Côte d’Ivoire vs Zimbabwe
Côte d’Ivoire vs Zimbabwe: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 12.1% in Côte d’Ivoire and 35.7% in Zimbabwe, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 23.6 percentage points, or 2.95 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Zimbabwe has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 155 and Zimbabwe ranked 93 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Zimbabwe | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.1 | 35.7 | – |
| 2023 | 12.4 | 35.9 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 12.6 | 36 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 12.9 | 36.1 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 13.1 | 36.3 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 13.3 | 36.4 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 13.5 | 36.6 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 13.7 | 36.7 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 13.8 | 36.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 14 | 37 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 14.3 | 37.1 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 14.7 | 37.3 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 15 | 37.4 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 15.4 | 37.6 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 15.7 | 37.7 | 32 |
| 2009 | 16.1 | 38 | 32 |
| 2008 | 16.5 | 38.3 | 32 |
| 2007 | 16.8 | 38.6 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 17.2 | 38.8 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 17.6 | 39.1 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 17.9 | 39.4 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 18.3 | 39.7 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 18.7 | 39.9 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 19 | 40.2 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 19.4 | 40.5 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 20.1 | 40.8 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 20.7 | 41 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 21.4 | 41.3 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 22.1 | 41.6 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 22.7 | 41.8 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 23.4 | 42.1 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 24.1 | 42.4 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 24.8 | 42.7 | 33 |
| 1991 | 25.4 | 42.9 | – |
| 1990 | 26.1 | 43.2 | – |
Each country on its own
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Côte d’Ivoire vs Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCôte d’Ivoire: 43.9% in 2022Zimbabwe: 26.5% in 2022
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelCôte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCôte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsCôte d’Ivoire: 1 million TIV in 1971Zimbabwe: 4 million TIV in 2001