Forest land area fell 9.53% to 1.88 '000 sq km in Togo in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Togo reached an all time high of 6.85 '000 sq km in 1990 and an all time low of 1.88 '000 sq km in 2015. When compared to Togo's main peers, forest land area in Benin amounted to 43.1 '000 sq km, 53.5 '000 sq km in Burkina Faso, 93.4 '000 sq km in Ghana and 69.9 '000 sq km in Nigeria in 2015.
Togo has been ranked 151st within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 12 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 |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
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 |