Zambia's forest cover fell from 63.6 % in 1994 to 59.5 % in 2023.
Zambia · Environment
Forests, air quality, land, water and protected areas.
10 indicators · 8 with data
Land
Zambia's forest area fell from 472,688 km in 1994 to 442,494 km in 2023.
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
% of land area
11th of 213 · 3rd in Sub-Saharan Africa
Zambia's terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) rose from 38.0 % in 2013 to 41.3 % in 2025.
Zambia's agricultural land (% of land area) rose from 28.9 % in 1994 to 32.1 % in 2023.
Zambia's arable land (% of land area) rose from 3.8 % in 1994 to 5.1 % in 2023.
Air
Zambia's air pollution (pm2.5) fell from 21.6 in 1994 to 20.2 in 2023.
Water
Zambia's water stress fell from 2.2 % in 1993 to 2.0 % in 2022.
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita
cubic metres per person
70th of 181 · 14th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Zambia's renewable internal freshwater resources per capita fell from 9,577 in 1993 to 3,980 in 2022.
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Zambia.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data