Share of global annual deforestation in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Share of global annual deforestation was 0.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Share of global annual deforestation in Zimbabwe, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, share of global annual deforestation in Zimbabwe stood at 0.6%.
That represents a change of up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global annual deforestation in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2015.
That places Zimbabwe 24th out of 112 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 30.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.85 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 9.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.9067 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0093 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0022 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0156 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global annual deforestation in Zimbabwe?
- Share of global annual deforestation in Zimbabwe was 0.6% in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global annual deforestation recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of global annual deforestation recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2015.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for share of global annual deforestation?
- Zimbabwe ranks 24th out of 112 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share of global annual deforestation rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global annual deforestation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global deforestation represents the proportion of a country's deforestation relative to the total global deforestation.