Forest area in Mozambique

Forest area in Mozambique: 52.9% in 1990 and 41.3% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 41.3%
Since 1990: −11.5 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 76 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Mozambique	World
2024	41.3	–
2023	41.7	31.1
2022	42	31.1
2021	42.4	31.2
2020	42.7	31.2
2019	43	31.2
2018	43.4	31.3
2017	43.7	31.3
2016	44.1	31.3
2015	44.4	31.4
2014	44.7	31.4
2013	45.1	31.4
2012	45.4	31.5
2011	45.8	31.9
2010	46.1	32
2009	46.4	32
2008	46.8	32
2007	47.1	32.1
2006	47.5	32.1
2005	47.8	32.1
2004	48.1	32.2
2003	48.5	32.3
2002	48.8	32.3
2001	49.2	32.3
2000	49.5	32.4
1999	49.8	32.5
1998	50.2	32.5
1997	50.5	32.6
1996	50.9	32.7
1995	51.2	32.7
1994	51.5	32.8
1993	51.9	32.8
1992	52.2	33
1991	52.6	–
1990	52.9	–

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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