Ethiopia - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Ethiopia was 170,685 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 204,086 in 1990 and a minimum value of 170,685 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 204,086
1991 203,324
1992 202,562
1993 190,395
1994 189,665
1995 188,935
1996 188,205
1997 187,475
1998 186,745
1999 186,015
2000 185,285
2001 184,555
2002 183,825
2003 183,095
2004 182,365
2005 181,635
2006 180,905
2007 180,175
2008 179,445
2009 178,715
2010 177,985
2011 177,255
2012 176,525
2013 175,795
2014 175,065
2015 174,335
2016 173,605
2017 172,875
2018 172,145
2019 171,415
2020 170,685

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Ethiopia was 15.11 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 19.04 in 1993, while its lowest value was 15.11 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 18.54
1991 18.47
1992 18.40
1993 19.04
1994 18.97
1995 18.89
1996 18.82
1997 18.75
1998 18.67
1999 18.60
2000 18.53
2001 18.46
2002 18.38
2003 18.31
2004 16.15
2005 16.08
2006 16.02
2007 15.95
2008 15.89
2009 15.83
2010 15.76
2011 15.70
2012 15.63
2013 15.57
2014 15.50
2015 15.44
2016 15.37
2017 15.31
2018 15.24
2019 15.18
2020 15.11

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use