Burundi

Forest area in Burundi

Forest area in Burundi: 10.8% in 1990 and 10.9% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
10.9%
Since 1990
+0.1 percentage points
Rank, 2024
166 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in BurundiForest area in Burundi: 10.8% in 1990 and 10.9% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 10.9% in 2015, the lowest 7.6% in 2000.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 10.9% in 2015, the lowest 7.6% in 2000.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearBurundiWorld
202410.9–
202310.931.1
202210.931.1
202110.931.2
202010.931.2
201910.931.2
201810.931.3
201710.931.3
201610.931.3
201510.931.4
201410.231.4
20139.631.4
20128.931.5
20118.231.9
20107.632
20097.632
20087.632
20077.632.1
20067.632.1
20057.632.1
20047.632.2
20037.632.3
20027.632.3
20017.632.3
20007.632.4
19997.932.5
19988.232.5
19978.532.6
19968.832.7
19959.232.7
19949.532.8
19939.832.8
199210.133
199110.5–
199010.8–

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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