Forest area (% of land area) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators

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Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, Global Forest Resources Assessment.

Rank	Country	Value
Forest area (% of land area) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (2007)
1	Seychelles	86.96
2	Gabon	84.43
3	Guinea-Bissau	72.98
4	Republic of the Congo	65.70
5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	58.65
6	Equatorial Guinea	57.09
7	Zambia	55.91
8	Gambia	47.50
9	Angola	47.21
10	Cameroon	44.70
11	Senegal	44.58
12	Zimbabwe	43.72
13	Tanzania	38.87
14	Sierra Leone	37.92
15	Central African Republic	36.43
16	Malawi	35.46
17	Ivory Coast	32.82
18	Swaziland	32
19	Liberia	31.50
20	Sao Tome and Principe	28.54
21	Sudan	27.93
22	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	27.84
23	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	27.17
24	Guinea	27.07
25	Sub-Saharan Africa	26.16
26	Burkina Faso	24.66
27	Mozambique	24.37
28	Ghana	23.23
29	Madagascar	21.95
30	Rwanda	21.66
31	Africa	21.32
32	Cape Verde	20.97
33	Botswana	20.66
34	Benin	20.08
35	Mauritius	18.03
36	Uganda	17.53
37	Eritrea	15.34
38	Ethiopia	12.72
39	Nigeria	11.28
40	Somalia	11.12
41	Mali	10.14
42	Morocco	9.81
43	Chad	9.34
44	Namibia	9.12
45	South Africa	7.58
46	Tunisia	7.05
47	Togo	6.36
48	Kenya	6.15
49	Burundi	5.20
50	Comoros	2.36
51	North Africa	1.41
52	Niger	0.98
53	Algeria	0.98
54	Lesotho	0.28
55	Mauritania	0.24
56	Djibouti	0.24
57	Libya	0.12
58	Egypt	0.07

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Forest area (% of land area) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators

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