Niger - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Niger was 10,797 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19,450 in 1990 and a minimum value of 10,797 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 19,450
1991 18,833
1992 18,216
1993 17,599
1994 16,982
1995 16,366
1996 15,749
1997 15,132
1998 14,515
1999 13,898
2000 13,281
2001 13,157
2002 13,033
2003 12,908
2004 12,784
2005 12,660
2006 12,536
2007 12,412
2008 12,287
2009 12,163
2010 12,039
2011 11,915
2012 11,791
2013 11,666
2014 11,542
2015 11,418
2016 11,294
2017 11,170
2018 11,045
2019 10,921
2020 10,797

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Niger was 0.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 1.54 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.85 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 1.54
1991 1.49
1992 1.44
1993 1.39
1994 1.34
1995 1.29
1996 1.24
1997 1.19
1998 1.15
1999 1.10
2000 1.05
2001 1.04
2002 1.03
2003 1.02
2004 1.01
2005 1.00
2006 0.99
2007 0.98
2008 0.97
2009 0.96
2010 0.95
2011 0.94
2012 0.93
2013 0.92
2014 0.91
2015 0.90
2016 0.89
2017 0.88
2018 0.87
2019 0.86
2020 0.85

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use