Comoros - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Comoros was 329.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 460.60 in 1990 and a minimum value of 329.20 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 460.60
1991 456.22
1992 451.84
1993 447.46
1994 443.08
1995 438.70
1996 434.32
1997 429.94
1998 425.56
1999 421.18
2000 416.80
2001 412.42
2002 408.04
2003 403.66
2004 399.28
2005 394.90
2006 390.52
2007 386.14
2008 381.76
2009 377.38
2010 373.00
2011 368.62
2012 364.24
2013 359.86
2014 355.48
2015 351.10
2016 346.70
2017 342.30
2018 338.00
2019 333.60
2020 329.20

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Comoros was 17.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 24.75 in 1990, while its lowest value was 17.69 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 24.75
1991 24.51
1992 24.28
1993 24.04
1994 23.81
1995 23.57
1996 23.34
1997 23.10
1998 22.87
1999 22.63
2000 22.40
2001 22.16
2002 21.93
2003 21.69
2004 21.46
2005 21.22
2006 20.98
2007 20.75
2008 20.51
2009 20.28
2010 20.04
2011 19.81
2012 19.57
2013 19.34
2014 19.10
2015 18.87
2016 18.63
2017 18.39
2018 18.16
2019 17.93
2020 17.69

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use