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South Africa
Forest area (% of land area)

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.

Global rank#147out of 213 countries
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Historical trend

15.014.714.514.214.0199020072023South Africa · 2023: 13.97%South Africa

Analytical takeaways

  • South Africa records 13.97% for Forest area (% of land area) in 2023, ranking #147 globally out of 213 countries.
  • Forest area (% of land area) declined from 14.96% in 1990 to 13.97% in 2023, a decrease of 0.99%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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