Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Zambia
Zambia: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was -0.2% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Zambia, 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 vs. gdp per capita in Zambia is -0.2%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 47.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Zambia peaked at -0.1% in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.4%, in 2015.
That places Zambia 175th out of 227 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Zambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.1% | — |
| 1992 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | -0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | -0.4% | +427.8% |
| 2012 | -0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | -0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | -0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | -0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | -0.2% | -57.9% |
| 2017 | -0.2% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | -0.2% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | -0.2% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | -0.2% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | -0.2% | +23.2% |
| 2022 | -0.2% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | -0.2% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | -0.2% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | -0.2% | +0.2% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's -0.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is -0.0%, 7.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zambia's -0.2% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.3%, 62% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Zambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -427.8% | -0.1% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | +57.9% | -0.4% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.3% | -0.4% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More environment data for Zambia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.03 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.11 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Zambia?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Zambia was -0.2% 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 vs. gdp per capita recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was -0.1% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4% in 2015.
- How does Zambia rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Zambia ranks 175th out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia 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 vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.