Forest area in Zimbabwe

Forests covered 35.7% of the land area of Zimbabwe in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Zimbabwe, 2024 35.7% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 35.9%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Zimbabwe (2024).
Position in 2024 93rd of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Zimbabwe over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period ZimbabweWorld
2024 35.7% –
2023 35.9% 31.1%
2022 36.0% 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 37.0% 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% 31.9%
2009 38.0% 32.0%
2008 38.3% 32.0%
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%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 35.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 37.1%, the figure has changed by −1.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Zimbabwe has the 93rd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Zimbabwe
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)