Forest land area fell 1.65% to 47.2 '000 sq km in Mali in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Mali reached an all time high of 141 '000 sq km in 1990 and an all time low of 47.2 '000 sq km in 2015. When compared to Mali's main peers, forest land area in Algeria amounted to 19.6 '000 sq km, 53.5 '000 sq km in Burkina Faso, 2.25 '000 sq km in Mauritania and 11.4 '000 sq km in Niger in 2015.
Mali has been ranked 72nd within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 30 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | '000 sq km | 2.47 | 2.42 | 2.39 | 2.35 | 2.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | '000 sq km | 51.2 | 56.7 | 56.6 | 56.6 | 56.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | '000 sq km | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | '000 sq km | 85.1 | 84.7 | 84.3 | 83.9 | 83.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | '000 sq km | 180 | 182 | 183 | 183 | 183 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | '000 sq km | 9.90 | 9.90 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.2 |
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