Forest land area fell 0.128% to 125 '000 sq km in Madagascar in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Madagascar reached an all time high of 137 '000 sq km in 1990 and an all time low of 125 '000 sq km in 2015. When compared to Madagascar's main peers, forest land area in Mozambique amounted to 379 '000 sq km, 92.4 '000 sq km in South Africa, 5.86 '000 sq km in Swaziland and 461 '000 sq km in Tanzania in 2015.
Madagascar has been ranked 44th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Botswana | '000 sq km | 115 | 114 | 112 | 111 | 110 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | '000 sq km | 34.8 | 42.3 | 42.7 | 43.0 | 43.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | '000 sq km | 0.438 | 0.440 | 0.450 | 0.460 | 0.470 | ||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | '000 sq km | 126 | 126 | 125 | 125 | 125 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | '000 sq km | 32.7 | 32.4 | 32.2 | 32.0 | 31.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | '000 sq km | 392 | 390 | 388 | 386 | 384 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | '000 sq km | 73.6 | 72.9 | 72.2 | 71.4 | 70.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | '000 sq km | 92.4 | 92.4 | 92.4 | 92.4 | 92.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | '000 sq km | 5.59 | 5.63 | 5.68 | 5.72 | 5.77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | '000 sq km | 338 | 479 | 475 | 472 | 468 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | '000 sq km | 30.8 | 27.5 | 26.2 | 24.8 | 23.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | '000 sq km | 496 | 495 | 493 | 491 | 490 |
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