Namibia - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Namibia was 66,389 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 87,692 in 1990 and a minimum value of 66,389 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 87,692
1991 86,982
1992 86,272
1993 85,561
1994 84,851
1995 84,141
1996 83,431
1997 82,721
1998 82,011
1999 81,301
2000 80,591
2001 79,881
2002 79,171
2003 78,461
2004 77,750
2005 77,040
2006 76,330
2007 75,620
2008 74,910
2009 74,200
2010 73,490
2011 72,780
2012 72,070
2013 71,360
2014 70,650
2015 69,940
2016 69,229
2017 68,519
2018 67,809
2019 67,099
2020 66,389

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Namibia was 8.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 10.65 in 1990, while its lowest value was 8.06 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 10.65
1991 10.57
1992 10.48
1993 10.39
1994 10.31
1995 10.22
1996 10.13
1997 10.05
1998 9.96
1999 9.88
2000 9.79
2001 9.70
2002 9.62
2003 9.53
2004 9.44
2005 9.36
2006 9.27
2007 9.19
2008 9.10
2009 9.01
2010 8.93
2011 8.84
2012 8.75
2013 8.67
2014 8.58
2015 8.50
2016 8.41
2017 8.32
2018 8.24
2019 8.15
2020 8.06

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use