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Forest area (hectares)

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.

wb-indicators:AG.LND.FRST.HA

Forest area (hectares)

World Bank

Publisher
World Bank
Source
World Bank Indicators (wb-indicators)
Status
Active
Formats
JSON
Licence
CC-BY-4.0 — World Bank Terms — CC BY 4.0 (Indicators API) · open
Standard
WB API v2
Countries
59 countries and areas — see list below
Dataset id
wb-indicators:AG.LND.FRST.HA
Last verified
2026-09-27

Geographic coverage

Forest area (hectares) carries observations for 59 countries and areas:

Africa · Angola · Burundi · Benin · Burkina Faso · Botswana · Central African Republic · Cote d'Ivoire · Cameroon · Congo, Dem. Rep. · Congo, Rep. · Comoros · Cape Verde · Djibouti · Algeria · Egypt, Arab Rep. · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · Ghana · Guinea · Gambia, The · Guinea-Bissau · Equatorial Guinea · Kenya · Liberia · Libya · Lesotho · Morocco · Madagascar · Mali · Mozambique · Mauritania · Mauritius · Malawi · North Africa · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · Sudan · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Somalia · Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) · Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) · Sao Tome and Principe · Swaziland · Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa · Seychelles · Chad · Togo · Tunisia · Tanzania · Uganda · Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe