Forest in Africa · 2023

What country in Africa has the most forest?

The DR Congo has the most forest in Africa, with 1,228,511 km² of forest.

  1. 2nd Angola 649,422 km²
  2. 1st DR Congo 1,228,511 km²
  3. 3rd Tanzania 443,380 km²
Ranking by km²
#CountryShare of #1km²
1 DR Congo 1,228,511
2 Angola 649,422
3 Tanzania 443,380
4 Zambia 442,494
5 Mozambique 360,265
6 Gabon 234,950
7 Central African Republic 222,130
8 Republic of the Congo 219,010
9 Nigeria 211,371
10 Cameroon 201,725
11 Sudan 178,431
12 Zimbabwe 173,064
13 South Africa 169,409
14 Ethiopia 168,495
15 Botswana 148,998
16 Mali 132,960
17 Madagascar 123,902
18 Ghana 80,074
19 Senegal 79,482
20 Liberia 75,267
21 South Sudan 71,570
22 Namibia 64,259
23 Guinea 60,690
24 Burkina Faso 60,664
25 Morocco 57,738
26 Somalia 57,498
27 Chad 39,804
28 Kenya 36,111
29 Benin 29,852
30 Côte d'Ivoire 24,981
31 Sierra Leone 24,757
32 Equatorial Guinea 24,233
33 Uganda 22,141
34 Malawi 21,157
35 Algeria 19,776
36 Guinea-Bissau 19,547
37 Togo 12,004
38 Eritrea 10,458
39 Niger 10,424
40 Tunisia 7,073
41 Eswatini 5,012
42 Mauritania 2,964
43 Burundi 2,796
44 Rwanda 2,790
45 Gambia 2,255
46 Libya 2,170
47 Sao Tome and Principe 500
48 Cabo Verde 466
49 Egypt 450
50 Mauritius 389
51 Lesotho 345
52 Seychelles 337
53 Comoros 316
54 Djibouti 60

Key facts

Runners-up

Angola is 2nd and Tanzania 3rd in Africa.

Lead

The DR Congo has 1.9× the figure of Angola.

Share of the total

The DR Congo alone accounts for 19.7% of all 54 ranked countries in Africa.

Top 10

The ten largest together account for 67.5%.

Questions

What country in Africa has the most forest?

The DR Congo has the most forest in Africa, with 1,228,511 km² of forest.

What country in Africa has the second most forest?

Angola ranks second in Africa, with 649,422 km².

How many countries are in this ranking?

54 countries in Africa with data from World Bank (2023). Territories are not ranked.

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