Colombia - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Colombia was 591,419 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 649,581 in 1990 and a minimum value of 591,419 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 649,581
1991 647,359
1992 645,136
1993 642,914
1994 640,691
1995 638,468
1996 636,246
1997 634,023
1998 631,800
1999 629,578
2000 627,355
2001 625,427
2002 623,500
2003 621,572
2004 619,644
2005 617,716
2006 615,789
2007 613,861
2008 611,933
2009 610,006
2010 608,078
2011 606,732
2012 605,385
2013 604,039
2014 602,693
2015 601,347
2016 599,595
2017 597,398
2018 595,405
2019 593,412
2020 591,419

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Colombia was 53.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 58.55 in 1990, while its lowest value was 53.31 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 58.55
1991 58.35
1992 58.15
1993 57.95
1994 57.75
1995 57.55
1996 57.35
1997 57.14
1998 56.94
1999 56.74
2000 56.54
2001 56.37
2002 56.20
2003 56.02
2004 55.85
2005 55.68
2006 55.50
2007 55.33
2008 55.15
2009 54.98
2010 54.81
2011 54.69
2012 54.56
2013 54.44
2014 54.32
2015 54.20
2016 54.04
2017 53.84
2018 53.66
2019 53.48
2020 53.31

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use