Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Gabon leads Forest area (% of land area) in 2023 at 91.18%, while Mauritania sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.29%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.
| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabon | 91.18% |
| 2 | Equatorial Guinea | 86.39% |
| 3 | Liberia | 78.14% |
| 4 | Seychelles | 73.26% |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.51% |
| 6 | Congo, Rep. | 64.13% |
| 7 | Zambia | 59.52% |
| 8 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 54.19% |
| 9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52.13% |
| 10 | Angola | 52.09% |
| 11 | Tanzania | 50.05% |
| 12 | Mozambique | 45.81% |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 44.74% |
| 14 | Cameroon | 42.67% |
| 15 | Senegal | 41.28% |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 35.66% |
| 17 | Ghana | 35.19% |
| 18 | Sierra Leone | 34.30% |
| 19 | Eswatini | 29.14% |
| 20 | Benin | 26.47% |
| 21 | Botswana | 26.29% |
| 22 | Guinea | 24.70% |
| 23 | Nigeria | 23.21% |
| 24 | Malawi | 22.44% |
| 25 | Gambia, The | 22.28% |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 22.17% |
| 27 | Togo | 22.07% |
| 28 | Madagascar | 21.30% |
| 29 | Mauritius | 19.47% |
| 30 | Comoros | 16.98% |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 14.93% |
| 32 | South Africa | 13.97% |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 11.57% |
| 34 | South Sudan | 11.33% |
| 35 | Rwanda | 11.31% |
| 36 | Uganda | 11.04% |
| 37 | Mali | 10.90% |
| 38 | Burundi | 10.89% |
| 39 | Sudan | 9.55% |
| 40 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 9.17% |
| 41 | Eritrea | 8.63% |
| 42 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.86% |
| 43 | Namibia | 7.81% |
| 44 | Kenya | 6.22% |
| 45 | Chad | 3.16% |
| 46 | Lesotho | 1.14% |
| 47 | Niger | 0.82% |
| 48 | Mauritania | 0.29% |