Mongolia - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Mongolia was 141,728 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 143,520 in 1990 and a minimum value of 141,728 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 143,520
1991 143,432
1992 143,344
1993 143,256
1994 143,168
1995 143,080
1996 142,991
1997 142,903
1998 142,815
1999 142,727
2000 142,639
2001 142,559
2002 142,479
2003 142,399
2004 142,319
2005 142,239
2006 142,159
2007 142,079
2008 141,999
2009 141,919
2010 141,839
2011 141,828
2012 141,817
2013 141,806
2014 141,794
2015 141,783
2016 141,772
2017 141,761
2018 141,750
2019 141,739
2020 141,728

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Mongolia was 9.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 9.24 in 1990, while its lowest value was 9.10 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 9.24
1991 9.23
1992 9.23
1993 9.22
1994 9.22
1995 9.21
1996 9.20
1997 9.20
1998 9.19
1999 9.19
2000 9.18
2001 9.18
2002 9.17
2003 9.17
2004 9.16
2005 9.16
2006 9.15
2007 9.15
2008 9.14
2009 9.14
2010 9.13
2011 9.13
2012 9.13
2013 9.13
2014 9.13
2015 9.10
2016 9.10
2017 9.10
2018 9.10
2019 9.10
2020 9.10

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use