British Virgin Islands - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in British Virgin Islands was 36.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.10 in 1990 and a minimum value of 36.20 in 2015.

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 37.10
1991 37.06
1992 37.02
1993 36.98
1994 36.94
1995 36.90
1996 36.86
1997 36.82
1998 36.78
1999 36.74
2000 36.70
2001 36.67
2002 36.64
2003 36.61
2004 36.58
2005 36.55
2006 36.52
2007 36.49
2008 36.46
2009 36.43
2010 36.40
2011 36.36
2012 36.32
2013 36.28
2014 36.24
2015 36.20
2016 36.20
2017 36.20
2018 36.20
2019 36.20
2020 36.20

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in British Virgin Islands was 24.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 24.73 in 1990, while its lowest value was 24.13 in 2015.

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 24.73
1991 24.71
1992 24.68
1993 24.65
1994 24.63
1995 24.60
1996 24.57
1997 24.55
1998 24.52
1999 24.49
2000 24.47
2001 24.45
2002 24.43
2003 24.41
2004 24.39
2005 24.37
2006 24.35
2007 24.33
2008 24.31
2009 24.29
2010 24.27
2011 24.24
2012 24.21
2013 24.19
2014 24.16
2015 24.13
2016 24.13
2017 24.13
2018 24.13
2019 24.13
2020 24.13

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use