Chad - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Chad was 43,130 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 67,300 in 1990 and a minimum value of 43,130 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 67,300
1991 66,923
1992 66,546
1993 66,169
1994 65,792
1995 65,415
1996 65,038
1997 64,661
1998 64,284
1999 63,907
2000 63,530
2001 62,707
2002 61,884
2003 61,061
2004 60,238
2005 59,415
2006 58,592
2007 57,769
2008 56,946
2009 56,123
2010 55,300
2011 54,020
2012 52,740
2013 51,460
2014 50,180
2015 48,900
2016 47,690
2017 46,510
2018 45,350
2019 44,220
2020 43,130

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Chad was 3.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 5.34 in 1990, while its lowest value was 3.43 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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 5.34
1991 5.31
1992 5.28
1993 5.25
1994 5.22
1995 5.19
1996 5.17
1997 5.14
1998 5.11
1999 5.08
2000 5.05
2001 4.98
2002 4.91
2003 4.85
2004 4.78
2005 4.72
2006 4.65
2007 4.59
2008 4.52
2009 4.46
2010 4.39
2011 4.29
2012 4.19
2013 4.09
2014 3.99
2015 3.88
2016 3.79
2017 3.69
2018 3.60
2019 3.51
2020 3.43

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use