Forest land area fell 1.11% to 53.5 '000 sq km in Burkina Faso in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 68.5 '000 sq km in 1990 and an all time low of 53.5 '000 sq km in 2015. When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, forest land area in Ghana amounted to 93.4 '000 sq km, 104 '000 sq km in Ivory Coast, 47.2 '000 sq km in Mali and 11.4 '000 sq km in Niger in 2015.
Burkina Faso has been ranked 69th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area.
| Forest 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 | '000 sq km | 15.0 | 19.2 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | '000 sq km | 46.1 | 45.6 | 45.1 | 44.6 | 44.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | '000 sq km | 57.1 | 56.5 | 55.9 | 55.3 | 54.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | '000 sq km | 116 | 55.1 | 53.8 | 52.5 | 51.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | '000 sq km | 50.6 | 92.0 | 92.2 | 92.5 | 92.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | '000 sq km | 65.8 | 65.4 | 65.1 | 64.7 | 64.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | '000 sq km | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | '000 sq km | 43.6 | 43.3 | 43.0 | 42.7 | 42.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | '000 sq km | 2.17 | 2.17 | 2.17 | 2.17 | 2.17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | '000 sq km | 126 | 51.1 | 50.3 | 49.5 | 48.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | '000 sq km | 2.47 | 2.42 | 2.39 | 2.35 | 2.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | '000 sq km | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | '000 sq km | 3.07 | 2.87 | 2.67 | 2.47 | 2.28 |
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