| Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabon | 91.3 | 2020 | 1 | 91.4 |
| 2 | Equatorial Guinea | 87.3 | 2020 | 2 | 87.6 |
| 3 | Liberia | 79.1 | 2020 | 3 | 79.4 |
| 4 | Seychelles | 73.3 | 2020 | 4 | 73.3 |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 70.4 | 2020 | 5 | 70.7 |
| 6 | Republic of the Congo | 64.3 | 2020 | 6 | 64.3 |
| 7 | Zambia | 60.3 | 2020 | 7 | 60.5 |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 55.6 | 2020 | 8 | 56.1 |
| 9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 54.1 | 2020 | 9 | 54.7 |
| 10 | Tanzania | 51.6 | 2020 | 10 | 52.2 |
| 11 | Mozambique | 46.7 | 2020 | 11 | 47 |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 45.1 | 2020 | 12 | 45.2 |
| 13 | Cameroon | 43 | 2020 | 13 | 43.1 |
| 14 | Senegal | 41.9 | 2020 | 14 | 42.1 |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 35.8 | 2020 | 15 | 35.8 |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 35.1 | 2020 | 16 | 35.4 |
| 16 ↑ | Ghana | 35.1 | 2020 | 17 | 35.1 |
| 18 | Swaziland | 28.9 | 2020 | 18 | 28.9 |
| 19 | Benin | 27.8 | 2020 | 19 | 28.2 |
| 20 | Botswana | 26.9 | 2020 | 20 | 27.1 |
| 21 | Guinea | 25.2 | 2020 | 21 | 25.3 |
| 22 | Gambia | 24 | 2020 | 22 | 24.5 |
| 23 | Malawi | 23.8 | 2020 | 23 | 24.2 |
| 24 | Nigeria | 23.7 | 2020 | 24 | 23.9 |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 22.7 | 2020 | 25 | 22.9 |
| 26 | Togo | 22.2 | 2020 | 26 | 22.3 |
| 27 | Madagascar | 21.4 | 2020 | 27 | 21.4 |
| 28 | Mauritius | 19.1 | 2020 | 28 | 19.1 |
| 29 | Comoros | 17.7 | 2020 | 29 | 17.9 |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 15.1 | 2020 | 30 | 15.2 |
| 31 | South Africa | 14.1 | 2020 | 31 | 14.1 |
| 32 | Morocco | 12.9 | 2020 | 32 | 12.8 |
| 33 | Uganda | 11.7 | 2020 | 33 | 11.9 |
| 34 | Cape Verde | 11.3 | 2020 | 34 | 11.3 |
| 35 | Rwanda | 11.2 | 2020 | 35 | 11.1 |
| 36 | Burundi | 10.9 | 2020 | 36 | 10.9 |
| 36 | Mali | 10.9 | 2020 | 36 | 10.9 |
| 38 | Eritrea | 10.4 | 2020 | 38 | 10.5 |
| 39 | Sudan | 9.9 | 2020 | 39 | 10 |
| 40 | Somalia | 9.5 | 2020 | 40 | 9.7 |
| 41 | Ivory Coast | 8.9 | 2020 | 41 | 9.3 |
| 42 | Namibia | 8.1 | 2020 | 42 | 8.2 |
| 43 | Kenya | 6.3 | 2020 | 43 | 6.3 |
| 44 | Tunisia | 4.5 | 2020 | 44 | 4.5 |
| 45 | Chad | 3.4 | 2020 | 45 | 3.5 |
| 46 | Lesotho | 1.1 | 2020 | 46 | 1.1 |
| 47 | Niger | 0.9 | 2020 | 47 | 0.9 |
| 48 | Algeria | 0.8 | 2020 | 48 | 0.8 |
| 49 | Mauritania | 0.3 | 2020 | 49 | 0.3 |
| 49 ↑ | Djibouti | 0.3 | 2020 | 50 | 0.2 |
| 51 | Libya | 0.1 | 2020 | 51 | 0.1 |
| 52 | Egypt | 0 | 2020 | 52 | 0 |
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.
