Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 3,163 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Zimbabwe, 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 Zimbabwe is 3,163 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Zimbabwe peaked at 8,298 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3,163 1000 ha, in 2024.
Zimbabwe ranks 85th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8,298 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5,304 1000 ha | -36.1% |
| 2003 | 4,757 1000 ha | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 4,395 1000 ha | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 3,328 1000 ha | -24.3% |
| 2006 | 3,379 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 3,235 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 3,301 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 3,954 1000 ha | +19.8% |
| 2010 | 4,367 1000 ha | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 4,686 1000 ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 4,552 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 4,552 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,080 1000 ha | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 4,820 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 4,432 1000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 4,626 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 4,784 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 4,126 1000 ha | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 3,263 1000 ha | -20.9% |
| 2021 | 3,176 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 3,263 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 3,185 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 3,163 1000 ha | -0.7% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 3,163 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,158 1000 ha, 1.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 3,163 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,439 1000 ha | 3,235 1000 ha | 8,298 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 4,603 1000 ha | 4,126 1000 ha | 5,080 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,210 1000 ha | 3,163 1000 ha | 3,263 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.06 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.19 % 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 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Zimbabwe?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Zimbabwe was 3,163 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 8,298 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,163 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Zimbabwe ranks 85th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.7%. 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 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.