Eritrea - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Eritrea was 10,553 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,590 in 1991 and a minimum value of 10,553 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 16,210
1991 16,590
1992 16,210
1993 11,406
1994 11,374
1995 11,343
1996 11,311
1997 11,279
1998 11,248
1999 11,216
2000 11,185
2001 11,153
2002 11,121
2003 11,090
2004 11,058
2005 11,027
2006 10,995
2007 10,963
2008 10,932
2009 10,900
2010 10,869
2011 10,837
2012 10,805
2013 10,774
2014 10,742
2015 10,711
2016 10,679
2017 10,647
2018 10,616
2019 10,584
2020 10,553

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Eritrea was 10.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 16.43 in 1991, while its lowest value was 10.45 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 16.05
1991 16.43
1992 16.05
1993 11.29
1994 11.26
1995 11.23
1996 11.20
1997 11.17
1998 11.14
1999 11.11
2000 11.07
2001 11.04
2002 11.01
2003 10.98
2004 10.95
2005 10.92
2006 10.89
2007 10.85
2008 10.82
2009 10.79
2010 10.76
2011 10.73
2012 10.70
2013 10.67
2014 10.64
2015 10.60
2016 10.57
2017 10.54
2018 10.51
2019 10.48
2020 10.45

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use