Low income - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Low income was 3,053,754 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,425,849 in 2000 and a minimum value of 3,003,458 in 2009.

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 3,305,529
1991 3,290,579
1992 3,274,869
1993 3,243,329
1994 3,227,999
1995 3,212,668
1996 3,197,338
1997 3,182,008
1998 3,166,678
1999 3,151,348
2000 3,425,849
2001 3,121,289
2002 3,106,560
2003 3,091,831
2004 3,077,102
2005 3,062,373
2006 3,047,644
2007 3,032,915
2008 3,018,186
2009 3,003,458
2010 3,261,110
2011 3,240,589
2012 3,220,069
2013 3,199,548
2014 3,179,027
2015 3,158,506
2016 3,136,866
2017 3,116,043
2018 3,095,631
2019 3,074,494
2020 3,053,754

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Low income was 20.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 26.56 in 1990, while its lowest value was 20.42 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 26.56
1991 26.44
1992 26.32
1993 26.28
1994 26.15
1995 26.03
1996 25.91
1997 25.78
1998 25.66
1999 25.53
2000 22.63
2001 25.29
2002 25.17
2003 25.05
2004 24.67
2005 24.56
2006 24.44
2007 24.32
2008 24.20
2009 24.08
2010 21.33
2011 21.67
2012 21.53
2013 21.40
2014 21.26
2015 21.12
2016 20.98
2017 20.84
2018 20.70
2019 20.56
2020 20.42

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use