Zambia - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Zambia was 448,140 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 474,120 in 1990 and a minimum value of 448,140 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 474,120
1991 473,762
1992 473,404
1993 473,046
1994 472,688
1995 472,330
1996 471,972
1997 471,614
1998 471,256
1999 470,898
2000 470,540
2001 470,182
2002 469,824
2003 469,466
2004 469,108
2005 468,750
2006 468,392
2007 468,034
2008 467,676
2009 467,318
2010 466,960
2011 465,078
2012 463,196
2013 461,315
2014 459,433
2015 457,551
2016 455,668
2017 453,787
2018 451,905
2019 450,022
2020 448,140

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Zambia was 60.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 63.78 in 1990, while its lowest value was 60.28 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 63.78
1991 63.73
1992 63.68
1993 63.63
1994 63.59
1995 63.54
1996 63.49
1997 63.44
1998 63.39
1999 63.34
2000 63.30
2001 63.25
2002 63.20
2003 63.15
2004 63.10
2005 63.06
2006 63.01
2007 62.96
2008 62.91
2009 62.86
2010 62.81
2011 62.56
2012 62.31
2013 62.06
2014 61.80
2015 61.55
2016 61.30
2017 61.04
2018 60.79
2019 60.54
2020 60.28

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use