Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Zambia
Zambia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 50,061 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Zambia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from modis in Zambia is 50,061 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Zambia peaked at 56,700 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 50,061 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Zambia 17th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Zambia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 56,700 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 55,386 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 54,893 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 54,533 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 53,389 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 53,345 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 53,362 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 53,546 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 54,034 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 54,619 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 54,822 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 54,492 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 53,778 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 53,618 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 53,440 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 52,948 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 53,286 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 53,538 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 52,880 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 52,190 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 51,630 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 51,235 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 50,726 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 50,061 1000 ha | -1.3% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 50,061 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,158 1000 ha, 23.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 50,061 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 20.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 54,354 1000 ha | 53,345 1000 ha | 56,700 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 53,742 1000 ha | 52,880 1000 ha | 54,822 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 51,169 1000 ha | 50,061 1000 ha | 52,190 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 14 Central African Republic 57,865 1000 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 555.2 1000 ha compare
- 15 India 56,132 1000 ha compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 282.03 1000 ha compare
- 16 Mozambique 55,386 1000 ha compare
- 16 Syrian Arab Republic 149.14 1000 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 131.33 1000 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 44.1 1000 ha compare
- 18 Myanmar 47,198 1000 ha compare
- 19 Papua New Guinea 43,688 1000 ha compare
- 20 Cameroon 37,924 1000 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 27,064 1000 ha compare
- 20 Wallis and Futuna Islands 6.09 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Zambia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.03 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.11 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.74 % 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 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Zambia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Zambia was 50,061 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 56,700 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,061 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Zambia rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Zambia ranks 17th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS. 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.