Côte d’Ivoire vs South Africa: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 12.1% in Côte d’Ivoire and 18.8% in South Africa, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 6.7 percentage points, or 1.55 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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% of land · FAO

Côte d’IvoireSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
In 2024, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 155 and South Africa ranked 133 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Côte d’Ivoire	South Africa	World
2024	12.1	18.8	–
2023	12.4	18.7	31.1
2022	12.6	18.7	31.1
2021	12.9	18.6	31.2
2020	13.1	18.5	31.2
2019	13.3	18.4	31.2
2018	13.5	18.4	31.3
2017	13.7	18.3	31.3
2016	13.8	18.2	31.3
2015	14	18.1	31.4
2014	14.3	18.1	31.4
2013	14.7	18	31.4
2012	15	17.9	31.5
2011	15.4	17.9	31.9
2010	15.7	17.8	32
2009	16.1	17.7	32
2008	16.5	17.6	32
2007	16.8	17.6	32.1
2006	17.2	17.5	32.1
2005	17.6	17.4	32.1
2004	17.9	17.4	32.2
2003	18.3	17.3	32.3
2002	18.7	17.2	32.3
2001	19	17.1	32.3
2000	19.4	17.1	32.4
1999	20.1	17	32.5
1998	20.7	16.9	32.5
1997	21.4	16.8	32.6
1996	22.1	16.8	32.7
1995	22.7	16.7	32.7
1994	23.4	16.6	32.8
1993	24.1	16.6	32.8
1992	24.8	16.5	33
1991	25.4	16.4	–
1990	26.1	16.3	–

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 conflictsCôte d’Ivoire: 0 deaths in 2022South Africa: 0 deaths in 2022