Palau - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Palau was 414.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 414.10 in 2020 and a minimum value of 380.00 in 1990.

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 380.00
1991 382.93
1992 384.36
1993 385.79
1994 387.22
1995 388.65
1996 390.08
1997 391.51
1998 392.94
1999 394.37
2000 395.80
2001 396.78
2002 397.76
2003 398.74
2004 399.72
2005 400.70
2006 401.68
2007 402.66
2008 403.64
2009 404.62
2010 405.60
2011 406.46
2012 407.32
2013 408.18
2014 409.04
2015 409.90
2016 410.80
2017 411.60
2018 412.50
2019 413.30
2020 414.10

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Palau was 90.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 90.02 in 2020, while its lowest value was 83.25 in 1991.

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
1991 83.25
1992 83.56
1993 83.87
1994 84.18
1995 84.49
1996 84.80
1997 85.11
1998 85.42
1999 85.73
2000 86.04
2001 86.26
2002 86.47
2003 86.68
2004 86.90
2005 87.11
2006 87.32
2007 87.53
2008 87.75
2009 87.96
2010 88.17
2011 88.36
2012 88.55
2013 88.73
2014 88.92
2015 89.11
2016 89.30
2017 89.48
2018 89.67
2019 89.85
2020 90.02

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use