Portugal - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Portugal was 33,120 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33,990 in 1990 and a minimum value of 32,520 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 33,990
1991 33,872
1992 33,754
1993 33,636
1994 33,518
1995 33,400
1996 33,282
1997 33,164
1998 33,046
1999 32,928
2000 32,810
2001 32,781
2002 32,752
2003 32,723
2004 32,694
2005 32,665
2006 32,636
2007 32,607
2008 32,578
2009 32,549
2010 32,520
2011 32,640
2012 32,760
2013 32,880
2014 33,000
2015 33,120
2016 33,120
2017 33,120
2018 33,120
2019 33,120
2020 33,120

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Portugal was 36.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 37.15 in 1990, while its lowest value was 35.51 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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 37.15
1991 37.02
1992 36.89
1993 36.76
1994 36.63
1995 36.50
1996 36.37
1997 36.24
1998 36.12
1999 35.99
2000 35.86
2001 35.83
2002 35.79
2003 35.76
2004 35.73
2005 35.71
2006 35.68
2007 35.65
2008 35.62
2009 35.54
2010 35.51
2011 35.64
2012 35.77
2013 35.89
2014 36.02
2015 36.15
2016 36.15
2017 36.15
2018 36.15
2019 36.15
2020 36.15

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use