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Benin

Forest Area

27.8
percent of total land area
Source: IMF
100
Turkey28.9
100
Swaziland28.9
102
Albania28.8
103
Nicaragua28.3
105
Benin27.8
106
Botswana26.9
107
Guinea25.2
108
Chile24.5
109
India24.3

Definition of Forest Area

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.

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