IDA only - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in IDA only was 5,096,276 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,760,110 in 1990 and a minimum value of 5,096,276 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 5,760,110
1991 5,730,411
1992 5,703,091
1993 5,656,890
1994 5,626,899
1995 5,596,908
1996 5,566,917
1997 5,536,926
1998 5,506,935
1999 5,476,944
2000 5,738,684
2001 5,420,101
2002 5,393,249
2003 5,366,397
2004 5,339,546
2005 5,312,694
2006 5,285,842
2007 5,258,990
2008 5,232,139
2009 5,205,287
2010 5,450,817
2011 5,415,094
2012 5,379,371
2013 5,343,649
2014 5,307,926
2015 5,272,203
2016 5,236,449
2017 5,201,512
2018 5,166,778
2019 5,131,328
2020 5,096,276

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in IDA only was 24.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 31.81 in 1990, while its lowest value was 24.73 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 31.81
1991 31.65
1992 31.50
1993 31.42
1994 31.27
1995 31.10
1996 30.93
1997 30.77
1998 30.60
1999 30.43
2000 27.67
2001 30.12
2002 29.97
2003 29.82
2004 29.46
2005 29.31
2006 29.16
2007 29.02
2008 28.87
2009 28.72
2010 26.10
2011 26.28
2012 26.11
2013 25.93
2014 25.76
2015 25.59
2016 25.41
2017 25.24
2018 25.08
2019 24.90
2020 24.73

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use