Argentina - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Argentina was 285,730 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 352,040 in 1990 and a minimum value of 285,730 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 352,040
1991 350,214
1992 348,388
1993 346,562
1994 344,736
1995 342,910
1996 341,084
1997 339,258
1998 337,432
1999 335,606
2000 333,780
2001 330,616
2002 327,452
2003 324,288
2004 321,124
2005 317,960
2006 314,796
2007 311,632
2008 308,468
2009 305,304
2010 302,140
2011 299,906
2012 297,672
2013 295,438
2014 293,204
2015 290,970
2016 290,100
2017 288,990
2018 287,910
2019 286,810
2020 285,730

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Argentina was 10.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 12.86 in 1990, while its lowest value was 10.44 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 12.86
1991 12.80
1992 12.73
1993 12.66
1994 12.60
1995 12.53
1996 12.46
1997 12.40
1998 12.33
1999 12.26
2000 12.20
2001 12.08
2002 11.97
2003 11.85
2004 11.73
2005 11.62
2006 11.50
2007 11.39
2008 11.27
2009 11.16
2010 11.04
2011 10.96
2012 10.88
2013 10.80
2014 10.71
2015 10.63
2016 10.60
2017 10.56
2018 10.52
2019 10.48
2020 10.44

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use