Cabo Verde — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Cabo Verde, 1990–2024.
Forest area for Cabo Verde was 12.52% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1990 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 8.31% in 1990 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.21% per year.
Cabo Verde ranks 152 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 71%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.46%, so Cabo Verde sits below it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 14%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 33 of 48 economies; Burkina Faso (12.27%) is just below it. That is 7% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 58 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 140th of 178 in 1990 → 162nd of 207 in 2000 → 162nd of 209 in 2010 → 159th of 214 in 2020 → 151st of 209 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2024
| Year | % of land area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.52% | +0.2 pp |
| 2023 | 12.36% | +0.2 pp |
| 2022 | 12.21% | +0.2 pp |
| 2021 | 12.05% | +0.2 pp |
| 2020 | 11.9% | +0.2 pp |
| 2019 | 11.75% | +0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 11.59% | +0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 11.44% | +0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 11.29% | +0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 11.13% | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 11% | +0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 10.88% | +0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 10.75% | +0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 10.62% | +0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 10.5% | +0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 10.39% | +0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 10.28% | +0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 10.17% | +0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 10.06% | +0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 9.95% | +0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 9.84% | +0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 9.73% | +0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 9.62% | +0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 9.51% | +0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 9.4% | +0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 9.3% | +0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 9.19% | +0.1 pp |
| 1997 | 9.08% | +0.1 pp |
| 1996 | 8.97% | +0.1 pp |
| 1995 | 8.86% | +0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 8.75% | +0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 8.64% | +0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 8.53% | +0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 8.42% | +0.1 pp |
| 1990 | 8.31% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cabo Verde’s Forest area in 1991?
8.42% (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of land area, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Cabo Verde’s Forest area growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +50.6% in total — about 1.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator AG.LND.FRST.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 12.52%; 2023: 12.36%; 2022: 12.21%; 2021: 12.05%; 2020: 11.9%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.