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Benin: Forest area (% of land area)

28.12percent · 2024-13.3% since 2014

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. Annual figures for Benin from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202428.119
202328.45
202228.782
202129.113
202029.445
201929.776
201830.108
201730.439
201630.771
201531.102
201432.445
201333.788
201235.131
201136.474
201037.817
200939.067
200840.318
200741.568
200642.819
200544.069
200445.32
200346.57
200247.821
200149.071
200050.322
199951.48
199852.638
199753.796
199654.954
199556.112
199457.27
199358.428
199259.586
199160.744
199061.902

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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