Venezuela - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Venezuela was 462,309 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 520,260 in 1990 and a minimum value of 462,309 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 520,260
1991 517,385
1992 514,510
1993 511,635
1994 508,760
1995 505,885
1996 503,010
1997 500,135
1998 497,260
1999 494,385
2000 491,510
2001 489,864
2002 488,218
2003 486,572
2004 484,926
2005 483,280
2006 481,634
2007 479,988
2008 478,342
2009 476,696
2010 475,050
2011 473,406
2012 471,762
2013 470,118
2014 468,474
2015 466,830
2016 465,433
2017 464,282
2018 463,378
2019 462,720
2020 462,309

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Venezuela was 52.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 58.98 in 1990, while its lowest value was 52.41 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 58.98
1991 58.66
1992 58.33
1993 58.01
1994 57.68
1995 57.35
1996 57.03
1997 56.70
1998 56.38
1999 56.05
2000 55.72
2001 55.54
2002 55.35
2003 55.16
2004 54.98
2005 54.79
2006 54.60
2007 54.42
2008 54.23
2009 54.04
2010 53.86
2011 53.67
2012 53.48
2013 53.30
2014 53.11
2015 52.93
2016 52.77
2017 52.64
2018 52.53
2019 52.46
2020 52.41

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use