Panama - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Panama was 42,138 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 46,074 in 1990 and a minimum value of 42,138 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 46,074
1991 45,909
1992 45,743
1993 45,578
1994 45,413
1995 45,248
1996 45,082
1997 44,917
1998 44,752
1999 44,587
2000 44,421
2001 44,307
2002 44,193
2003 44,079
2004 43,965
2005 43,851
2006 43,737
2007 43,622
2008 43,508
2009 43,394
2010 43,280
2011 43,166
2012 43,052
2013 42,937
2014 42,823
2015 42,709
2016 42,595
2017 42,481
2018 42,367
2019 42,253
2020 42,138

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Panama was 56.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 61.98 in 1990, while its lowest value was 56.81 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 61.98
1991 61.76
1992 61.53
1993 61.31
1994 61.09
1995 60.87
1996 60.64
1997 60.42
1998 60.20
1999 59.98
2000 59.75
2001 59.60
2002 59.45
2003 59.29
2004 59.14
2005 58.99
2006 58.83
2007 58.68
2008 58.53
2009 58.37
2010 58.22
2011 58.07
2012 57.91
2013 57.76
2014 57.78
2015 57.62
2016 57.47
2017 57.31
2018 57.12
2019 56.96
2020 56.81

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use