Sudan vs Netherlands: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 11.9% in Sudan and 11% in Netherlands, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sudan, by 0.9 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Netherlands.

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Watch it change on the map

Change since 2012, percentage points · FAO

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Latest figures

% of land · FAO

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2024
Sudan	11.9 2024	12.8	159 of 209
Netherlands	11 2024	10.9	165 of 209
World	31.1 2023	31.4

What the numbers say

Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2012.
In 2024, Sudan ranked 159 and Netherlands ranked 165 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Sudan	Netherlands	World
2024	11.9	11	–
2023	12	10.9	31.1
2022	12.1	10.9	31.1
2021	12.1	10.9	31.2
2020	12.2	10.9	31.2
2019	12.3	10.9	31.2
2018	12.4	10.9	31.3
2017	12.5	10.9	31.3
2016	12.6	10.9	31.3
2015	12.7	10.8	31.4
2014	12.8	10.9	31.4
2013	12.9	10.9	31.4
2012	13	11	31.5
2011	–	11	31.9
2010	–	11.1	32
2009	–	11	32
2008	–	11	32
2007	–	10.9	32.1
2006	–	10.9	32.1
2005	–	10.9	32.1
2004	–	10.8	32.2
2003	–	10.8	32.3
2002	–	10.7	32.3
2001	–	10.7	32.3
2000	–	10.7	32.4
1999	–	10.6	32.5
1998	–	10.6	32.5
1997	–	10.5	32.6
1996	–	10.5	32.7
1995	–	10.4	32.7
1994	–	10.4	32.8
1993	–	10.4	32.8
1992	–	10.3	33
1991	–	10.3	–
1990	–	10.2	–

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