Tanzania vs Vietnam: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 49.6% in Tanzania and 47.1% in Vietnam, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 2.5 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Vietnam.

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% of land · FAO

TanzaniaVietnamWorld

What the numbers say

Tanzania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Tanzania ranked 61 and Vietnam ranked 64 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Tanzania	Vietnam	World
2024	49.6	47.1	–
2023	50.2	47	31.1
2022	50.7	47	31.1
2021	51.2	46.9	31.2
2020	51.8	46.8	31.2
2019	52.2	46.4	31.2
2018	52.7	46	31.3
2017	53.2	45.7	31.3
2016	53.8	45.3	31.3
2015	54.3	44.9	31.4
2014	54.7	44.4	31.4
2013	55.2	44.1	31.4
2012	55.7	43.6	31.5
2011	56.1	43.2	31.9
2010	56.6	42.7	32
2009	57	42.3	32
2008	57.5	41.8	32
2007	57.9	41.3	32.1
2006	58.4	40.8	32.1
2005	58.8	40.2	32.1
2004	59.3	40.1	32.2
2003	59.8	39.6	32.3
2002	60.2	39	32.3
2001	60.7	38.4	32.3
2000	61.1	37.9	32.4
1999	61.6	35.5	32.5
1998	62	34.7	32.5
1997	62.5	34	32.6
1996	62.9	33.2	32.7
1995	63.4	32.5	32.7
1994	63.8	31.8	32.8
1993	64.3	31	32.8
1992	64.8	30.3	33
1991	65.2	29.6	–
1990	65.7	28.8	–

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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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