Indonesia - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Indonesia was 921,332 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,185,450 in 1990 and a minimum value of 921,332 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 1,185,450
1991 1,168,185
1992 1,150,920
1993 1,133,655
1994 1,116,390
1995 1,099,125
1996 1,081,860
1997 1,064,595
1998 1,047,330
1999 1,030,065
2000 1,012,800
2001 1,011,179
2002 1,009,558
2003 1,007,938
2004 1,006,317
2005 1,004,696
2006 1,003,075
2007 1,001,454
2008 999,834
2009 998,213
2010 996,592
2011 987,329
2012 978,067
2013 968,804
2014 959,542
2015 950,279
2016 952,718
2017 939,498
2018 933,443
2019 927,387
2020 921,332

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Indonesia was 49.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 65.44 in 1990, while its lowest value was 49.07 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 65.44
1991 64.48
1992 63.53
1993 62.58
1994 61.63
1995 60.67
1996 59.72
1997 58.77
1998 57.81
1999 56.86
2000 55.91
2001 55.82
2002 55.73
2003 55.64
2004 55.55
2005 55.46
2006 55.37
2007 55.28
2008 55.19
2009 55.10
2010 55.01
2011 54.50
2012 53.99
2013 53.48
2014 52.97
2015 52.46
2016 50.74
2017 50.04
2018 49.72
2019 49.39
2020 49.07

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use