The Gambia - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in The Gambia was 2,427 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,147 in 1990 and a minimum value of 2,427 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 4,147
1991 4,089
1992 4,032
1993 3,975
1994 3,917
1995 3,860
1996 3,803
1997 3,745
1998 3,688
1999 3,631
2000 3,573
2001 3,516
2002 3,459
2003 3,401
2004 3,344
2005 3,287
2006 3,229
2007 3,172
2008 3,115
2009 3,057
2010 3,000
2011 2,943
2012 2,885
2013 2,828
2014 2,771
2015 2,713
2016 2,656
2017 2,599
2018 2,541
2019 2,484
2020 2,427

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in The Gambia was 23.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 40.97 in 1990, while its lowest value was 23.98 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 40.97
1991 40.41
1992 39.84
1993 39.27
1994 38.71
1995 38.14
1996 37.58
1997 37.01
1998 36.44
1999 35.88
2000 35.31
2001 34.74
2002 34.18
2003 33.61
2004 33.04
2005 32.48
2006 31.91
2007 31.34
2008 30.78
2009 30.21
2010 29.64
2011 29.08
2012 28.51
2013 27.95
2014 27.38
2015 26.81
2016 26.25
2017 25.68
2018 25.11
2019 24.55
2020 23.98

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use