Peru - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Peru was 723,304 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 764,485 in 1990 and a minimum value of 723,304 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 764,485
1991 763,335
1992 762,184
1993 761,033
1994 759,883
1995 758,732
1996 757,581
1997 756,430
1998 755,280
1999 754,129
2000 752,978
2001 751,730
2002 750,482
2003 749,234
2004 747,986
2005 746,738
2006 745,490
2007 744,242
2008 742,994
2009 741,746
2010 740,498
2011 738,787
2012 737,077
2013 735,366
2014 733,656
2015 731,945
2016 730,103
2017 728,348
2018 726,760
2019 725,032
2020 723,304

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Peru was 56.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 59.73 in 1990, while its lowest value was 56.51 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 59.73
1991 59.64
1992 59.55
1993 59.46
1994 59.37
1995 59.28
1996 59.19
1997 59.10
1998 59.01
1999 58.92
2000 58.83
2001 58.73
2002 58.63
2003 58.53
2004 58.44
2005 58.34
2006 58.24
2007 58.14
2008 58.05
2009 57.95
2010 57.85
2011 57.72
2012 57.58
2013 57.45
2014 57.32
2015 57.18
2016 57.04
2017 56.90
2018 56.78
2019 56.64
2020 56.51

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use