Forest area in Madagascar

Forest area in Madagascar: 23.5% in 1990 and 17.3% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 17.3%
Since 1990: −6.3 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 139 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Madagascar	World
2024	17.3	–
2023	17.5	31.1
2022	17.7	31.1
2021	17.9	31.2
2020	18.1	31.2
2019	18.3	31.2
2018	18.5	31.3
2017	18.7	31.3
2016	19	31.3
2015	19.2	31.4
2014	19.4	31.4
2013	19.7	31.4
2012	20	31.5
2011	20.3	31.9
2010	20.5	32
2009	20.7	32
2008	20.9	32
2007	21.1	32.1
2006	21.3	32.1
2005	21.5	32.1
2004	21.6	32.2
2003	21.8	32.3
2002	22	32.3
2001	22.2	32.3
2000	22.4	32.4
1999	22.5	32.5
1998	22.6	32.5
1997	22.7	32.6
1996	22.8	32.7
1995	23	32.7
1994	23.1	32.8
1993	23.2	32.8
1992	23.3	33
1991	23.4	–
1990	23.5	–

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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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