Tanzania vs Netherlands
Tanzania vs Netherlands: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 49.6% in Tanzania and 11% in Netherlands, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 38.7 percentage points, or 4.53 times that in Netherlands.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Tanzania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Tanzania ranked 61 and Netherlands ranked 165 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Tanzania | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49.6 | 11 | – |
| 2023 | 50.2 | 10.9 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 50.7 | 10.9 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 51.2 | 10.9 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 51.8 | 10.9 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 52.2 | 10.9 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 52.7 | 10.9 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 53.2 | 10.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 53.8 | 10.9 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 54.3 | 10.8 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 54.7 | 10.9 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 55.2 | 10.9 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 55.7 | 11 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 56.1 | 11 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 56.6 | 11.1 | 32 |
| 2009 | 57 | 11 | 32 |
| 2008 | 57.5 | 11 | 32 |
| 2007 | 57.9 | 10.9 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 58.4 | 10.9 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 58.8 | 10.9 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 59.3 | 10.8 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 59.8 | 10.8 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 60.2 | 10.7 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 60.7 | 10.7 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 61.1 | 10.7 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 61.6 | 10.6 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 62 | 10.6 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 62.5 | 10.5 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 62.9 | 10.5 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 63.4 | 10.4 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 63.8 | 10.4 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 64.3 | 10.4 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 64.8 | 10.3 | 33 |
| 1991 | 65.2 | 10.3 | – |
| 1990 | 65.7 | 10.2 | – |
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
Tanzania vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyTanzania: 67 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterTanzania: 11.3% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionTanzania: 3.69% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateTanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthTanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTanzania: 36.9% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageTanzania: 17.2 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTanzania: 3% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateTanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsTanzania: $983M in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personTanzania: $15 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingTanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelTanzania: 28,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerTanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025