Sudan vs Zambia: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 11.9% in Sudan and 60.5% in Zambia, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Zambia, by 48.6 percentage points, or 5.1 times that in Sudan.

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% of land · FAO

SudanZambiaWorld

What the numbers say

Zambia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2012.
In 2024, Sudan ranked 159 and Zambia ranked 31 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Sudan	Zambia	World
2024	11.9	60.5	–
2023	12	60.6	31.1
2022	12.1	60.8	31.1
2021	12.1	60.9	31.2
2020	12.2	61	31.2
2019	12.3	61.1	31.2
2018	12.4	61.2	31.3
2017	12.5	61.3	31.3
2016	12.6	61.4	31.3
2015	12.7	61.6	31.4
2014	12.8	61.8	31.4
2013	12.9	62.1	31.4
2012	13	62.3	31.5
2011	–	62.6	31.9
2010	–	62.8	32
2009	–	62.9	32
2008	–	62.9	32
2007	–	63	32.1
2006	–	63	32.1
2005	–	63.1	32.1
2004	–	63.1	32.2
2003	–	63.2	32.3
2002	–	63.2	32.3
2001	–	63.3	32.3
2000	–	63.3	32.4
1999	–	63.3	32.5
1998	–	63.4	32.5
1997	–	63.4	32.6
1996	–	63.5	32.7
1995	–	63.5	32.7
1994	–	63.6	32.8
1993	–	63.6	32.8
1992	–	63.7	33
1991	–	63.7	–
1990	–	63.8	–

Each country on its own

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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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Sudan vs Zambia: Forest area

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