Gabon - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Gabon was 235,306 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 237,616 in 1990 and a minimum value of 235,306 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 237,616
1991 237,555
1992 237,493
1993 237,431
1994 237,370
1995 237,308
1996 237,247
1997 237,185
1998 237,123
1999 237,062
2000 237,000
2001 236,949
2002 236,899
2003 236,848
2004 236,798
2005 236,747
2006 236,697
2007 236,646
2008 236,595
2009 236,545
2010 236,494
2011 236,375
2012 236,257
2013 236,138
2014 236,019
2015 235,900
2016 235,781
2017 235,662
2018 235,544
2019 235,425
2020 235,306

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Gabon was 91.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 92.22 in 1990, while its lowest value was 91.32 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 92.22
1991 92.19
1992 92.17
1993 92.15
1994 92.12
1995 92.10
1996 92.07
1997 92.05
1998 92.03
1999 92.00
2000 91.98
2001 91.96
2002 91.94
2003 91.92
2004 91.90
2005 91.88
2006 91.86
2007 91.84
2008 91.82
2009 91.80
2010 91.78
2011 91.74
2012 91.69
2013 91.64
2014 91.60
2015 91.55
2016 91.51
2017 91.46
2018 91.41
2019 91.37
2020 91.32

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use