Solomon Islands - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Solomon Islands was 25,230 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,449 in 1990 and a minimum value of 25,230 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 25,449
1991 25,442
1992 25,434
1993 25,427
1994 25,420
1995 25,413
1996 25,405
1997 25,398
1998 25,391
1999 25,383
2000 25,376
2001 25,369
2002 25,361
2003 25,354
2004 25,347
2005 25,339
2006 25,332
2007 25,325
2008 25,317
2009 25,310
2010 25,303
2011 25,295
2012 25,288
2013 25,281
2014 25,274
2015 25,266
2016 25,259
2017 25,252
2018 25,244
2019 25,237
2020 25,230

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Solomon Islands was 90.14 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 90.92 in 1990, while its lowest value was 90.14 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 90.92
1991 90.90
1992 90.87
1993 90.84
1994 90.82
1995 90.79
1996 90.77
1997 90.74
1998 90.71
1999 90.69
2000 90.66
2001 90.63
2002 90.61
2003 90.58
2004 90.56
2005 90.53
2006 90.50
2007 90.48
2008 90.45
2009 90.43
2010 90.40
2011 90.37
2012 90.35
2013 90.32
2014 90.29
2015 90.27
2016 90.24
2017 90.22
2018 90.19
2019 90.16
2020 90.14

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use