Japan - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Japan was 249,350 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 249,660 in 2010 and a minimum value of 248,760 in 2000.

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 249,500
1991 249,426
1992 249,352
1993 249,278
1994 249,204
1995 249,130
1996 249,056
1997 248,982
1998 248,908
1999 248,834
2000 248,760
2001 248,850
2002 248,940
2003 249,030
2004 249,120
2005 249,210
2006 249,300
2007 249,390
2008 249,480
2009 249,570
2010 249,660
2011 249,616
2012 249,572
2013 249,528
2014 249,484
2015 249,440
2016 249,400
2017 249,350
2018 249,350
2019 249,350
2020 249,350

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Japan was 68.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 68.49 in 2010, while its lowest value was 68.25 in 2000.

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 68.43
1991 68.41
1992 68.39
1993 68.37
1994 68.35
1995 68.33
1996 68.33
1997 68.31
1998 68.29
1999 68.27
2000 68.25
2001 68.27
2002 68.30
2003 68.32
2004 68.35
2005 68.37
2006 68.40
2007 68.42
2008 68.44
2009 68.47
2010 68.49
2011 68.48
2012 68.47
2013 68.46
2014 68.45
2015 68.43
2016 68.42
2017 68.41
2018 68.41
2019 68.41
2020 68.41

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use