Sudan

Forest area in Sudan

Forest area in Sudan: 13% in 2012 and 11.9% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
11.9%
Since 2012
−1.1 percentage points
Rank, 2024
159 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in SudanForest area in Sudan: 13% in 2012 and 11.9% in 2024, by FAO estimates. In 2024, Sudan ranked 159 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearSudanWorld
202411.9–
20231231.1
202212.131.1
202112.131.2
202012.231.2
201912.331.2
201812.431.3
201712.531.3
201612.631.3
201512.731.4
201412.831.4
201312.931.4
20121331.5
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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