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Tanzania — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Tanzania, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
50.05%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -22.7% since 1990
Forest area for Tanzania was 50.05% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 64.79% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.78% per year.
Tanzania ranks 52 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 24%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.44%, so Tanzania sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 23% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 9%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
50.05%
First (1990)
64.79%
Change
-22.7%
Highest
64.79%
in 1990
Lowest
50.05%
in 2023
Average
57.74%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.78%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 50.05% |
| 2022 | 50.58% |
| 2021 | 51.11% |
| 2020 | 51.64% |
| 2019 | 52.17% |
| 2018 | 52.7% |
| 2017 | 53.23% |
| 2016 | 53.76% |
| 2015 | 54.29% |
| 2014 | 54.71% |
| 2013 | 55.13% |
| 2012 | 55.55% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.