Forest land area fell 2.17% to 141 '000 sq km in Zimbabwe in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Zimbabwe reached an all time high of 222 '000 sq km in 1990 and an all time low of 141 '000 sq km in 2015. When compared to Zimbabwe's main peers, forest land area in Botswana amounted to 108 '000 sq km, 379 '000 sq km in Mozambique, 92.4 '000 sq km in South Africa and 486 '000 sq km in Zambia in 2015.
Zimbabwe has been ranked 40th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 6 places 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 |
| Angola | '000 sq km | 586 | 585 | 584 | 582 | 581 | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | '000 sq km | 115 | 114 | 112 | 111 | 110 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | '000 sq km | 1,544 | 1,541 | 1,538 | 1,535 | 1,532 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | '000 sq km | 0.438 | 0.440 | 0.450 | 0.460 | 0.470 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | '000 sq km | 496 | 495 | 493 | 491 | 490 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | '000 sq km | 160 | 156 | 153 | 150 | 147 |
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