Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land was 94.53 % in 2025. ▬ Flat
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Southern Africa, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 94.53 % for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Southern Africa peaked at 95.38 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 94.53 %, in 2025.
Southern Africa ranks 14th of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 95.38 % | — |
| 1991 | 95.35 % | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 95.32 % | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 95.29 % | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 95.26 % | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 95.23 % | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 95.2 % | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 95.17 % | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 95.14 % | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 95.11 % | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 95.08 % | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 95.05 % | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 95.03 % | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 95.01 % | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 94.99 % | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 94.96 % | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 94.94 % | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 94.92 % | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 94.9 % | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 94.87 % | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 94.85 % | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 94.83 % | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 94.81 % | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 94.79 % | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 94.77 % | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 94.74 % | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 94.72 % | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 94.7 % | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 94.68 % | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 94.66 % | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 94.64 % | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 94.62 % | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 94.59 % | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 94.57 % | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 94.55 % | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 94.53 % | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95.25 % | 95.11 % | 95.38 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 94.97 % | 94.87 % | 95.08 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.75 % | 94.66 % | 94.85 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.58 % | 94.53 % | 94.64 % | 6 |
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 7.61 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 427,327 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 35,013 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 161,260 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Southern Africa?
- Naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land in Southern Africa was 94.53 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 95.38 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.53 % in 2025.
- How does Southern Africa rank for naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land?
- Southern Africa ranks 14th out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is naturally regenerating forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land. 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.