Ecuador - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Ecuador was 124,978 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 146,322 in 1990 and a minimum value of 124,978 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 146,322
1991 145,420
1992 144,519
1993 143,617
1994 142,715
1995 141,814
1996 140,912
1997 140,010
1998 139,108
1999 138,207
2000 137,305
2001 136,603
2002 135,900
2003 135,198
2004 134,496
2005 133,794
2006 133,091
2007 132,389
2008 131,687
2009 130,984
2010 130,282
2011 129,864
2012 129,446
2013 129,028
2014 128,610
2015 128,192
2016 127,549
2017 126,906
2018 126,264
2019 125,621
2020 124,978

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Ecuador was 50.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 56.01 in 1998, while its lowest value was 50.32 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 52.85
1991 52.53
1992 52.20
1993 51.88
1994 51.55
1995 51.23
1996 50.90
1997 50.57
1998 56.01
1999 55.65
2000 55.28
2001 55.00
2002 54.72
2003 54.44
2004 54.15
2005 53.87
2006 53.59
2007 53.31
2008 53.02
2009 52.74
2010 52.46
2011 52.29
2012 52.12
2013 51.95
2014 51.78
2015 51.62
2016 51.36
2017 51.10
2018 50.84
2019 50.58
2020 50.32

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use