Madagascar - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Madagascar was 124,298 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 136,935 in 1990 and a minimum value of 124,298 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 136,935
1991 136,272
1992 135,609
1993 134,946
1994 134,283
1995 133,621
1996 132,958
1997 132,295
1998 131,632
1999 130,970
2000 130,307
2001 129,838
2002 129,369
2003 128,901
2004 128,432
2005 127,963
2006 127,495
2007 127,026
2008 126,557
2009 126,089
2010 125,620
2011 125,488
2012 125,355
2013 125,223
2014 125,091
2015 124,959
2016 124,827
2017 124,695
2018 124,562
2019 124,430
2020 124,298

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Madagascar was 21.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 23.55 in 1990, while its lowest value was 21.36 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 23.55
1991 23.43
1992 23.32
1993 23.20
1994 23.09
1995 22.98
1996 22.86
1997 22.75
1998 22.64
1999 22.52
2000 22.41
2001 22.33
2002 22.25
2003 22.17
2004 22.08
2005 22.00
2006 21.92
2007 21.84
2008 21.76
2009 21.68
2010 21.60
2011 21.57
2012 21.55
2013 21.52
2014 21.50
2015 21.48
2016 21.46
2017 21.43
2018 21.41
2019 21.39
2020 21.36

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use