Malawi
Forest area in Malawi
Forest area in Malawi: 37.1% in 1990 and 22% in 2024, by FAO estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 22%
- Since 1990
- −15.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 126 of 209
- counting from the highest
% of land · FAO
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22 | – |
| 2023 | 22.4 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 22.9 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 23.3 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 23.8 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 24.2 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 24.7 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 25.1 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 25.6 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 26 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 26.5 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 26.9 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 27.3 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 27.8 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 28.2 | 32 |
| 2009 | 28.7 | 32 |
| 2008 | 29.1 | 32 |
| 2007 | 29.6 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 30 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 30.5 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 30.9 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 31.4 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 31.8 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 32.2 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 32.7 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 33.1 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 33.6 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 34 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 34.5 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 34.9 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 35.4 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 35.8 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 36.3 | 33 |
| 1991 | 36.7 | – |
| 1990 | 37.1 | – |
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.
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- Military spending1.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$128M in 2025
- Military spending per person$7 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel15,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2000