Upper middle income - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Upper middle income was 20,047,300 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20,634,530 in 1990 and a minimum value of 20,047,300 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 20,634,530
1991 20,603,320
1992 20,570,230
1993 20,538,900
1994 20,507,580
1995 20,476,250
1996 20,444,920
1997 20,413,590
1998 20,382,270
1999 20,350,940
2000 20,319,450
2001 20,297,520
2002 20,275,430
2003 20,253,340
2004 20,231,250
2005 20,209,160
2006 20,189,630
2007 20,167,990
2008 20,146,360
2009 20,124,720
2010 20,103,080
2011 20,097,200
2012 20,091,320
2013 20,085,440
2014 20,079,560
2015 20,073,670
2016 20,069,010
2017 20,057,560
2018 20,055,410
2019 20,050,980
2020 20,047,300

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Upper middle income was 37.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 38.48 in 1990, while its lowest value was 37.42 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 38.48
1991 38.43
1992 38.36
1993 38.31
1994 38.25
1995 38.20
1996 38.14
1997 38.08
1998 38.04
1999 37.98
2000 37.92
2001 37.88
2002 37.84
2003 37.80
2004 37.76
2005 37.72
2006 37.69
2007 37.65
2008 37.61
2009 37.57
2010 37.53
2011 37.52
2012 37.50
2013 37.50
2014 37.48
2015 37.47
2016 37.46
2017 37.44
2018 37.44
2019 37.43
2020 37.42

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use