Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -0.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Zimbabwe, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Zimbabwe is -0.4%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Zimbabwe peaked at -0.4% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -0.7%, in 2010.
Zimbabwe ranks 191st of 228 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.7% | -0.7% | -0.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.7% | -0.7% | -0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.4% | -0.7% | -0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.4% | -0.4% | -0.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 30.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.85 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 9.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.9067 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0093 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0022 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0156 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Zimbabwe?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Zimbabwe was -0.4% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was -0.4% in 2021.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.7% in 2010.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Zimbabwe ranks 191st out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.