Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Malawi
Malawi: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 2,514 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Malawi, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Malawi stood at 2,514 1000 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Malawi peaked at 3,866 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2,383 1000 ha, in 2000.
That places Malawi 89th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3,866 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 3,866 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,866 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 3,575 1000 ha | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 3,516 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 3,381 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 3,091 1000 ha | -8.6% |
| 1999 | 2,446 1000 ha | -20.9% |
| 2000 | 2,383 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 2,392 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 2,403 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 2,420 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 2,421 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,429 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 2,433 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,448 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 2,455 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 2,460 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,455 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,458 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,457 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,460 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,468 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,468 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,508 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 2,516 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,530 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,541 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 2,541 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,525 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 2,514 1000 ha | -0.5% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 2,514 1000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 2,674 1000 ha, 94% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 2,514 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,570 1000 ha, 55% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,451 1000 ha | 2,446 1000 ha | 3,866 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,424 1000 ha | 2,383 1000 ha | 2,460 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,486 1000 ha | 2,455 1000 ha | 2,541 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,527 1000 ha | 2,514 1000 ha | 2,541 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More environment data for Malawi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9153 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8098 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 5.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Malawi?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Malawi was 2,514 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 3,866 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,383 1000 ha in 2000.
- How does Malawi rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Malawi ranks 89th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.