Papua New Guinea - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Papua New Guinea was 358,558 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 363,997 in 1990 and a minimum value of 358,558 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 363,997
1991 363,875
1992 363,753
1993 363,632
1994 363,510
1995 363,388
1996 363,267
1997 363,145
1998 363,023
1999 362,901
2000 362,780
2001 362,681
2002 362,582
2003 362,482
2004 362,383
2005 362,284
2006 362,185
2007 362,086
2008 361,987
2009 361,888
2010 361,789
2011 361,480
2012 361,171
2013 360,862
2014 360,553
2015 360,244
2016 359,899
2017 359,564
2018 359,228
2019 358,893
2020 358,558

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Papua New Guinea was 79.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 80.38 in 1990, while its lowest value was 79.18 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 80.38
1991 80.35
1992 80.32
1993 80.30
1994 80.27
1995 80.24
1996 80.22
1997 80.19
1998 80.16
1999 80.14
2000 80.11
2001 80.09
2002 80.06
2003 80.04
2004 80.02
2005 80.00
2006 79.98
2007 79.96
2008 79.93
2009 79.91
2010 79.89
2011 79.82
2012 79.75
2013 79.69
2014 79.62
2015 79.55
2016 79.47
2017 79.40
2018 79.32
2019 79.25
2020 79.18

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use