Middle income - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Middle income was 26,768,860 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28,141,780 in 1990 and a minimum value of 26,768,860 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 28,141,780
1991 28,124,100
1992 28,055,570
1993 27,990,060
1994 27,924,540
1995 27,859,030
1996 27,793,520
1997 27,728,000
1998 27,662,490
1999 27,596,970
2000 27,533,200
2001 27,489,230
2002 27,447,000
2003 27,404,770
2004 27,362,540
2005 27,320,310
2006 27,280,640
2007 27,238,860
2008 27,197,090
2009 27,155,310
2010 27,113,540
2011 27,076,760
2012 27,040,000
2013 27,003,230
2014 26,966,460
2015 26,929,700
2016 26,908,100
2017 26,861,680
2018 26,831,880
2019 26,799,930
2020 26,768,860

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Middle income was 33.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 35.55 in 1990, while its lowest value was 33.81 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 35.55
1991 35.53
1992 35.44
1993 35.36
1994 35.28
1995 35.20
1996 35.12
1997 35.04
1998 34.96
1999 34.88
2000 34.81
2001 34.75
2002 34.70
2003 34.65
2004 34.59
2005 34.54
2006 34.49
2007 34.44
2008 34.39
2009 34.34
2010 34.28
2011 34.24
2012 34.19
2013 34.14
2014 34.10
2015 34.04
2016 33.99
2017 33.93
2018 33.89
2019 33.85
2020 33.81

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use