Forest cover in South Africa
14.0%
% of land area · 2023
147th highest of 213 countries
In 2013: 14.3%
Nearby in the ranking
- Bangladesh 14.5%
- Lebanon 14.2%
- Azerbaijan 14.1%
- South Africa 14.0%
- United Kingdom 13.3%
- Morocco 12.9%
- Tonga 12.4%
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About the data
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.
- Unit
- % of land area
- Years
- 1990–2023
- Data as of
- 2026-09-28
- Source
- World Bank
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.FRST.ZS), CC BY 4.0