Angola vs Tanzania: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 51.2% in Angola and 49.6% in Tanzania, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Angola, by 1.5 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Tanzania.

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% of land · FAO

AngolaTanzaniaWorld

What the numbers say

Angola has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Tanzania.
In 2024, Angola ranked 54 and Tanzania ranked 61 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Angola	Tanzania	World
2024	51.2	49.6	–
2023	51.6	50.2	31.1
2022	52	50.7	31.1
2021	52.4	51.2	31.2
2020	52.8	51.8	31.2
2019	53.2	52.2	31.2
2018	53.6	52.7	31.3
2017	54	53.2	31.3
2016	54.4	53.8	31.3
2015	54.8	54.3	31.4
2014	55.2	54.7	31.4
2013	55.7	55.2	31.4
2012	56.1	55.7	31.5
2011	56.5	56.1	31.9
2010	56.9	56.6	32
2009	57.3	57	32
2008	57.7	57.5	32
2007	58.1	57.9	32.1
2006	58.5	58.4	32.1
2005	58.9	58.8	32.1
2004	59.3	59.3	32.2
2003	59.7	59.8	32.3
2002	60.2	60.2	32.3
2001	60.6	60.7	32.3
2000	61	61.1	32.4
1999	61.1	61.6	32.5
1998	61.2	62	32.5
1997	61.3	62.5	32.6
1996	61.5	62.9	32.7
1995	61.6	63.4	32.7
1994	61.7	63.8	32.8
1993	61.8	64.3	32.8
1992	62	64.8	33
1991	62.1	65.2	–
1990	62.2	65.7	–

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The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Angola vs Tanzania: Forest area

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