Samoa - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Samoa was 1,617 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,761 in 1990 and a minimum value of 1,617 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 1,761
1991 1,756
1992 1,752
1993 1,747
1994 1,742
1995 1,737
1996 1,732
1997 1,728
1998 1,723
1999 1,718
2000 1,713
2001 1,708
2002 1,703
2003 1,699
2004 1,694
2005 1,689
2006 1,684
2007 1,679
2008 1,675
2009 1,670
2010 1,665
2011 1,660
2012 1,655
2013 1,650
2014 1,646
2015 1,641
2016 1,636
2017 1,631
2018 1,626
2019 1,622
2020 1,617

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Samoa was 57.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 62.24 in 1990, while its lowest value was 57.13 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 62.24
1991 62.07
1992 61.90
1993 61.73
1994 61.56
1995 61.39
1996 61.21
1997 61.04
1998 60.87
1999 60.70
2000 60.53
2001 60.36
2002 60.19
2003 60.02
2004 59.85
2005 59.68
2006 59.51
2007 59.34
2008 59.17
2009 59.00
2010 58.83
2011 58.66
2012 58.49
2013 58.32
2014 58.15
2015 57.98
2016 57.81
2017 57.64
2018 57.47
2019 57.30
2020 57.13

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use