Tanzania - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Tanzania was 457,450 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 573,900 in 1990 and a minimum value of 457,450 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 573,900
1991 570,180
1992 566,460
1993 562,740
1994 559,020
1995 555,300
1996 551,580
1997 547,860
1998 544,140
1999 540,420
2000 536,700
2001 532,980
2002 529,260
2003 525,540
2004 521,820
2005 518,100
2006 514,380
2007 510,660
2008 506,940
2009 503,220
2010 499,500
2011 495,780
2012 492,060
2013 488,340
2014 484,620
2015 480,900
2016 476,210
2017 471,520
2018 466,830
2019 462,140
2020 457,450

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Tanzania was 51.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 64.79 in 1990, while its lowest value was 51.64 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 64.79
1991 64.37
1992 63.95
1993 63.53
1994 63.11
1995 62.69
1996 62.27
1997 61.85
1998 61.43
1999 61.01
2000 60.59
2001 60.17
2002 59.75
2003 59.33
2004 58.91
2005 58.49
2006 58.07
2007 57.65
2008 57.23
2009 56.81
2010 56.39
2011 55.97
2012 55.55
2013 55.13
2014 54.71
2015 54.29
2016 53.76
2017 53.23
2018 52.70
2019 52.17
2020 51.64

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use