Green Legacy Initiative (Ethiopia)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 路 Government program 路 National 路 since 2019
Ethiopian government mass seedling-planting campaign launched in 2019
About
The Green Legacy Initiative is a national tree-planting program of the Government of Ethiopia, led by the Office of the Prime Minister and launched in June 2019. Each rainy season it mobilises millions of citizens to plant seedlings raised in government and community nurseries, including single-day planting events that the government reported at 714.7 million seedlings on 31 July 2025. The government reports cumulative totals in the tens of billions of seedlings and a target of 50 billion by 2026. Planting and survival figures are government-reported and have not been independently verified at national scale; local studies report survival rates ranging from about 40% to 80%.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trees planted | 2025 | 714,700,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceEthiopian News Agency (state media), 31 July 2025: '714.7 million tree seedlings were planted in a single day'. Single-day figure, not the full 2025 season (season target was 7.5 billion). Africanews noted the figures 'remain unverified by independent sources' |
| Trees plantedto date | 2022 | 25,000,000,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceUN SDG Partnerships page submitted by the Office of the Prime Minister, Ethiopia: '25 billion seedlings' planted by the fourth year (2019-2022) against a 20 billion target. Government-reported |
| Trees plantedto date | 2026 | 47,000,000,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceYale Environment 360 / Popular Science, Oct 2026, citing government figures: 'more than 47 billion seedlings' planted in seven years. Independent assessments: a 2025 Gubalafto district study found 39.8% average survival 2019-2024; a 2026 study of 44,500 seedlings in southern Ethiopia found about 80% survival. No national independent audit exists |
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