Forest land — Share in Land area in Mozambique
Mozambique: Forest land — Share in Land area was 41.34 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Share in Land area in Mozambique, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — share in land area in Mozambique is 41.34 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Mozambique peaked at 52.89 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 41.34 %, in 2024.
That places Mozambique 85th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51.36 % | 49.83 % | 52.89 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 47.96 % | 46.43 % | 49.49 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.57 % | 43.04 % | 46.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.02 % | 41.34 % | 42.7 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More environment data for Mozambique
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 2.01 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 173.74 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,300 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 45.1 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 80.37 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 35,464 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.87 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 381.92 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 18.76 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 8,280 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Mozambique?
- Forest land — share in land area in Mozambique was 41.34 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 52.89 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.34 % in 2024.
- How does Mozambique rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Mozambique ranks 85th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.