Angola - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Angola was 666,074 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 792,628 in 1990 and a minimum value of 666,074 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 792,628
1991 791,074
1992 789,519
1993 787,965
1994 786,411
1995 784,857
1996 783,303
1997 781,749
1998 780,194
1999 778,640
2000 777,086
2001 771,536
2002 765,985
2003 760,434
2004 754,884
2005 749,333
2006 743,782
2007 738,232
2008 732,681
2009 727,131
2010 721,580
2011 716,029
2012 710,479
2013 704,928
2014 699,378
2015 693,827
2016 688,276
2017 682,726
2018 677,175
2019 671,624
2020 666,074

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Angola was 53.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 63.58 in 1990, while its lowest value was 53.43 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 63.58
1991 63.45
1992 63.33
1993 63.20
1994 63.08
1995 62.95
1996 62.83
1997 62.71
1998 62.58
1999 62.46
2000 62.33
2001 61.89
2002 61.44
2003 61.00
2004 60.55
2005 60.11
2006 59.66
2007 59.21
2008 58.77
2009 58.32
2010 57.88
2011 57.43
2012 56.99
2013 56.54
2014 56.10
2015 55.65
2016 55.21
2017 54.76
2018 54.32
2019 53.87
2020 53.43

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use