Forest land — Area in Malawi
Malawi: Forest land — Area was 2,032 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Area in Malawi, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — area in Malawi is 2,032 1000 ha, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — area in Malawi peaked at 3,502 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2,032 1000 ha, in 2025.
That places Malawi 114th out of 231 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,313 1000 ha | 3,124 1000 ha | 3,502 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,893 1000 ha | 2,704 1000 ha | 3,082 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,473 1000 ha | 2,284 1000 ha | 2,662 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,137 1000 ha | 2,032 1000 ha | 2,242 1000 ha | 6 |
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More environment data for Malawi
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 1,743 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 165 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 116 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 53 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 15,306 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 12,609 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — area in Malawi?
- Forest land — area in Malawi was 2,032 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 3,502 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,032 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Malawi rank for forest land — area?
- Malawi ranks 114th out of 231 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — area rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.