Zambia vs Zimbabwe: Land use

Zambia
3.84 million hectares
in 2023
Zimbabwe
4.07 million hectares
in 2023
Zambia rank
67th
Zimbabwe rank
64th

Land use over time

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

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 4.07 million hectares against 3.84 million hectares in Zambia, a difference of 228,120 hectares.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.

Zambia ranks 67th 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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