Myanmar - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Myanmar was 285,439 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 392,185 in 1990 and a minimum value of 285,439 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 392,185
1991 387,834
1992 383,484
1993 379,134
1994 374,783
1995 370,433
1996 366,083
1997 361,732
1998 357,382
1999 353,032
2000 348,681
2001 345,254
2002 341,827
2003 338,400
2004 334,973
2005 331,546
2006 328,118
2007 324,691
2008 321,264
2009 317,837
2010 314,410
2011 311,513
2012 308,616
2013 305,719
2014 302,822
2015 299,924
2016 297,027
2017 294,130
2018 291,233
2019 288,336
2020 285,439

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Myanmar was 43.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 60.01 in 1990, while its lowest value was 43.73 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 60.01
1991 59.34
1992 58.68
1993 58.01
1994 57.35
1995 56.68
1996 56.02
1997 55.35
1998 54.68
1999 54.02
2000 53.35
2001 52.83
2002 52.30
2003 51.78
2004 51.26
2005 50.74
2006 50.21
2007 49.68
2008 49.17
2009 48.65
2010 48.13
2011 47.68
2012 47.25
2013 46.81
2014 46.37
2015 45.92
2016 45.48
2017 45.06
2018 44.61
2019 44.17
2020 43.73

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use