Mozambique vs South Africa: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 41.3% in Mozambique and 18.8% in South Africa, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 22.6 percentage points, or 2.2 times that in South Africa.

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% of land · FAO

MozambiqueSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

Mozambique has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Mozambique ranked 76 and South Africa ranked 133 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Mozambique	South Africa	World
2024	41.3	18.8	–
2023	41.7	18.7	31.1
2022	42	18.7	31.1
2021	42.4	18.6	31.2
2020	42.7	18.5	31.2
2019	43	18.4	31.2
2018	43.4	18.4	31.3
2017	43.7	18.3	31.3
2016	44.1	18.2	31.3
2015	44.4	18.1	31.4
2014	44.7	18.1	31.4
2013	45.1	18	31.4
2012	45.4	17.9	31.5
2011	45.8	17.9	31.9
2010	46.1	17.8	32
2009	46.4	17.7	32
2008	46.8	17.6	32
2007	47.1	17.6	32.1
2006	47.5	17.5	32.1
2005	47.8	17.4	32.1
2004	48.1	17.4	32.2
2003	48.5	17.3	32.3
2002	48.8	17.2	32.3
2001	49.2	17.1	32.3
2000	49.5	17.1	32.4
1999	49.8	17	32.5
1998	50.2	16.9	32.5
1997	50.5	16.8	32.6
1996	50.9	16.8	32.7
1995	51.2	16.7	32.7
1994	51.5	16.6	32.8
1993	51.9	16.6	32.8
1992	52.2	16.5	33
1991	52.6	16.4	–
1990	52.9	16.3	–

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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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