Forest area in Malawi
Forests covered 22.0% of the land area of Malawi in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Malawi, 2024
22.0%
Change from 2023
−0.4percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
126th of 209
Forest area in Malawi over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22.0% | – |
| 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 | 26.0% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 26.4% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 26.9% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 27.3% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 27.8% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 28.2% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 28.7% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 29.1% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 29.6% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 30.0% | 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% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 22.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 26.4%, the figure has changed by −4.5 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Malawi has the 126th highest value.