Share of global forest area in Tanzania
Tanzania: Share of global forest area was 1.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of global forest area in Tanzania, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of global forest area in Tanzania stood at 1.0%. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Tanzania peaked at 1.3% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2025.
Tanzania ranks 19th of 235 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 16 Argentina 1.1% compare
- 17 Central African Republic 1.1% compare
- 18 Zambia 1.1% compare
- 20 Papua New Guinea 0.8% compare
- 21 Mozambique 0.8% compare
- 22 Sweden 0.7% compare
More environment data for Tanzania
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 102.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.5 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 43.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 5.56 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 6.87 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0551 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 59.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0064 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0605 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Tanzania?
- Share of global forest area in Tanzania was 1.0% in 2025, 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 forest area recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2025.
- How does Tanzania rank for share of global forest area?
- Tanzania ranks 19th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tanzania 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 forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.