Somalia - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Somalia was 59,800 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82,825 in 1990 and a minimum value of 59,800 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 82,825
1991 82,058
1992 81,290
1993 80,523
1994 79,755
1995 78,988
1996 78,220
1997 77,453
1998 76,685
1999 75,918
2000 75,150
2001 74,383
2002 73,615
2003 72,848
2004 72,080
2005 71,313
2006 70,545
2007 69,778
2008 69,010
2009 68,243
2010 67,475
2011 66,708
2012 65,940
2013 65,173
2014 64,405
2015 63,638
2016 62,870
2017 62,103
2018 61,335
2019 60,568
2020 59,800

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Somalia was 9.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 13.20 in 1990, while its lowest value was 9.53 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 13.20
1991 13.08
1992 12.96
1993 12.84
1994 12.71
1995 12.59
1996 12.47
1997 12.35
1998 12.22
1999 12.10
2000 11.98
2001 11.86
2002 11.73
2003 11.61
2004 11.49
2005 11.37
2006 11.25
2007 11.12
2008 11.00
2009 10.88
2010 10.76
2011 10.63
2012 10.51
2013 10.39
2014 10.27
2015 10.14
2016 10.02
2017 9.90
2018 9.78
2019 9.65
2020 9.53

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use