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Trees & air quality in South Africa
How much tree cover South Africa's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 14.0%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- Cape Town City CentreAQI 71
5 cities in South Africa
Pretoria
2 km around Pretoria Central
Tree cover
10%
63.1K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Johannesburg
2 km radius
Cape Town
2 km around Cape Town City Centre
Tree cover
30%
290
trees needed
to reach 30%
Durban
2 km radius
Gqeberha
2 km around Gqeberha Central
Tree cover
32%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
South Africa as a whole
14.0% of South Africa was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 19.5B trees across 19.5M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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