São Tomé and Principe - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in São Tomé and Principe was 519.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 586.20 in 1990 and a minimum value of 519.00 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 586.20
1991 585.94
1992 585.68
1993 585.42
1994 585.16
1995 584.90
1996 584.64
1997 584.38
1998 584.12
1999 583.86
2000 583.60
2001 583.34
2002 583.08
2003 582.82
2004 582.56
2005 582.30
2006 582.04
2007 581.78
2008 581.52
2009 581.26
2010 581.00
2011 574.80
2012 568.60
2013 562.40
2014 556.20
2015 550.00
2016 543.80
2017 537.60
2018 531.40
2019 525.20
2020 519.00

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in São Tomé and Principe was 54.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 61.06 in 1990, while its lowest value was 54.06 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 61.06
1991 61.04
1992 61.01
1993 60.98
1994 60.95
1995 60.93
1996 60.90
1997 60.87
1998 60.85
1999 60.82
2000 60.79
2001 60.76
2002 60.74
2003 60.71
2004 60.68
2005 60.66
2006 60.63
2007 60.60
2008 60.58
2009 60.55
2010 60.52
2011 59.88
2012 59.23
2013 58.58
2014 57.94
2015 57.29
2016 56.65
2017 56.00
2018 55.35
2019 54.71
2020 54.06

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use