South Sudan

Forest area in South Sudan

Forest area in South Sudan: 11.3% in 2012 and 11.3% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
11.3%
Since 2012
+0 percentage points
Rank, 2024
162 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in South SudanForest area in South Sudan: 11.3% in 2012 and 11.3% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 11.3% in 2015, the lowest 11.3% in 2012.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 11.3% in 2015, the lowest 11.3% in 2012.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearSouth SudanWorld
202411.3–
202311.331.1
202211.331.1
202111.331.2
202011.331.2
201911.331.2
201811.331.3
201711.331.3
201611.331.3
201511.331.4
201411.331.4
201311.331.4
201211.331.5
2011–31.9
2010–32
2009–32
2008–32
2007–32.1
2006–32.1
2005–32.1
2004–32.2
2003–32.3
2002–32.3
2001–32.3
2000–32.4
1999–32.5
1998–32.5
1997–32.6
1996–32.7
1995–32.7
1994–32.8
1993–32.8
1992–33

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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