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Rwanda — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Rwanda, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
11.31%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -12.0% since 1990
Forest area for Rwanda was 11.31% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 12.85% in 1990. The lowest was 10.74% in 2010 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.39% per year.
Rwanda ranks 158 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 74%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.44%, so Rwanda sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
11.31%
First (1990)
12.85%
Change
-12.0%
Highest
12.85%
in 1990
Lowest
10.74%
in 2010
Average
11.46%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.39%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.31% |
| 2022 | 11.27% |
| 2021 | 11.23% |
| 2020 | 11.19% |
| 2019 | 11.15% |
| 2018 | 11.11% |
| 2017 | 11.07% |
| 2016 | 11.03% |
| 2015 | 10.94% |
| 2014 | 10.9% |
| 2013 | 10.86% |
| 2012 | 10.82% |
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.