Australia - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Australia was 1,340,051 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,340,372 in 2016 and a minimum value of 1,295,461 in 2010.

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 1,338,822
1991 1,336,754
1992 1,334,686
1993 1,332,618
1994 1,330,550
1995 1,328,482
1996 1,326,413
1997 1,324,345
1998 1,322,277
1999 1,320,209
2000 1,318,141
2001 1,315,873
2002 1,313,605
2003 1,311,337
2004 1,309,069
2005 1,306,801
2006 1,304,533
2007 1,302,265
2008 1,299,997
2009 1,297,729
2010 1,295,461
2011 1,302,558
2012 1,309,655
2013 1,316,751
2014 1,323,848
2015 1,330,945
2016 1,340,372
2017 1,340,174
2018 1,340,051
2019 1,340,051
2020 1,340,051

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Australia was 17.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 17.43 in 1990, while its lowest value was 16.86 in 2010.

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 17.43
1991 17.40
1992 17.37
1993 17.35
1994 17.32
1995 17.29
1996 17.27
1997 17.24
1998 17.21
1999 17.19
2000 17.16
2001 17.13
2002 17.10
2003 17.07
2004 17.04
2005 17.01
2006 16.98
2007 16.95
2008 16.92
2009 16.89
2010 16.86
2011 16.96
2012 17.05
2013 17.14
2014 17.23
2015 17.32
2016 17.43
2017 17.42
2018 17.42
2019 17.42
2020 17.42

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use