Malawi - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Malawi was 22,417 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35,017 in 1990 and a minimum value of 22,417 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 35,017
1991 34,597
1992 34,177
1993 33,757
1994 33,337
1995 32,917
1996 32,497
1997 32,077
1998 31,657
1999 31,237
2000 30,817
2001 30,397
2002 29,977
2003 29,557
2004 29,137
2005 28,717
2006 28,297
2007 27,877
2008 27,457
2009 27,037
2010 26,617
2011 26,197
2012 25,777
2013 25,357
2014 24,937
2015 24,517
2016 24,097
2017 23,677
2018 23,257
2019 22,837
2020 22,417

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Malawi was 23.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 37.14 in 1990, while its lowest value was 23.78 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 37.14
1991 36.70
1992 36.25
1993 35.81
1994 35.36
1995 34.91
1996 34.47
1997 34.02
1998 33.58
1999 33.13
2000 32.69
2001 32.24
2002 31.80
2003 31.35
2004 30.90
2005 30.46
2006 30.01
2007 29.57
2008 29.12
2009 28.68
2010 28.23
2011 27.79
2012 27.34
2013 26.90
2014 26.45
2015 26.00
2016 25.56
2017 25.11
2018 24.67
2019 24.22
2020 23.78

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use