Kazakhstan - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Kazakhstan was 34,547 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34,547 in 2020 and a minimum value of 30,822 in 2010.

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 34,220
1991 34,220
1992 31,612
1993 31,606
1994 31,601
1995 31,596
1996 31,591
1997 31,585
1998 31,580
1999 31,575
2000 31,569
2001 31,495
2002 31,420
2003 31,345
2004 31,270
2005 31,196
2006 31,121
2007 31,046
2008 30,971
2009 30,897
2010 30,822
2011 31,274
2012 31,727
2013 32,179
2014 32,632
2015 33,085
2016 33,377
2017 33,670
2018 33,962
2019 34,254
2020 34,547

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Kazakhstan was 1.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 1.28 in 2020, while its lowest value was 1.14 in 2010.

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 1.27
1991 1.27
1992 1.17
1993 1.17
1994 1.17
1995 1.17
1996 1.17
1997 1.17
1998 1.17
1999 1.17
2000 1.17
2001 1.17
2002 1.16
2003 1.16
2004 1.16
2005 1.16
2006 1.15
2007 1.15
2008 1.15
2009 1.14
2010 1.14
2011 1.16
2012 1.18
2013 1.19
2014 1.21
2015 1.23
2016 1.24
2017 1.25
2018 1.26
2019 1.27
2020 1.28

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use