Rwanda

Forest area in Rwanda

Forest area in Rwanda: 17.7% in 1990 and 26.1% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
26.1%
Since 1990
+8.4 percentage points
Rank, 2024
116 of 209
counting from the highest
Watch it change on the map

% of land · FAO

Forest area in RwandaForest area in Rwanda: 17.7% in 1990 and 26.1% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 26.1% in 2024, the lowest 16.6% in 2000.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 26.1% in 2024, the lowest 16.6% in 2000.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearRwandaWorld
202426.1–
202325.531.1
202224.931.1
202124.331.2
202022.831.2
201922.231.2
201821.631.3
20172131.3
201620.431.3
201519.831.4
201419.231.4
201318.631.4
201218.131.5
201117.531.9
201016.932
200916.832
200816.832
200716.832.1
200616.832.1
200516.732.1
200416.732.2
200316.732.3
200216.632.3
200116.632.3
200016.632.4
199916.732.5
199816.832.5
199716.932.6
19961732.7
199517.232.7
199417.332.8
199317.432.8
199217.533
199117.6–
199017.7–

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

Rwanda in numbers

Every measure for Rwanda on one page

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment

Other places nearby