Sri Lanka - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Sri Lanka was 21,130 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23,503 in 1990 and a minimum value of 21,036 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 23,503
1991 23,319
1992 23,135
1993 22,952
1994 22,768
1995 22,584
1996 22,400
1997 22,216
1998 22,032
1999 21,848
2000 21,664
2001 21,601
2002 21,539
2003 21,476
2004 21,413
2005 21,350
2006 21,287
2007 21,225
2008 21,162
2009 21,099
2010 21,036
2011 21,087
2012 21,137
2013 21,187
2014 21,238
2015 21,288
2016 21,257
2017 21,225
2018 21,193
2019 21,162
2020 21,130

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Sri Lanka was 34.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 37.48 in 1990, while its lowest value was 33.55 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 37.48
1991 37.19
1992 36.89
1993 36.60
1994 36.31
1995 36.01
1996 35.72
1997 35.43
1998 35.13
1999 34.84
2000 34.55
2001 34.45
2002 34.35
2003 34.25
2004 34.15
2005 34.05
2006 33.95
2007 33.85
2008 33.75
2009 33.65
2010 33.55
2011 33.63
2012 33.71
2013 33.79
2014 33.87
2015 34.40
2016 34.34
2017 34.29
2018 34.26
2019 34.21
2020 34.16

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use