Forest area in Zimbabwe

Forest area in Zimbabwe: 43.2% in 1990 and 35.7% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 35.7%
Since 1990: −7.5 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 93 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Zimbabwe	World
2024	35.7	–
2023	35.9	31.1
2022	36	31.1
2021	36.1	31.2
2020	36.3	31.2
2019	36.4	31.2
2018	36.6	31.3
2017	36.7	31.3
2016	36.8	31.3
2015	37	31.4
2014	37.1	31.4
2013	37.3	31.4
2012	37.4	31.5
2011	37.6	31.9
2010	37.7	32
2009	38	32
2008	38.3	32
2007	38.6	32.1
2006	38.8	32.1
2005	39.1	32.1
2004	39.4	32.2
2003	39.7	32.3
2002	39.9	32.3
2001	40.2	32.3
2000	40.5	32.4
1999	40.8	32.5
1998	41	32.5
1997	41.3	32.6
1996	41.6	32.7
1995	41.8	32.7
1994	42.1	32.8
1993	42.4	32.8
1992	42.7	33
1991	42.9	–
1990	43.2	–

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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