Botswana - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Botswana was 152,547 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 188,037 in 1990 and a minimum value of 152,547 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 188,037
1991 186,854
1992 185,671
1993 184,488
1994 183,305
1995 182,122
1996 180,939
1997 179,756
1998 178,573
1999 177,390
2000 176,207
2001 175,024
2002 173,841
2003 172,658
2004 171,475
2005 170,292
2006 169,109
2007 167,926
2008 166,743
2009 165,560
2010 164,377
2011 163,194
2012 162,011
2013 160,828
2014 159,645
2015 158,462
2016 157,279
2017 156,096
2018 154,913
2019 153,730
2020 152,547

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Botswana was 26.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 33.18 in 1990, while its lowest value was 26.92 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 33.18
1991 32.97
1992 32.76
1993 32.55
1994 32.34
1995 32.14
1996 31.93
1997 31.72
1998 31.51
1999 31.30
2000 31.09
2001 30.88
2002 30.67
2003 30.47
2004 30.26
2005 30.05
2006 29.84
2007 29.63
2008 29.42
2009 29.21
2010 29.00
2011 28.80
2012 28.59
2013 28.38
2014 28.17
2015 27.96
2016 27.75
2017 27.54
2018 27.33
2019 27.13
2020 26.92

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use