Deforestation rate in Africa 1990-2020, by region
loss in forest area more than any region of the world.
Deforestation led to an annual loss of 4.4 million hectares of forest in Africa between 2015 and 2020. The conversion of forest to other land uses affected mostly the eastern and southern areas of the continent, at a deforestation rate of 2.2 million hectares per year. In Western and Central Africa, around 1.9 million hectares of forest were lost per year in the same period. Despite a small reduction observed in the period 2015-2020, the continental deforestation rate has overall increased since 1990. From that year until 2020, Africa has seen the greatest