South Africa - Forest area
Forest area (sq. km)
The value for Forest area (sq. km) in South Africa was 170,501 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 181,421 in 1990 and a minimum value of 170,501 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 | 181,421 |
| 1991 | 181,057 |
| 1992 | 180,693 |
| 1993 | 180,329 |
| 1994 | 179,965 |
| 1995 | 179,601 |
| 1996 | 179,237 |
| 1997 | 178,873 |
| 1998 | 178,509 |
| 1999 | 178,145 |
| 2000 | 177,781 |
| 2001 | 177,417 |
| 2002 | 177,053 |
| 2003 | 176,689 |
| 2004 | 176,325 |
| 2005 | 175,961 |
| 2006 | 175,597 |
| 2007 | 175,233 |
| 2008 | 174,869 |
| 2009 | 174,505 |
| 2010 | 174,141 |
| 2011 | 173,777 |
| 2012 | 173,413 |
| 2013 | 173,049 |
| 2014 | 172,685 |
| 2015 | 172,321 |
| 2016 | 171,957 |
| 2017 | 171,593 |
| 2018 | 171,229 |
| 2019 | 170,865 |
| 2020 | 170,501 |
Forest area (% of land area)
Forest area (% of land area) in South Africa was 14.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 14.96 in 1990, while its lowest value was 14.06 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 | 14.96 |
| 1991 | 14.93 |
| 1992 | 14.90 |
| 1993 | 14.87 |
| 1994 | 14.84 |
| 1995 | 14.81 |
| 1996 | 14.78 |
| 1997 | 14.75 |
| 1998 | 14.72 |
| 1999 | 14.69 |
| 2000 | 14.66 |
| 2001 | 14.63 |
| 2002 | 14.60 |
| 2003 | 14.57 |
| 2004 | 14.54 |
| 2005 | 14.51 |
| 2006 | 14.48 |
| 2007 | 14.45 |
| 2008 | 14.42 |
| 2009 | 14.39 |
| 2010 | 14.36 |
| 2011 | 14.33 |
| 2012 | 14.30 |
| 2013 | 14.27 |
| 2014 | 14.24 |
| 2015 | 14.21 |
| 2016 | 14.18 |
| 2017 | 14.15 |
| 2018 | 14.12 |
| 2019 | 14.09 |
| 2020 | 14.06 |
Classification
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Land use
