Philippines - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Philippines was 71,886 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 77,788 in 1990 and a minimum value of 68,397 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 77,788
1991 77,319
1992 76,849
1993 76,379
1994 75,910
1995 75,440
1996 74,971
1997 74,501
1998 74,032
1999 73,562
2000 73,093
2001 72,623
2002 72,154
2003 71,684
2004 71,214
2005 70,745
2006 70,275
2007 69,806
2008 69,336
2009 68,867
2010 68,397
2011 68,746
2012 69,095
2013 69,444
2014 69,793
2015 70,142
2016 70,490
2017 70,839
2018 71,188
2019 71,537
2020 71,886

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Philippines was 24.11 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 26.09 in 1990, while its lowest value was 22.94 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 26.09
1991 25.93
1992 25.77
1993 25.62
1994 25.46
1995 25.30
1996 25.14
1997 24.99
1998 24.83
1999 24.67
2000 24.51
2001 24.36
2002 24.20
2003 24.04
2004 23.88
2005 23.73
2006 23.57
2007 23.41
2008 23.25
2009 23.10
2010 22.94
2011 23.06
2012 23.17
2013 23.29
2014 23.41
2015 23.52
2016 23.64
2017 23.76
2018 23.88
2019 23.99
2020 24.11

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use