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Africa Rankings

Forest Area

sq. km

Rank
Country
sq. km
Current
Previous
1
1
Gabon flag
Gabon
91.18
2
2
Equatorial Guinea flag
Equatorial Guinea
86.39
3
3
Liberia flag
Liberia
78.14
4
4
Seychelles flag
Seychelles
73.26
5
5
Guinea-Bissau flag
Guinea-Bissau
69.51
6
6
Republic of the Congo flag
Republic of the Congo
64.13
7
7
Zambia flag
Zambia
59.52
8
8
Democratic Republic of the Congo flag
Democratic Republic of the Congo
54.19
9
9
Sao Tome and Principe flag
Sao Tome and Principe
52.13
10
10
Tanzania flag
Tanzania
50.05
11
11
Mozambique flag
Mozambique
45.81
12
12
Zimbabwe flag
Zimbabwe
44.74
13
13
Cameroon flag
Cameroon
42.67
14
14
Senegal flag
Senegal
41.28
15
15
Central African Republic flag
Central African Republic
35.66
16
16
Ghana flag
Ghana
35.19
17
17
Sierra Leone flag
Sierra Leone
34.3
18
18
Swaziland flag
Swaziland
29.14
19
19
Benin flag
Benin
26.47
20
20
Botswana flag
Botswana
26.29
21
21
Guinea flag
Guinea
24.7
22
22
Nigeria flag
Nigeria
23.21
23
23
Malawi flag
Malawi
22.44
24
24
Gambia flag
Gambia
22.28
25
25
Burkina Faso flag
Burkina Faso
22.17
26
26
Togo flag
Togo
22.07
27
27
Madagascar flag
Madagascar
21.3
28
28
Mauritius flag
Mauritius
19.47
29
29
Comoros flag
Comoros
16.98
30
30
Ethiopia flag
Ethiopia
14.93
31
31
South Africa flag
South Africa
13.97
32
32
Morocco flag
Morocco
12.94
33
33
Cape Verde flag
Cape Verde
11.57
34
34
Rwanda flag
Rwanda
11.31
35
35
Uganda flag
Uganda
11.04
36
36
Mali flag
Mali
10.9
37
37
Burundi flag
Burundi
10.89
38
38
Sudan flag
Sudan
9.55
39
39
Somalia flag
Somalia
9.17
40
40
Eritrea flag
Eritrea
8.63
41
41
Ivory Coast flag
Ivory Coast
7.86
42
42
Namibia flag
Namibia
7.81
43
43
Kenya flag
Kenya
6.22
44
44
Tunisia flag
Tunisia
4.55
45
45
Chad flag
Chad
3.16
46
46
Lesotho flag
Lesotho
1.14
47
48
Algeria flag
Algeria
0.83
48
47
Niger flag
Niger
0.82
49
49
Mauritania flag
Mauritania
0.29
50
50
Djibouti flag
Djibouti
0.26
51
51
Libya flag
Libya
0.12
52
52
Egypt flag
Egypt
0.05