Bangladesh - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Bangladesh was 18,834 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19,203 in 1990 and a minimum value of 18,834 in 2015.

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 19,203
1991 19,203
1992 19,203
1993 19,203
1994 19,203
1995 19,203
1996 19,203
1997 19,203
1998 19,203
1999 19,203
2000 19,203
2001 19,171
2002 19,139
2003 19,107
2004 19,075
2005 19,043
2006 19,011
2007 18,979
2008 18,947
2009 18,915
2010 18,883
2011 18,874
2012 18,864
2013 18,854
2014 18,844
2015 18,834
2016 18,834
2017 18,834
2018 18,834
2019 18,834
2020 18,834

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Bangladesh was 14.47 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 14.75 in 1990, while its lowest value was 14.47 in 2015.

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 14.75
1991 14.75
1992 14.75
1993 14.75
1994 14.75
1995 14.75
1996 14.75
1997 14.75
1998 14.75
1999 14.75
2000 14.75
2001 14.73
2002 14.70
2003 14.68
2004 14.65
2005 14.63
2006 14.61
2007 14.58
2008 14.56
2009 14.53
2010 14.51
2011 14.50
2012 14.49
2013 14.48
2014 14.48
2015 14.47
2016 14.47
2017 14.47
2018 14.47
2019 14.47
2020 14.47

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use