Zimbabwe - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Zimbabwe was 174,446 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 188,267 in 1990 and a minimum value of 174,446 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 188,267
1991 187,806
1992 187,345
1993 186,885
1994 186,424
1995 185,963
1996 185,503
1997 185,042
1998 184,581
1999 184,121
2000 183,660
2001 183,199
2002 182,738
2003 182,278
2004 181,817
2005 181,356
2006 180,896
2007 180,435
2008 179,974
2009 179,514
2010 179,053
2011 178,592
2012 178,131
2013 177,671
2014 177,210
2015 176,749
2016 176,289
2017 175,828
2018 175,367
2019 174,907
2020 174,446

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Zimbabwe was 45.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 48.67 in 1990, while its lowest value was 45.09 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 48.67
1991 48.55
1992 48.43
1993 48.31
1994 48.19
1995 48.07
1996 47.95
1997 47.83
1998 47.71
1999 47.59
2000 47.48
2001 47.36
2002 47.24
2003 47.12
2004 47.00
2005 46.88
2006 46.76
2007 46.64
2008 46.52
2009 46.40
2010 46.28
2011 46.17
2012 46.05
2013 45.93
2014 45.81
2015 45.69
2016 45.57
2017 45.45
2018 45.33
2019 45.21
2020 45.09

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use