Forest land area fell 1.15% to 43.1 '000 sq km in Benin in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Benin reached an all time high of 57.6 '000 sq km in 1990 and an all time low of 43.1 '000 sq km in 2015. When compared to Benin's main peers, forest land area in Burkina Faso amounted to 53.5 '000 sq km, 11.4 '000 sq km in Niger, 69.9 '000 sq km in Nigeria and 1.88 '000 sq km in Togo in 2015.
Benin has been ranked 76th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | '000 sq km | 201 | 199 | 197 | 195 | 193 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | '000 sq km | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | '000 sq km | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | '000 sq km | 94.5 | 90.4 | 86.3 | 82.2 | 78.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | '000 sq km | 3.07 | 2.87 | 2.67 | 2.47 | 2.28 |
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