Korea - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Korea was 62,870 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65,510 in 1990 and a minimum value of 62,870 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 65,510
1991 65,435
1992 65,360
1993 65,285
1994 65,210
1995 65,135
1996 65,060
1997 64,985
1998 64,910
1999 64,835
2000 64,760
2001 64,671
2002 64,582
2003 64,493
2004 64,404
2005 64,315
2006 64,226
2007 64,137
2008 64,048
2009 63,959
2010 63,870
2011 63,770
2012 63,670
2013 63,570
2014 63,470
2015 63,370
2016 63,250
2017 63,170
2018 63,070
2019 62,970
2020 62,870

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Korea was 64.47 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 67.91 in 1990, while its lowest value was 64.47 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 67.91
1991 67.84
1992 67.76
1993 67.68
1994 67.60
1995 67.53
1996 67.45
1997 67.37
1998 67.29
1999 67.21
2000 67.14
2001 66.85
2002 66.72
2003 66.63
2004 66.52
2005 66.41
2006 66.29
2007 66.18
2008 66.04
2009 65.90
2010 65.71
2011 65.61
2012 65.43
2013 65.25
2014 65.14
2015 65.03
2016 64.88
2017 64.78
2018 64.67
2019 64.57
2020 64.47

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use