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Botswana: Forest area (% of land area)

27.76percent · 2024+0.0% 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 Botswana from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202427.756
202327.756
202227.756
202127.756
202027.756
201927.755
201827.754
201727.754
201627.753
201527.752
201427.752
201327.752
201227.752
201127.752
201027.752
200927.752
200827.752
200727.752
200627.752
200527.752
200427.752
200327.752
200227.752
200127.752
200027.752
199927.752
199827.752
199727.752
199627.752
199527.752
199427.752
199327.752
199227.752
199127.752
199027.752

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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