Namibia vs South Sudan: Forest area

Namibia
64,259 sq. km
in 2023
South Sudan
71,570 sq. km
in 2023
Namibia rank
65th
South Sudan rank
63rd

Forest area over time

  • Namibia
  • South Sudan
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k199020062023

How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 71,570 sq. km against 64,259 sq. km in Namibia, a difference of 7,311 sq. km.

That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Namibia ahead.

Globally, Namibia ranks 65th and South Sudan ranks 63rd of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest area (sq. km)
Unit
sq. km
Source
FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 8,639 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.