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Zambia: Forest area (% of land area)

60.50percent · 2024-2.1% 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 Zambia from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202460.495
202360.626
202260.756
202160.887
202061.018
201961.124
201861.23
201761.337
201661.443
201561.549
201461.802
201362.056
201262.309
201162.562
201062.815
200962.863
200862.911
200762.959
200663.008
200563.056
200463.104
200363.152
200263.2
200163.248
200063.297
199963.345
199863.393
199763.441
199663.489
199563.537
199463.585
199363.634
199263.682
199163.73
199063.778

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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