Timor-Leste - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Timor-Leste was 9,211 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,631 in 1990 and a minimum value of 9,211 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 9,631
1991 9,617
1992 9,603
1993 9,589
1994 9,575
1995 9,561
1996 9,547
1997 9,533
1998 9,519
1999 9,505
2000 9,491
2001 9,477
2002 9,463
2003 9,449
2004 9,435
2005 9,421
2006 9,407
2007 9,393
2008 9,379
2009 9,365
2010 9,351
2011 9,337
2012 9,323
2013 9,309
2014 9,295
2015 9,281
2016 9,267
2017 9,256
2018 9,239
2019 9,225
2020 9,211

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Timor-Leste was 61.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 64.77 in 1990, while its lowest value was 61.94 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 64.77
1991 64.67
1992 64.58
1993 64.49
1994 64.39
1995 64.30
1996 64.20
1997 64.11
1998 64.01
1999 63.92
2000 63.83
2001 63.73
2002 63.64
2003 63.54
2004 63.45
2005 63.36
2006 63.26
2007 63.17
2008 63.07
2009 62.98
2010 62.89
2011 62.79
2012 62.70
2013 62.60
2014 62.51
2015 62.41
2016 62.32
2017 62.25
2018 62.13
2019 62.04
2020 61.94

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use