Forest land area rose 0.791% to 5.86 '000 sq km in Swaziland in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Swaziland reached an all time high of 5.86 '000 sq km in 2015 and an all time low of 4.72 '000 sq km in 1990. When compared to Swaziland's main peers, forest land area in Botswana amounted to 108 '000 sq km, 0.490 '000 sq km in Lesotho, 379 '000 sq km in Mozambique and 92.4 '000 sq km in South Africa in 2015.
Swaziland has been ranked 132nd 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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