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Sudan — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Sudan, 2012–2023.
Latest value · 2023
9.55%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -9.6% since 2012
Forest area for Sudan was 9.55% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 12 years, from 2012 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 10.56% in 2012. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.91% per year.
Sudan ranks 166 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 78%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.44%, so Sudan sits below it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 9%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
9.55%
First (2012)
10.56%
Change
-9.6%
Highest
10.56%
in 2012
Lowest
9.55%
in 2023
Average
10.06%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.91%
Years of data
12
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.55% |
| 2022 | 9.64% |
| 2021 | 9.74% |
| 2020 | 9.83% |
| 2019 | 9.92% |
| 2018 | 10.01% |
| 2017 | 10.1% |
| 2016 | 10.2% |
| 2015 | 10.28% |
| 2014 | 10.38% |
| 2013 | 10.47% |
| 2012 | 10.56% |
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.