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Malawi: Forest area (sq. km)

20,317sq km · 2025-17.1% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Malawi from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (sq km)Note
202520,317
202420,737
202321,157
202221,577
202121,997
202022,417
201922,837
201823,257
201723,677
201624,097
201524,517
201424,937
201325,357
201225,777
201126,197
201026,617
200927,037
200827,457
200727,877
200628,297
200528,717
200429,137
200329,557
200229,977
200130,397
200030,817
199931,237.1
199831,657.1
199732,077.2
199632,497.2
199532,917.3
199433,337.4
199333,757.4
199234,177.5
199134,597.5
199035,017.6

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (sq. km). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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