Suriname - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Suriname was 151,963 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 153,776 in 1990 and a minimum value of 151,963 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 153,776
1991 153,740
1992 153,703
1993 153,666
1994 153,629
1995 153,593
1996 153,556
1997 153,519
1998 153,482
1999 153,446
2000 153,409
2001 153,368
2002 153,327
2003 153,286
2004 153,245
2005 153,204
2006 153,163
2007 153,122
2008 153,081
2009 153,040
2010 152,999
2011 152,902
2012 152,806
2013 152,710
2014 152,613
2015 152,517
2016 152,403
2017 152,330
2018 152,208
2019 152,085
2020 151,963

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Suriname was 97.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 98.57 in 1990, while its lowest value was 97.41 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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 98.57
1991 98.55
1992 98.53
1993 98.50
1994 98.48
1995 98.46
1996 98.43
1997 98.41
1998 98.39
1999 98.36
2000 98.34
2001 98.31
2002 98.29
2003 98.26
2004 98.23
2005 98.21
2006 98.18
2007 98.15
2008 98.13
2009 98.10
2010 98.08
2011 98.01
2012 97.95
2013 97.89
2014 97.83
2015 97.77
2016 97.69
2017 97.65
2018 97.57
2019 97.49
2020 97.41

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use