| Land cover type | Area in km2 | Overall change (1973-1986) | Overall change (1986-2000) | Overall change (2000-2015) | % Change | |||
| 1973 | 1986 | 2000 | 2015 | |||||
| Indigenous forest | 430.6 | 346.7 | 322.9 | 338.8 | −83.9 | −23.7 | 15.8 | −21.3 |
| Plantation forest | 0.0 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 2.9 | −1.6 | 1.7 | −0.3 | 57.0 |
| Open woodland | 23.0 | 52.4 | 60.8 | 55.5 | −29.3 | 8.4 | −5.3 | 58.6 |
| Wooded shrub land | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | −0.2 | 16.9 |
| Closed shrub land | 416.4 | 18.2 | 19.3 | 19.1 | 398.3 | 1.1 | −0.2 | 95.4 |
| Open shrub land | 67.1 | 35.2 | 35.2 | 35.4 | 31.8 | −0.1 | 0.2 | 47.2 |
| Wooded bush land | 70.6 | 152.1 | 151.3 | 151.5 | −81.5 | −0.8 | 0.2 | 53.4 |
| Wooded grassland | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | −1.8 | 0.2 | −0.2 | 100.0 |
| Open grassland | 72.9 | 91.6 | 91.4 | 92.9 | −18.7 | −0.2 | 1.6 | 21.6 |
| Closed wooded bush land | 29.9 | 209.9 | 218.6 | 209.9 | −179.9 | 8.7 | −8.7 | 85.7 |
| Closed bush land | 339.9 | 451.7 | 454.9 | 455.8 | −111.7 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 25.4 |
| Open bush land | 290.6 | 323.1 | 323.3 | 322.4 | −32.5 | 0.3 | −1.0 | 9.9 |
| Scattered bush land | 17.3 | 52.3 | 52.6 | 49.8 | −35.0 | 0.3 | −2.9 | 65.3 |
| Crop fields | 0.0 | 19.5 | 20.2 | 19.4 | −19.5 | 0.7 | −0.7 | 100.0 |
| Water body (dams) | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | −0.1 | 0.0 | 0.02 | 60.4 |
| Built up area | 2.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.6 | −2.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 55.4 |