Mozambique - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Mozambique was 367,438 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 433,780 in 1990 and a minimum value of 367,438 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 433,780
1991 431,590
1992 429,400
1993 427,210
1994 425,020
1995 422,830
1996 420,640
1997 418,450
1998 416,260
1999 414,070
2000 411,880
2001 409,664
2002 407,448
2003 405,232
2004 403,017
2005 400,801
2006 398,585
2007 396,369
2008 394,153
2009 391,937
2010 389,721
2011 387,657
2012 385,593
2013 383,529
2014 381,464
2015 379,400
2016 376,283
2017 374,066
2018 372,242
2019 369,661
2020 367,438

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Mozambique was 46.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 55.16 in 1990, while its lowest value was 46.73 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 55.16
1991 54.88
1992 54.60
1993 54.33
1994 54.05
1995 53.77
1996 53.49
1997 53.21
1998 52.93
1999 52.66
2000 52.38
2001 52.09
2002 51.81
2003 51.53
2004 51.25
2005 50.97
2006 50.69
2007 50.40
2008 50.12
2009 49.84
2010 49.56
2011 49.30
2012 49.03
2013 48.77
2014 48.51
2015 48.25
2016 47.85
2017 47.57
2018 47.34
2019 47.01
2020 46.73

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use