Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.382% in Benin in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in Benin reached an all time high of 0.511% in 1990 and an all time low of 0.382% in 2015. When compared to Benin's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in Burkina Faso amounted to 0.196%, 0.009% in Niger, 0.077% in Nigeria and 0.035% in Togo in 2015.
Benin has been ranked 63rd within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 8 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area (As % of Country Land Area) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Algeria | % | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.008% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 0.409% | 0.404% | 0.400% | 0.396% | 0.391% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 0.209% | 0.206% | 0.204% | 0.202% | 0.200% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 0.426% | 0.421% | 0.417% | 0.412% | 0.407% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 0.045% | 0.044% | 0.043% | 0.042% | 0.041% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 0.403% | 0.404% | 0.405% | 0.407% | 0.408% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 0.327% | 0.327% | 0.327% | 0.327% | 0.327% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 0.001% | 0.001% | 0.001% | 0.001% | 0.001% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 0.043% | 0.042% | 0.041% | 0.041% | 0.040% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.010% | 0.010% | 0.009% | 0.009% | 0.009% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 0.104% | 0.099% | 0.095% | 0.090% | 0.086% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 0.056% | 0.053% | 0.049% | 0.045% | 0.042% | ... |
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