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Botswana — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Botswana, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
26.29%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -20.8% since 1990
Forest area for Botswana was 26.29% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 33.18% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.70% per year.
Botswana ranks 115 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 54%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.44%, so Botswana sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 21% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
26.29%
First (1990)
33.18%
Change
-20.8%
Highest
33.18%
in 1990
Lowest
26.29%
in 2023
Average
29.74%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.70%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 26.29% |
| 2022 | 26.5% |
| 2021 | 26.71% |
| 2020 | 26.92% |
| 2019 | 27.13% |
| 2018 | 27.33% |
| 2017 | 27.54% |
| 2016 | 27.75% |
| 2015 | 27.96% |
| 2014 | 28.17% |
| 2013 | 28.38% |
| 2012 | 28.59% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.