Côte d'Ivoire - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Côte d'Ivoire was 28,367 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78,509 in 1990 and a minimum value of 28,367 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 78,509
1991 75,752
1992 72,996
1993 70,239
1994 67,483
1995 64,727
1996 61,970
1997 59,214
1998 56,457
1999 53,701
2000 50,945
2001 49,816
2002 48,687
2003 47,558
2004 46,429
2005 45,300
2006 44,171
2007 43,042
2008 41,914
2009 40,785
2010 39,656
2011 38,527
2012 37,398
2013 36,269
2014 35,140
2015 34,012
2016 32,883
2017 31,754
2018 30,625
2019 29,496
2020 28,367

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Côte d'Ivoire was 8.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 24.69 in 1990, while its lowest value was 8.92 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 24.69
1991 23.82
1992 22.95
1993 22.09
1994 21.22
1995 20.35
1996 19.49
1997 18.62
1998 17.75
1999 16.89
2000 16.02
2001 15.67
2002 15.31
2003 14.96
2004 14.60
2005 14.25
2006 13.89
2007 13.54
2008 13.18
2009 12.83
2010 12.47
2011 12.12
2012 11.76
2013 11.41
2014 11.05
2015 10.70
2016 10.34
2017 9.99
2018 9.63
2019 9.28
2020 8.92

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use