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South Africa: Forest area (sq. km)

228,814sq km · 2025+4.0% 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 South Africa from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (sq km)Note
2025228,814.2
2024227,938.5
2023227,062.9
2022226,187.2
2021225,311.6
2020224,435.9
2019223,560.2
2018222,684.6
2017221,808.9
2016220,933.3
2015220,057.6
2014219,181.9
2013218,306.2
2012217,430.6
2011216,554.9
2010215,679.2
2009214,803.5
2008213,927.8
2007213,052.2
2006212,176.5
2005211,300.8
2004210,425.1
2003209,549.4
2002208,673.8
2001207,798.1
2000206,922.4
1999206,046.7
1998205,171
1997204,295.4
1996203,419.7
1995202,544
1994201,668.3
1993200,792.6
1992199,917
1991199,041.3
1990198,165.6

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (sq. km). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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