Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 60,301 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 69,120 in 1990 and a minimum value of 60,301 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 69,120
1991 68,663
1992 68,206
1993 67,748
1994 67,291
1995 66,834
1996 66,376
1997 65,919
1998 65,462
1999 65,004
2000 64,547
2001 64,335
2002 64,122
2003 63,910
2004 63,698
2005 63,485
2006 63,273
2007 63,061
2008 62,849
2009 62,636
2010 62,424
2011 62,212
2012 61,999
2013 61,787
2014 61,575
2015 61,362
2016 61,150
2017 60,938
2018 60,726
2019 60,513
2020 60,301

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 50.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 57.40 in 1990, while its lowest value was 50.08 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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 57.40
1991 57.02
1992 56.64
1993 56.26
1994 55.88
1995 55.51
1996 55.13
1997 54.75
1998 54.37
1999 53.99
2000 53.61
2001 53.43
2002 53.25
2003 53.08
2004 52.90
2005 52.72
2006 52.55
2007 52.37
2008 52.20
2009 52.02
2010 51.84
2011 51.67
2012 51.49
2013 51.31
2014 51.14
2015 50.96
2016 50.78
2017 50.61
2018 50.43
2019 50.26
2020 50.08

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use