Fragile and conflict affected situations - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 4,628,112 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,106,963 in 2000 and a minimum value of 4,628,112 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 5,060,339
1991 5,037,884
1992 5,015,647
1993 4,976,649
1994 4,953,860
1995 4,931,072
1996 4,908,284
1997 4,885,496
1998 4,862,707
1999 4,839,919
2000 5,106,963
2001 4,796,823
2002 4,776,516
2003 4,756,208
2004 4,735,900
2005 4,715,592
2006 4,695,284
2007 4,674,977
2008 4,654,669
2009 4,634,361
2010 4,886,442
2011 4,860,442
2012 4,834,449
2013 4,808,456
2014 4,782,464
2015 4,756,481
2016 4,729,614
2017 4,703,835
2018 4,678,697
2019 4,653,083
2020 4,628,112

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 23.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 29.01 in 1990, while its lowest value was 23.20 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 29.01
1991 28.88
1992 28.75
1993 28.70
1994 28.57
1995 28.43
1996 28.30
1997 28.17
1998 28.04
1999 27.91
2000 25.40
2001 27.66
2002 27.54
2003 27.43
2004 27.11
2005 26.99
2006 26.88
2007 26.76
2008 26.64
2009 26.53
2010 24.14
2011 24.36
2012 24.23
2013 24.10
2014 23.97
2015 23.84
2016 23.71
2017 23.58
2018 23.45
2019 23.33
2020 23.20

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use