Vietnam - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Vietnam was 146,431 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 146,431 in 2020 and a minimum value of 93,760 in 1990.

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 93,760
1991 96,168
1992 98,576
1993 100,984
1994 103,392
1995 105,800
1996 108,208
1997 110,617
1998 113,025
1999 115,433
2000 117,841
2001 119,445
2002 121,049
2003 122,653
2004 124,257
2005 125,861
2006 127,465
2007 129,069
2008 130,673
2009 132,277
2010 133,881
2011 135,228
2012 136,576
2013 137,923
2014 139,271
2015 140,619
2016 143,777
2017 144,154
2018 144,913
2019 145,672
2020 146,431

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Vietnam was 47.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 47.23 in 2020, while its lowest value was 28.81 in 1990.

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 28.81
1991 29.55
1992 30.29
1993 31.03
1994 31.77
1995 32.50
1996 33.24
1997 33.98
1998 34.72
1999 35.46
2000 37.88
2001 38.40
2002 38.98
2003 39.56
2004 40.07
2005 40.59
2006 41.11
2007 41.63
2008 42.14
2009 42.66
2010 43.18
2011 43.61
2012 44.05
2013 44.48
2014 44.92
2015 45.35
2016 46.37
2017 46.49
2018 46.74
2019 46.98
2020 47.23

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use