Indicators · Industries and economic structure
Forest rents
The value of timber harvested at world prices, minus harvesting costs, as a share of GDP.
Why it matters
High forest rents point to timber and charcoal dependence, and to deforestation and ESG risk.
Read with care
Informal charcoal and fuelwood are hard to measure and often dominate.
Forest rents: highest in DRC, lowest in Mauritius
Forest rents, % of GDP. Latest year available, 2021. 16 of 16 countries have data.
0.6%
1.6%
2.9%
5.4%
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Ranked: forest rentsiWhy it mattersHigh forest rents point to timber and charcoal dependence, and to deforestation and ESG risk.
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How spread out SADC is
Over time
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Forest rents against income per person
Each bubble is a SADC country, sized by population. Dashed lines mark the SADC medians. Countries far from the pattern are worth a closer look.
Table
The same figures as the map, for screen readers and copying.| Rank | Country | Value | Year | Five-year change | Grade | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DRC | 9.4% | 2021 | down 8.4 points since 2016 | B | |
| 2 | Mozambique | 7.3% | 2021 | down 4.9 points since 2016 | B | |
| 3 | Zambia | 6.8% | 2021 | down 2.0 points since 2016 | B | |
| 4 | Madagascar | 5.4% | 2021 | down 3.3 points since 2016 | B | |
| 5 | Lesotho | 4.3% | 2021 | down 3.0 points since 2016 | B | |
| 6 | Malawi | 4.2% | 2021 | down 6.7 points since 2016 | B | |
| 7 | Eswatini | 2.9% | 2021 | down 1.5 point since 2016 | B | |
| 8 | Tanzania | 2.4% | 2021 | down 1.7 point since 2016 | B | |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 1.8% | 2021 | down 1.5 point since 2016 | B | |
| 10 | Comoros | 1.6% | 2021 | down 0.9 points since 2016 | B | |
| 11 | Namibia | 0.9% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 12 | Angola | 0.7% | 2021 | down 0.3 points since 2016 | B | |
| 13 | South Africa | 0.6% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 14 | Botswana | 0.3% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 15 | Seychelles | 0.1% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 16 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B |