Paraguay - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Paraguay was 161,023 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 255,459 in 1990 and a minimum value of 161,023 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 255,459
1991 252,904
1992 250,350
1993 247,796
1994 245,242
1995 242,688
1996 240,133
1997 237,579
1998 235,025
1999 232,471
2000 229,917
2001 226,495
2002 223,074
2003 219,652
2004 216,231
2005 212,809
2006 209,388
2007 205,966
2008 202,545
2009 199,124
2010 195,702
2011 191,560
2012 187,417
2013 183,275
2014 179,132
2015 174,989
2016 173,331
2017 169,403
2018 166,609
2019 163,816
2020 161,023

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Paraguay was 40.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 64.30 in 1990, while its lowest value was 40.53 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 64.30
1991 63.66
1992 63.01
1993 62.37
1994 61.73
1995 61.08
1996 60.44
1997 59.80
1998 59.16
1999 58.51
2000 57.87
2001 57.01
2002 56.15
2003 55.29
2004 54.43
2005 53.56
2006 52.70
2007 51.84
2008 50.98
2009 50.12
2010 49.26
2011 48.22
2012 47.17
2013 46.13
2014 45.09
2015 44.04
2016 43.63
2017 42.64
2018 41.94
2019 41.23
2020 40.53

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use