Malawi vs Zimbabwe: Share of global annual deforestation

Malawi

0.5%

in 2020

Zimbabwe

0.6%

in 2020

Malawi rank

27th

Zimbabwe rank

24th

Share of global annual deforestation over time

Zimbabwe currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Malawi, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.3 times Malawi's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Zimbabwe has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 27th and Zimbabwe ranks 24th of 112 countries.

Indicator: Share of global annual deforestation
Unit: %
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: 112 places, 560 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of global deforestation represents the proportion of a country's deforestation relative to the total global deforestation.