Malaysia vs Zimbabwe: Annual change in forest area

Malaysia

-60,000 hectares

in 2025

Zimbabwe

-53,000 hectares

in 2025

Malaysia rank

209th

Zimbabwe rank

208th

Annual change in forest area over time

Zimbabwe currently reports -53,000 hectares against -60,000 hectares in Malaysia, a difference of 7,000 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 209th and Zimbabwe ranks 208th of 235 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.