Malawi vs Zimbabwe: Land use

Malawi
4.20 million hectares
in 2023
Zimbabwe
4.07 million hectares
in 2023
Malawi rank
62nd
Zimbabwe rank
64th

Land use over time

  • Malawi
  • Zimbabwe
1.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M196119922023

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 4.20 million hectares against 4.07 million hectares in Zimbabwe, a difference of 132,880 hectares.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 62nd and Zimbabwe ranks 64th of 223 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land use
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
225 places, 13,015 data points, 1961–2023
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