Forest land area rose 1.44% to 4.80 '000 sq km in Rwanda in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Rwanda reached an all time high of 4.80 '000 sq km in 2015 and an all time low of 3.18 '000 sq km in 1990. When compared to Rwanda's main peers, forest land area in Burundi amounted to 2.76 '000 sq km, 461 '000 sq km in Tanzania, 20.8 '000 sq km in Uganda and 1,526 '000 sq km in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2015.
Rwanda has been ranked 138th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 2 places above 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 |
| Angola | '000 sq km | 586 | 585 | 584 | 582 | 581 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | '000 sq km | 1.74 | 2.53 | 2.58 | 2.62 | 2.67 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | '000 sq km | 226 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | '000 sq km | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | '000 sq km | 1,544 | 1,541 | 1,538 | 1,535 | 1,532 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | '000 sq km | 34.8 | 42.3 | 42.7 | 43.0 | 43.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | '000 sq km | 392 | 390 | 388 | 386 | 384 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | '000 sq km | 4.25 | 4.46 | 4.53 | 4.60 | 4.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | '000 sq km | ... | ... | 71.6 | 71.6 | 71.6 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | '000 sq km | 338 | 479 | 475 | 472 | 468 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | '000 sq km | 30.8 | 27.5 | 26.2 | 24.8 | 23.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | '000 sq km | 496 | 495 | 493 | 491 | 490 |
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