Eswatini vs South Africa

Eswatini vs South Africa: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 25.3% in Eswatini and 18.8% in South Africa, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Eswatini, by 6.5 percentage points, or 1.34 times that in South Africa.

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% of land · FAO

Eswatini vs South Africa: Forest areaForest area in 2024: 25.3% in Eswatini and 18.8% in South Africa, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Eswatini, by 6.5 percentage points, or 1.34 times that in South Africa.
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What the numbers say

  • Eswatini has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2024, Eswatini ranked 117 and South Africa ranked 133 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearEswatiniSouth AfricaWorld
202425.318.8–
202325.418.731.1
202225.418.731.1
202125.518.631.2
202025.618.531.2
201925.718.431.2
201825.818.431.3
201725.918.331.3
20162618.231.3
201526.118.131.4
201426.118.131.4
201326.21831.4
201226.317.931.5
201126.417.931.9
201026.517.832
200926.617.732
200826.717.632
200726.817.632.1
200626.817.532.1
200526.917.432.1
20042717.432.2
200327.117.332.3
200227.217.232.3
200127.317.132.3
200027.417.132.4
199927.51732.5
199827.516.932.5
199727.616.832.6
199627.716.832.7
199527.816.732.7
199427.916.632.8
19932816.632.8
199228.116.533
199128.116.4–
199028.216.3–

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Good to know

  • 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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