Primary Forest — Area in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Primary Forest — Area was 1,076 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Primary Forest — Area in Zimbabwe, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 1,076 1000 ha for primary forest — area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary forest — area in Zimbabwe peaked at 1,306 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,076 1000 ha, in 2025.
That places Zimbabwe 38th out of 169 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,269 1000 ha | 1,232 1000 ha | 1,306 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,186 1000 ha | 1,149 1000 ha | 1,223 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,120 1000 ha | 1,101 1000 ha | 1,141 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,086 1000 ha | 1,076 1000 ha | 1,096 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 5.36 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 218.21 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 391 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 37.54 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 78.12 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 14,523 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.25 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 47.1 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 21.63 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,020 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary forest — area in Zimbabwe?
- Primary forest — area in Zimbabwe was 1,076 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest primary forest — area recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,306 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest primary forest — area recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,076 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for primary forest — area?
- Zimbabwe ranks 38th out of 169 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary forest — area rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Primary Forest — 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.