Mali vs Tanzania: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 8.7% in Mali and 49.6% in Tanzania, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 41 percentage points, or 5.72 times that in Mali.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

Tanzania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Mali ranked 171 and Tanzania ranked 61 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Mali	Tanzania	World
2024	8.7	49.6	–
2023	8.8	50.2	31.1
2022	8.8	50.7	31.1
2021	8.9	51.2	31.2
2020	9	51.8	31.2
2019	9.1	52.2	31.2
2018	9.2	52.7	31.3
2017	9.2	53.2	31.3
2016	9.3	53.8	31.3
2015	9.4	54.3	31.4
2014	9.5	54.7	31.4
2013	9.6	55.2	31.4
2012	9.7	55.7	31.5
2011	9.7	56.1	31.9
2010	9.8	56.6	32
2009	9.9	57	32
2008	10	57.5	32
2007	10.1	57.9	32.1
2006	10.2	58.4	32.1
2005	10.2	58.8	32.1
2004	10.3	59.3	32.2
2003	10.4	59.8	32.3
2002	10.5	60.2	32.3
2001	10.6	60.7	32.3
2000	10.7	61.1	32.4
1999	10.7	61.6	32.5
1998	10.8	62	32.5
1997	10.9	62.5	32.6
1996	11	62.9	32.7
1995	11.1	63.4	32.7
1994	11.1	63.8	32.8
1993	11.2	64.3	32.8
1992	11.3	64.8	33
1991	11.4	65.2	–
1990	11.5	65.7	–

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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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