Nicaragua - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Nicaragua was 34,075 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 63,993 in 1990 and a minimum value of 34,075 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 63,993
1991 62,993
1992 61,993
1993 60,993
1994 59,993
1995 58,993
1996 57,993
1997 56,993
1998 55,993
1999 54,993
2000 53,993
2001 52,782
2002 51,571
2003 50,360
2004 49,149
2005 47,937
2006 46,726
2007 45,515
2008 44,304
2009 43,093
2010 41,882
2011 41,320
2012 40,759
2013 40,198
2014 39,637
2015 39,075
2016 38,075
2017 37,075
2018 36,075
2019 35,075
2020 34,075

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Nicaragua was 28.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 53.18 in 1990, while its lowest value was 28.32 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 53.18
1991 52.35
1992 51.52
1993 50.68
1994 49.85
1995 49.02
1996 48.19
1997 47.36
1998 46.53
1999 45.70
2000 44.87
2001 43.86
2002 42.85
2003 41.85
2004 40.84
2005 39.83
2006 38.83
2007 37.82
2008 36.82
2009 35.81
2010 34.80
2011 34.34
2012 33.87
2013 33.40
2014 32.94
2015 32.47
2016 31.64
2017 30.81
2018 29.98
2019 29.15
2020 28.32

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use