| Forest area (sq. km) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (2007) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 | Africa | 6,262,318 |
| 2 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6,181,415 |
| 3 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | 6,089,385 |
| 4 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 5,986,687 |
| 5 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,329,707 |
| 6 | Sudan | 663,677 |
| 7 | Angola | 588,544 |
| 8 | Zambia | 415,624 |
| 9 | Tanzania | 344,326 |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 226,958 |
| 11 | Republic of the Congo | 224,373 |
| 12 | Gabon | 217,546 |
| 13 | Cameroon | 208,050 |
| 14 | Mozambique | 191,620 |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 169,140 |
| 16 | Madagascar | 127,637 |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 127,180 |
| 18 | Mali | 123,715 |
| 19 | Chad | 117,626 |
| 20 | Botswana | 117,062 |
| 21 | Ivory Coast | 104,358 |
| 22 | Nigeria | 102,698 |
| 23 | South Africa | 92,030 |
| 24 | Senegal | 85,832 |
| 25 | North Africa | 80,903 |
| 26 | Namibia | 75,122 |
| 27 | Somalia | 69,774 |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 67,464 |
| 29 | Guinea | 66,522 |
| 30 | Ghana | 52,862 |
| 31 | Morocco | 43,784 |
| 32 | Kenya | 34,980 |
| 33 | Uganda | 34,542 |
| 34 | Malawi | 33,360 |
| 35 | Liberia | 30,336 |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 27,158 |
| 37 | Algeria | 23,299 |
| 38 | Benin | 22,214 |
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | 20,523 |
| 40 | Equatorial Guinea | 16,015 |
| 41 | Eritrea | 15,496 |
| 42 | Niger | 12,411 |
| 43 | Tunisia | 10,948 |
| 44 | Swaziland | 5,504 |
| 45 | Rwanda | 5,344 |
| 46 | Gambia | 4,750 |
| 47 | Togo | 3,460 |
| 48 | Mauritania | 2,470 |
| 49 | Libya | 2,170 |
| 50 | Burundi | 1,336 |
| 51 | Cape Verde | 845 |
| 52 | Egypt | 702 |
| 53 | Seychelles | 400 |
| 54 | Mauritius | 366 |
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe | 274 |
| 56 | Lesotho | 84 |
| 57 | Djibouti | 56 |
| 58 | Comoros | 44 |
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