Guatemala - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Guatemala was 35,278 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 47,812 in 1990 and a minimum value of 35,278 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 47,812
1991 47,240
1992 46,668
1993 46,096
1994 45,524
1995 44,952
1996 44,380
1997 43,808
1998 43,236
1999 42,664
2000 42,092
2001 41,605
2002 41,119
2003 40,632
2004 40,146
2005 39,659
2006 39,172
2007 38,686
2008 38,199
2009 37,713
2010 37,226
2011 36,952
2012 36,679
2013 36,405
2014 36,132
2015 35,858
2016 35,742
2017 35,626
2018 35,510
2019 35,394
2020 35,278

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Guatemala was 32.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 44.62 in 1990, while its lowest value was 32.92 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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 44.62
1991 44.08
1992 43.55
1993 43.02
1994 42.48
1995 41.95
1996 41.41
1997 40.88
1998 40.35
1999 39.81
2000 39.28
2001 38.83
2002 38.37
2003 37.92
2004 37.46
2005 37.01
2006 36.56
2007 36.10
2008 35.65
2009 35.19
2010 34.74
2011 34.48
2012 34.23
2013 33.97
2014 33.72
2015 33.46
2016 33.35
2017 33.25
2018 33.14
2019 33.03
2020 32.92

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use