	32.8	18.4	31.2
2018	32.8	18.4	31.3
2017	32.8	18.3	31.3
2016	32.7	18.2	31.3
2015	32.8	18.1	31.4
2014	32.8	18.1	31.4
2013	32.7	18	31.4
2012	32.8	17.9	31.5
2011	32.8	17.9	31.9
2010	32.7	17.8	32
2009	32.7	17.7	32
2008	32.7	17.6	32
2007	32.7	17.6	32.1
2006	32.7	17.5	32.1
2005	32.6	17.4	32.1
2004	32.6	17.4	32.2
2003	32.6	17.3	32.3
2002	32.6	17.2	32.3
2001	32.6	17.1	32.3
2000	32.5	17.1	32.4
1999	32.5	17	32.5
1998	32.5	16.9	32.5
1997	32.5	16.8	32.6
1996	32.5	16.8	32.7
1995	32.5	16.7	32.7
1994	32.4	16.6	32.8
1993	32.4	16.6	32.8
1992	32.4	16.5	33
1991	32.4	16.4	–
1990	32.4	16.3	–

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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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