São Tomé & Príncipe
Forest area in São Tomé & Príncipe
Forest area in São Tomé & Príncipe: 61.5% in 1990 and 57.6% in 2024, by FAO estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 57.6%
- Since 1990
- −4 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 39 of 209
- counting from the highest
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- The highest was 61.5% in 1990, the lowest 57.3% in 2015.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 57.6 | – |
| 2023 | 57.5 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 57.5 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 57.5 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 57.5 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 57.4 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 57.4 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 57.4 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 57.3 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 57.3 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 57.9 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 58.6 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 59.2 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 59.8 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 60.4 | 32 |
| 2009 | 60.5 | 32 |
| 2008 | 60.5 | 32 |
| 2007 | 60.6 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 60.7 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 60.7 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 60.8 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 60.8 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 60.9 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 60.9 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 61 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 61 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 61.1 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 61.2 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 61.2 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 61.3 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 61.3 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 61.4 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 61.4 | 33 |
| 1991 | 61.5 | – |
| 1990 | 61.5 | – |
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
São Tomé & Príncipe in numbers
Every measure for São Tomé & Príncipe on one page