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Madagascar: Forest area (% of land area)

17.27percent · 2024-11.1% 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 Madagascar from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202417.268
202317.481
202217.695
202117.909
202018.122
201918.329
201818.536
201718.743
201618.95
201519.157
201419.432
201319.708
201219.983
201120.258
201020.542
200920.726
200820.91
200721.093
200621.277
200521.461
200421.644
200321.828
200222.012
200122.195
200022.379
199922.493
199822.607
199722.721
199622.835
199522.949
199423.063
199323.177
199223.291
199123.405
199023.519

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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