El Salvador - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in El Salvador was 5,839 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,189 in 1990 and a minimum value of 5,839 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 7,189
1991 7,144
1992 7,099
1993 7,054
1994 7,009
1995 6,964
1996 6,919
1997 6,874
1998 6,829
1999 6,784
2000 6,739
2001 6,694
2002 6,649
2003 6,604
2004 6,559
2005 6,514
2006 6,469
2007 6,424
2008 6,379
2009 6,334
2010 6,289
2011 6,244
2012 6,199
2013 6,154
2014 6,109
2015 6,064
2016 6,019
2017 5,974
2018 5,929
2019 5,884
2020 5,839

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in El Salvador was 28.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 34.69 in 1990, while its lowest value was 28.18 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 34.69
1991 34.48
1992 34.26
1993 34.04
1994 33.83
1995 33.61
1996 33.39
1997 33.17
1998 32.96
1999 32.74
2000 32.52
2001 32.31
2002 32.09
2003 31.87
2004 31.65
2005 31.44
2006 31.22
2007 31.00
2008 30.79
2009 30.57
2010 30.35
2011 30.13
2012 29.92
2013 29.70
2014 29.48
2015 29.27
2016 29.05
2017 28.83
2018 28.61
2019 28.40
2020 28.18

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use