Arab World - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Arab World was 367,981 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 411,782 in 2000 and a minimum value of 191,562 in 2009.

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 200,673
1991 199,958
1992 199,243
1993 198,527
1994 197,812
1995 197,097
1996 196,381
1997 195,666
1998 194,951
1999 194,235
2000 411,782
2001 193,303
2002 193,085
2003 192,868
2004 192,650
2005 192,433
2006 192,215
2007 191,998
2008 191,780
2009 191,562
2010 392,164
2011 389,731
2012 387,305
2013 384,880
2014 382,454
2015 380,038
2016 377,731
2017 375,192
2018 372,634
2019 370,303
2020 367,981

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Arab World was 2.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 3.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 1.71 in 2009.

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 1.79
1991 1.78
1992 1.77
1993 1.77
1994 1.76
1995 1.75
1996 1.75
1997 1.74
1998 1.74
1999 1.73
2000 3.00
2001 1.72
2002 1.72
2003 1.72
2004 1.71
2005 1.71
2006 1.71
2007 1.71
2008 1.71
2009 1.71
2010 2.86
2011 2.98
2012 2.96
2013 2.94
2014 2.92
2015 2.91
2016 2.89
2017 2.87
2018 2.85
2019 2.83
2020 2.81

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use