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Malawi: Forest area (% of land area)

22.00percent · 2024-16.8% since 2014

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. Annual figures for Malawi from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202421.995
202322.441
202222.886
202123.332
202023.777
201924.223
201824.668
201725.113
201625.559
201526.004
201426.45
201326.895
201227.341
201127.786
201028.232
200928.677
200829.123
200729.568
200630.014
200530.459
200430.905
200331.35
200231.796
200132.241
200032.687
199933.132
199833.578
199734.023
199634.469
199534.914
199435.36
199335.805
199236.251
199136.697
199037.142

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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