World Bank · Agriculture

Cabo Verde: Forest area (sq. km)

510.60sq km · 2025+13.8% since 2015

Forest area is land 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 Cabo Verde from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (sq km)Note
2025510.6
2024504.4
2023498.2
2022492
2021485.8
2020479.6
2019473.4
2018467.2
2017461
2016454.8
2015448.6
2014443.5
2013438.4
2012433.2
2011428.1
2010423
2009418.6
2008414.2
2007409.8
2006405.4
2005401
2004396.6
2003392.2
2002387.8
2001383.4
2000379
1999374.6
1998370.2
1997365.8
1996361.4
1995357
1994352.6
1993348.2
1992343.8
1991339.4
1990335

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 (sq. km). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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