Pakistan - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Pakistan was 37,259 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49,392 in 1991 and a minimum value of 1,447 in 1990.

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 1,447
1991 49,392
1992 48,917
1993 48,441
1994 47,966
1995 47,490
1996 47,015
1997 46,539
1998 46,064
1999 45,588
2000 45,113
2001 44,695
2002 44,278
2003 43,860
2004 43,442
2005 43,025
2006 42,607
2007 42,190
2008 41,772
2009 41,355
2010 40,937
2011 40,615
2012 40,293
2013 39,971
2014 39,648
2015 39,326
2016 38,682
2017 38,499
2018 38,086
2019 37,672
2020 37,259

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Pakistan was 4.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 6.41 in 1991, while its lowest value was 0.19 in 1990.

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 0.19
1991 6.41
1992 6.35
1993 6.28
1994 6.22
1995 6.16
1996 6.10
1997 6.04
1998 5.98
1999 5.91
2000 5.85
2001 5.80
2002 5.74
2003 5.69
2004 5.64
2005 5.58
2006 5.53
2007 5.47
2008 5.42
2009 5.36
2010 5.31
2011 5.27
2012 5.23
2013 5.19
2014 5.14
2015 5.10
2016 5.02
2017 4.99
2018 4.94
2019 4.89
2020 4.83

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use