name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Latvia

country_id: LV


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Macao SAR, China

country_id: MO

ns: wb

description: Land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the elevation is 5 meters or less.

key: id

type: original

key: Developmentrelevance

value: Scientists use the terms climate change and global warming to refer to the gradual increase in the Earth's surface temperature that has accelerated since the industrial revolution and especially over the past two decades. Most global warming has been caused by human activities that have changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere through a buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Rising global temperatures will cause sea level rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies, and may affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems.

key: IndicatorName

key: Limitationsandexceptions

value: The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and gave the strongest warning yet about the role of human activities. The report estimated that sea levels would rise approximately 49 centimeters over the next 100 years, with a range of uncertainty of 20–86 centimeters. That will lead to increased coastal flooding through direct inundation and a higher base for storm surges, allowing flooding of larger areas and higher elevations. Climate model simulations predict an increase in average surface air temperature of about 2.5°C by 2100 (Kattenberg and others 1996) and increase of “killer” heat waves during the warm season (Karl and others 1997).

key: Longdefinition

key: Periodicity

value: Annual

key: Source

value: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research - CIDR - City University of New York. 2021. Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates, Version 3. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/d1x1-d702.

key: Statisticalconceptandmethodology

value: Elevation data used to generate the low elevation coastal zones come from the SRTM3 Enhanced Global Map developed by ISCIENCES. The ISCIENCES digital elevation model was created using NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data processed to 3 arc-seconds (SRTM3).

key: Topic

value: Environment: Land use

key: Aggregationmethod

value: Weighted average

value: CC BY-4.0

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description: The name or title of the indicator providing a human-readable label.

description: A unique identifier code for the country associated with the indicator.

description: The full name of the country relevant to the indicator data.

sem_type: encountryname

description: The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code—a three-letter country code standard—for the country.

date

description: The date or year the indicator measurement or observation pertains to.

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value

description: The numerical or measured value of the indicator for the given country and date.

unit

description: The unit of measurement in which the indicator value is expressed.

description: The observation status indicating any special conditions or qualifiers about the data value.

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name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Malta

country_id: MT

value: Land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the elevation is 5 meters or less.


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Morocco

country_id: MA


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Niger

country_id: NE


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - North Macedonia

country_id: MK


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Oman

country_id: OM


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Palau

country_id: PW


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Poland

country_id: PL


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Qatar

country_id: QA


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Spain

country_id: ES


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Switzerland

country_id: CH


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Syrian Arab Republic

country_id: SY


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Turks and Caicos Islands

country_id: TC


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - United Kingdom

country_id: GB


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Uruguay

country_id: UY


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Uzbekistan

country_id: UZ


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Zimbabwe

country_id: ZW


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - North America

country_id: XU


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - OECD members

country_id: OE


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

country_id: ZF


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Antigua and Barbuda

country_id: AG


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Aruba

country_id: AW


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Bermuda

country_id: BM


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Bolivia

country_id: BO


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Burkina Faso

country_id: BF


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Central African Republic

country_id: CF


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - China

country_id: CN


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Congo, Rep.

country_id: CG


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Curacao

country_id: CW


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Djibouti

country_id: DJ


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Eritrea

country_id: ER


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Japan

country_id: JP


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Liechtenstein

country_id: LI


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Mali

country_id: ML


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Mexico

country_id: MX


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Mozambique

country_id: MZ


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Paraguay

country_id: PY


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Sri Lanka

country_id: LK


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - St. Vincent and the Grenadines

country_id: VC


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Tajikistan

country_id: TJ


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Trinidad and Tobago

country_id: TT


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Tunisia

country_id: TN


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

country_id: XE


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Middle income

country_id: XP


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Not classified

country_id: XY


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Other small states


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Afghanistan

country_id: AF


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Albania

country_id: AL


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - American Samoa

country_id: AS


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Andorra

country_id: AD


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Colombia

country_id: CO


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Egypt, Arab Rep.

country_id: EG


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Estonia

country_id: EE


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Grenada

country_id: GD


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Jordan

country_id: JO


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Lebanon

country_id: LB


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Malaysia

country_id: MY


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Maldives

country_id: MV


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Marshall Islands

country_id: MH


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Monaco

country_id: MC


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Nicaragua

country_id: NI


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Nigeria

country_id: NG


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Sao Tome and Principe

country_id: ST


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Seychelles

country_id: SC


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Singapore

country_id: SG


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - St. Lucia

country_id: LC


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Tanzania

country_id: TZ


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Timor-Leste

country_id: TL


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Togo

country_id: TG


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Turkmenistan

country_id: TM


name: Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) - Virgin Islands (U.S.)

country_id: VI


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Burkina Faso

country_id: BFA

description: Land under fonio production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Production data on relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

value: Land under fonio production (hectares)

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

value: Environment: Agricultural production

value: Sum

key: Shortdefinition


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Comoros

country_id: COM

value: Land under fonio production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Production data on relate to crop harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Ghana

country_id: GHA


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Guinea-Bissau

country_id: GNB


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Kenya

country_id: KEN


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Mozambique

country_id: MOZ


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa

country_id: SXZ


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Togo

country_id: TGO


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Uganda

country_id: UGA


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Congo, Dem. Rep.

country_id: COD


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Gabon

country_id: GAB


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Guinea

country_id: GIN


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Liberia

country_id: LBR


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Mauritius

country_id: MUS


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Namibia

country_id: NAM


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Seychelles

country_id: SYC


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Angola

country_id: AGO


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Djibouti

country_id: DJI


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Gambia, The

country_id: GMB


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Rwanda

country_id: RWA


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Sao Tome and Principe

country_id: STP


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Somalia

country_id: SOM


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - South Africa

country_id: ZAF


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Tanzania

country_id: TZA


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Zambia

country_id: ZMB


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Benin

country_id: BEN


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Botswana

country_id: BWA


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Cameroon

country_id: CMR


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Congo, Rep.

country_id: COG


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Morocco

country_id: MAR


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

country_id: SSA


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria

country_id: XZN


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Sudan

country_id: SDN


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Burundi

country_id: BDI


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Chad

country_id: TCD


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Equatorial Guinea

country_id: GNQ


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Mali

country_id: MLI


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Tunisia

country_id: TUN


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Cape Verde

country_id: CPV


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Eritrea

country_id: ERI


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Mauritania

country_id: MRT


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Zimbabwe

country_id: ZWE


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Lesotho

country_id: LSO


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Libya

country_id: LBY


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Niger

country_id: NER


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Nigeria

country_id: NGA


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - North Africa

country_id: NAF


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Senegal

country_id: SEN


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

country_id: SSF


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Africa

country_id: AFR


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Algeria

country_id: DZA


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Central African Republic

country_id: CAF


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Cote d'Ivoire

country_id: CIV


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Egypt, Arab Rep.

country_id: EGY


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Ethiopia

country_id: ETH


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Madagascar

country_id: MDG


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Malawi

country_id: MWI


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Sierra Leone

country_id: SLE


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - South Sudan

country_id: SSD


name: Land under fonio production (hectares) - Swaziland

country_id: SWZ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Arab World

description: Shows year-by-year tree cover loss, defined as stand level replacement of vegetation greater than 5 meters, within the selected area. The tree cover loss data set is a collaboration of the University of Maryland, Google, USGS, and NASA, and uses Landsat satellite images to map annual tree cover loss at a 30 × 30 meter resolution. Note that “tree cover loss” is not the same as “deforestation” – tree cover loss includes change in both natural and planted forest, and does not need to be human caused. The data from 2011 onward were produced with an updated methodology that may capture additional loss. Comparisons between the original 2001-2010 data and future years should be performed with caution.

value: Tree Cover Loss

value: Global Forest Watch. Tree Cover Loss (Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA).

value: Environment: Natural capital endowment and management

key: Othernotes

value: Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

key: Unitofmeasure

value: Hectares

value: Identifies areas of gross tree cover loss.

key: Generalcomments

value: In this data set, “tree cover” is defined as all vegetation greater than 5 meters in height. It includes natural forests, but may also include plantations. Tree cover loss includes deforestation (the conversion of natural forest to other land uses) but also timber harvesting, fire, disease, or storm damage. Tree cover loss does not equate to deforestation.

key: Relatedsourcelinks

key: Otherweblinks


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Early-demographic dividend

value: Shows year-by-year tree cover loss, defined as stand level replacement of vegetation greater than 5 meters, within the selected area. The tree cover loss data set is a collaboration of the University of Maryland, Google, USGS, and NASA, and uses Landsat satellite images to map annual tree cover loss at a 30 × 30 meter resolution. Note that “tree cover loss” is not the same as “deforestation” – tree cover loss includes change in both natural and planted forest, and does not need to be human caused. The data from 2011 onward were produced with an updated methodology that may capture additional loss. Comparisons between the original 2001-2010 data and future years should be performed with caution.

value: Annual


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Europe & Central Asia

value: Weighted average


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - European Union

value: CC BY-4.0


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Bahamas, The

country_id: BS


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Belgium

country_id: BE


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Bulgaria

country_id: BG


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Cameroon

country_id: CM


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Fiji

country_id: FJ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Greece

country_id: GR


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Japan

country_id: JP


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Kyrgyz Republic

country_id: KG


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Madagascar

country_id: MG


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

country_id: FM


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Monaco

country_id: MC


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Nigeria

country_id: NG


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - San Marino

country_id: SM


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Slovenia

country_id: SI


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Syrian Arab Republic

country_id: SY


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Tajikistan

country_id: TJ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Turkiye

country_id: TR


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - High income


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - IDA total

country_id: XG


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Latin America & Caribbean


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Least developed countries: UN classification


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - North America


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - OECD members


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

country_id: ZF


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Angola

country_id: AO


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Armenia

country_id: AM


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Barbados

country_id: BB


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Belize

country_id: BZ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Bolivia

country_id: BO


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Brunei Darussalam

country_id: BN


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Congo, Rep.

country_id: CG


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Cuba

country_id: CU


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Eritrea

country_id: ER


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Honduras

country_id: HN


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Iran, Islamic Rep.

country_id: IR


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Iraq

country_id: IQ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Liberia

country_id: LR


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Nepal

country_id: NP


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Niger

country_id: NE


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Norway

country_id: NO


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Senegal

country_id: SN


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Tanzania

country_id: TZ


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Trinidad and Tobago

country_id: TT


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Central Europe and the Baltics


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - East Asia & Pacific


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - IBRD only

country_id: XF


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - IDA blend

country_id: XH


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Pre-demographic dividend


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Australia

country_id: AU


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Brazil

country_id: BR


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Burkina Faso

country_id: BF


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Cabo Verde

country_id: CV


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Croatia

country_id: HR


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Cyprus

country_id: CY


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - France

country_id: FR


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Ghana

country_id: GH


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

country_id: KP


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Kuwait

country_id: KW


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Lao PDR

country_id: LA


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Latvia

country_id: LV


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Libya

country_id: LY


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Malawi

country_id: MW


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Mauritius

country_id: MU


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Mexico

country_id: MX


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Netherlands

country_id: NL


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - North Macedonia

country_id: MK


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Palau

country_id: PW


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Paraguay

country_id: PY


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Peru

country_id: PE


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Slovak Republic

country_id: SK


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - St. Vincent and the Grenadines

country_id: VC


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Tuvalu

country_id: TV


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Uganda

country_id: UG


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - United Arab Emirates

country_id: AE


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Uzbekistan

country_id: UZ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Vanuatu

country_id: VU


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Zambia

country_id: ZM


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Late-demographic dividend


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Middle East & North Africa


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Middle income


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Pacific island small states


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - South Asia (IDA & IBRD)


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Albania

country_id: AL


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Andorra

country_id: AD


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Austria

country_id: AT


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Burundi

country_id: BI


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Central African Republic

country_id: CF


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Chad

country_id: TD


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - China

country_id: CN


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Czechia

country_id: CZ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Djibouti

country_id: DJ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Ethiopia

country_id: ET


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Guatemala

country_id: GT


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Haiti

country_id: HT


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Jamaica

country_id: JM


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Jordan

country_id: JO


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Kazakhstan

country_id: KZ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Kiribati

country_id: KI


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Malta

country_id: MT


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Mongolia

country_id: MN


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Montenegro

country_id: ME


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Myanmar

country_id: MM


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Nauru

country_id: NR


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Nicaragua

country_id: NI


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Panama

country_id: PA


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Portugal

country_id: PT


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Russian Federation

country_id: RU


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - South Sudan

country_id: SS


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Switzerland

country_id: CH


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Thailand

country_id: TH


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Togo

country_id: TG


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Tonga

country_id: TO


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - United Kingdom

country_id: GB


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Venezuela, RB

country_id: VE


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Yemen, Rep.

country_id: YE


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD)


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - IDA & IBRD total

country_id: ZT


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Lower middle income


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Argentina

country_id: AR


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Azerbaijan

country_id: AZ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Belarus

country_id: BY


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Benin

country_id: BJ


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Bosnia and Herzegovina

country_id: BA


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Cambodia

country_id: KH


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Congo, Dem. Rep.

country_id: CD


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Costa Rica

country_id: CR


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Equatorial Guinea

country_id: GQ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Estonia

country_id: EE


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Kenya

country_id: KE


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Marshall Islands

country_id: MH


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Pakistan

country_id: PK


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Rwanda

country_id: RW


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Sierra Leone

country_id: SL


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Spain

country_id: ES


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - St. Kitts and Nevis

country_id: KN


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - St. Lucia

country_id: LC


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Suriname

country_id: SR


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Timor-Leste

country_id: TL


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Viet Nam

country_id: VN


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Zimbabwe

country_id: ZW


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Fragile and conflict affected situations


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - IDA only

country_id: XI


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Low & middle income


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Other small states


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Small states


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Sub-Saharan Africa


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Upper middle income


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Afghanistan

country_id: AF


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Antigua and Barbuda

country_id: AG


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Bhutan

country_id: BT


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Colombia

country_id: CO


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Cote d'Ivoire

country_id: CI


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Denmark

country_id: DK


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Dominica

country_id: DM


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Ecuador

country_id: EC


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Georgia

country_id: GE


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Guinea

country_id: GN


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Guinea-Bissau

country_id: GW


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Guyana

country_id: GY


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Iceland

country_id: IS


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Indonesia

country_id: ID


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Ireland

country_id: IE


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Korea, Rep.

country_id: KR


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Lithuania

country_id: LT


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Malaysia

country_id: MY


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Maldives

country_id: MV


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Morocco

country_id: MA


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Mozambique

country_id: MZ


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - New Zealand

country_id: NZ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Oman

country_id: OM


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Poland

country_id: PL


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Serbia

country_id: RS


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Seychelles

country_id: SC


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Sweden

country_id: SE


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Ukraine

country_id: UA


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD)


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD)


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Botswana

country_id: BW


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Chile

country_id: CL


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Comoros

country_id: KM


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Finland

country_id: FI


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Grenada

country_id: GD


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - India

country_id: IN


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Israel

country_id: IL


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Lebanon

country_id: LB


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Lesotho

country_id: LS


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Mali

country_id: ML


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Mauritania

country_id: MR


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Somalia

country_id: SO


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - South Africa

country_id: ZA


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Caribbean small states


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD)


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Post-demographic dividend


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD)


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Algeria

country_id: DZ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Bahrain

country_id: BH


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Bangladesh

country_id: BD


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Canada

country_id: CA


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Dominican Republic

country_id: DO


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Egypt, Arab Rep.

country_id: EG


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - El Salvador

country_id: SV


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Eswatini

country_id: SZ


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Gabon

country_id: GA


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Gambia, The

country_id: GM


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Germany

country_id: DE


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Hungary

country_id: HU


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Italy

country_id: IT


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Liechtenstein

country_id: LI


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Luxembourg

country_id: LU


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Moldova

country_id: MD


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Papua New Guinea

country_id: PG


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Philippines

country_id: PH


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Qatar

country_id: QA


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Romania

country_id: RO


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Samoa

country_id: WS


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Sao Tome and Principe

country_id: ST


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Saudi Arabia

country_id: SA


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Singapore

country_id: SG


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Solomon Islands

country_id: SB


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Sri Lanka

country_id: LK


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Sudan

country_id: SD


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Tunisia

country_id: TN


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Turkmenistan

country_id: TM


name: Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - United States

country_id: US


Tree Cover Loss (hectares) - Uruguay

country_id: UY


Forest area (hectares) - Burundi

country_id: BDI

description: 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.

value: Forest area (ha)

value: Environment: Land use


Forest area (hectares) - Cape Verde

country_id: CPV

value: 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.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.


Forest area (hectares) - Djibouti

country_id: DJI

value: Sum


Forest area (hectares) - Kenya

country_id: KEN


Forest area (hectares) - Mali

country_id: MLI


Forest area (hectares) - South Sudan

country_id: SSD


name: Forest area (hectares) - Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

country_id: SSF


name: Forest area (hectares) - Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa

country_id: SXZ


Forest area (hectares) - Sudan

country_id: SDN


Forest area (hectares) - Tanzania

country_id: TZA


Forest area (hectares) - Comoros

country_id: COM


Forest area (hectares) - Ethiopia

country_id: ETH


Forest area (hectares) - Mozambique

country_id: MOZ


Forest area (hectares) - Tunisia

country_id: TUN


Forest area (hectares) - Angola

country_id: AGO


Forest area (hectares) - Benin

country_id: BEN


Forest area (hectares) - Burkina Faso

country_id: BFA


Forest area (hectares) - Gabon

country_id: GAB


Forest area (hectares) - Malawi

country_id: MWI


Forest area (hectares) - Morocco

country_id: MAR


Forest area (hectares) - Niger

country_id: NER


Forest area (hectares) - Seychelles

country_id: SYC


Forest area (hectares) - Zimbabwe

country_id: ZWE


Forest area (hectares) - Africa

country_id: AFR


Forest area (hectares) - Chad

country_id: TCD


Forest area (hectares) - Eritrea

country_id: ERI


Forest area (hectares) - Gambia, The

country_id: GMB


Forest area (hectares) - Ghana

country_id: GHA


Forest area (hectares) - North Africa

country_id: NAF


Forest area (hectares) - Senegal

country_id: SEN


Forest area (hectares) - Botswana

country_id: BWA


Forest area (hectares) - Cameroon

country_id: CMR


name: Forest area (hectares) - Congo, Dem. Rep.

country_id: COD


Forest area (hectares) - Cote d'Ivoire

country_id: CIV


name: Forest area (hectares) - Equatorial Guinea

country_id: GNQ


Forest area (hectares) - Mauritania

country_id: MRT


Forest area (hectares) - Rwanda

country_id: RWA


Forest area (hectares) - Sierra Leone

country_id: SLE


Forest area (hectares) - Somalia

country_id: SOM


name: Forest area (hectares) - Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria

country_id: XZN


Forest area (hectares) - Swaziland

country_id: SWZ


Forest area (hectares) - Congo, Rep.

country_id: COG


name: Forest area (hectares) - Egypt, Arab Rep.

country_id: EGY


Forest area (hectares) - Lesotho

country_id: LSO


Forest area (hectares) - Liberia

country_id: LBR


Forest area (hectares) - Namibia

country_id: NAM


Forest area (hectares) - South Africa

country_id: ZAF


Forest area (hectares) - Guinea

country_id: GIN


Forest area (hectares) - Libya

country_id: LBY


Forest area (hectares) - Nigeria

country_id: NGA


name: Forest area (hectares) - Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

country_id: SSA


Forest area (hectares) - Zambia

country_id: ZMB


Forest area (hectares) - Algeria

country_id: DZA


name: Forest area (hectares) - Central African Republic

country_id: CAF


Forest area (hectares) - Guinea-Bissau

country_id: GNB


Forest area (hectares) - Madagascar

country_id: MDG


Forest area (hectares) - Mauritius

country_id: MUS


name: Forest area (hectares) - Sao Tome and Principe

country_id: STP


Forest area (hectares) - Togo

country_id: TGO


Forest area (hectares) - Uganda

country_id: UGA


name: Forest area (sq. km) - East Asia & Pacific

value:
As threats to biodiversity mount, the international community is increasingly focusing on conserving diversity. Deforestation is a major cause of loss of biodiversity, and habitat conservation is vital for stemming this loss. Conservation efforts have focused on protecting areas of high biodiversity.

On a global average, more than one-third of all forest is primary forest, i.e. forest of native species where there are no clearly visible indications of human activities and the ecological processes have not been significantly disturbed. Primary forests, in particular tropical moist forests, include the most species-rich, diverse terrestrial ecosystems. The decrease of primary forest area, 0.4 percent over a ten-year period, is largely due to reclassification of primary forest to "other naturally regenerated forest" because of selective logging and other human interventions.

National parks, game reserves, wilderness areas and other legally established protected areas cover more than 10 percent of the total forest area in most countries and regions. FAO estimates that around 10 million people are employed in forest management and conservation - but many more are directly dependent on forests for their livelihoods. Also, 80 about percent of the world's forests are publicly owned, but ownership and management of forests by communities, individuals and private companies is on the rise.

Close to 1.2 billion hectares of forest are managed primarily for the production of wood and non-wood forest products. An additional 25 percent of forest area is designated for multiple uses - in most cases including the production of wood and non-wood forest products. The area designated primarily for productive purposes has decreased by more than 50 million hectares since 1990 as forests have been designated for other purposes.

value: Forest area (sq. km)

value:
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has been collecting and analyzing data on forest area since 1946. This is done at intervals of 5-10 years as part of the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA). FAO reports data for 229 countries and territories; for the remaining 56 small island states and territories where no information is provided, a report is prepared by FAO using existing information and a literature search. The data are aggregated at sub-regional, regional and global levels by the FRA team at FAO, and estimates are produced by straight summation.

The lag between the reference year and the actual production of data series as well as the frequency of data production varies between countries. Deforested areas do not include areas logged but intended for regeneration or areas degraded by fuelwood gathering, acid precipitation, or forest fires. Negative numbers indicate an increase in forest area.

Data includes areas with bamboo and palms; forest roads, firebreaks and other small open areas; forest in national parks, nature reserves and other protected areas such as those of specific scientific, historical, cultural or spiritual interest; windbreaks, shelterbelts and corridors of trees with an area of more than 0.5 hectares and width of more than 20 meters; plantations primarily used for forestry or protective purposes, such as rubber-wood plantations and cork oak stands. Data excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems, such as fruit plantations and agroforestry systems. Forest area also excludes trees in urban parks and gardens. The proportion of forest area to total land area is calculated and changes in the proportion are computed to identify trends.

value:
Forest is determined both by the presence of trees and the absence of other predominant land uses. The trees should reach a minimum height of 5 meters in situ. Areas under reforestation that have not yet reached but are expected to reach a canopy cover of 10 percent and a tree height of 5 meters are included, as are temporarily unstocked areas, resulting from human intervention or natural causes, which are expected to regenerate.

FAO provides detail information on forest cover, and adjusted estimates of forest cover. The current survey uses a uniform definition of forest. Although FAO provides a breakdown of forest cover between natural forest and plantation for developing countries, this indictor data does not reflect that breakdown. Thus the deforestation data may underestimate the rate at which natural forest is disappearing in some countries.

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.


name: Forest area (sq. km) - East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Low & middle income

country_id: XO


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Antigua and Barbuda

country_id: AG


name: Forest area (sq. km) - British Virgin Islands

country_id: VG


Forest area (sq. km) - Burundi

country_id: BI


Forest area (sq. km) - Croatia

country_id: HR


Forest area (sq. km) - Denmark

country_id: DK


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Dominican Republic

country_id: DO


Forest area (sq. km) - Ecuador

country_id: EC


Forest area (sq. km) - Ethiopia

country_id: ET


Forest area (sq. km) - Germany

country_id: DE


Forest area (sq. km) - Guinea-Bissau

country_id: GW


Forest area (sq. km) - Iceland

country_id: IS


Forest area (sq. km) - Jamaica

country_id: JM


Forest area (sq. km) - Jordan

country_id: JO


Forest area (sq. km) - Kiribati

country_id: KI


Forest area (sq. km) - Lesotho

country_id: LS


Forest area (sq. km) - Macao SAR, China

country_id: MO


Forest area (sq. km) - Malaysia

country_id: MY


Forest area (sq. km) - Marshall Islands

country_id: MH


Forest area (sq. km) - Morocco

country_id: MA


Forest area (sq. km) - Seychelles

country_id: SC


Forest area (sq. km) - Singapore

country_id: SG


Forest area (sq. km) - Spain

country_id: ES


Forest area (sq. km) - Tajikistan

country_id: TJ


Forest area (sq. km) - Tonga

country_id: TO


Forest area (sq. km) - Turkmenistan

country_id: TM


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Turks and Caicos Islands

country_id: TC


Forest area (sq. km) - United Kingdom

country_id: GB


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Central Europe and the Baltics


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Early-demographic dividend


Forest area (sq. km) - Euro area

country_id: XC


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

country_id: XE


Forest area (sq. km) - High income

country_id: XD


Forest area (sq. km) - IDA blend

country_id: XH


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Lower middle income

country_id: XN


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Other small states


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Pre-demographic dividend


Forest area (sq. km) - Bangladesh

country_id: BD


Forest area (sq. km) - Benin

country_id: BJ


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Bosnia and Herzegovina

country_id: BA


Forest area (sq. km) - Botswana

country_id: BW


Forest area (sq. km) - China

country_id: CN


Forest area (sq. km) - Colombia

country_id: CO


Forest area (sq. km) - Cuba

country_id: CU


Forest area (sq. km) - Dominica

country_id: DM


Forest area (sq. km) - Faroe Islands

country_id: FO


Forest area (sq. km) - French Polynesia

country_id: PF


Forest area (sq. km) - Guinea

country_id: GN


Forest area (sq. km) - Guyana

country_id: GY


Forest area (sq. km) - Haiti

country_id: HT


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Hong Kong SAR, China

country_id: HK


Forest area (sq. km) - Iraq

country_id: IQ


Forest area (sq. km) - Isle of Man

country_id: IM


Forest area (sq. km) - Niger

country_id: NE


Forest area (sq. km) - Portugal

country_id: PT


Forest area (sq. km) - San Marino

country_id: SM


Forest area (sq. km) - Slovak Republic

country_id: SK


Forest area (sq. km) - Togo

country_id: TG


Forest area (sq. km) - Venezuela, RB

country_id: VE


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Africa Western and Central

country_id: ZI


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Europe & Central Asia


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

country_id: XQ


Forest area (sq. km) - American Samoa

country_id: AS


Forest area (sq. km) - Armenia

country_id: AM


Forest area (sq. km) - Belarus

country_id: BY


Forest area (sq. km) - Brazil

country_id: BR


Forest area (sq. km) - Cambodia

country_id: KH


Forest area (sq. km) - Cayman Islands

country_id: KY


Forest area (sq. km) - Costa Rica

country_id: CR


Forest area (sq. km) - Cote d'Ivoire

country_id: CI


Forest area (sq. km) - Honduras

country_id: HN


Forest area (sq. km) - Korea, Rep.

country_id: KR


Forest area (sq. km) - Lebanon

country_id: LB


Forest area (sq. km) - Liberia

country_id: LR


Forest area (sq. km) - Malawi

country_id: MW


Forest area (sq. km) - Mauritania

country_id: MR


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

country_id: FM


Forest area (sq. km) - Nicaragua

country_id: NI


Forest area (sq. km) - Senegal

country_id: SN


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

country_id: SX


Forest area (sq. km) - Solomon Islands

country_id: SB


Forest area (sq. km) - South Africa

country_id: ZA


Forest area (sq. km) - Sri Lanka

country_id: LK


Forest area (sq. km) - St. Lucia

country_id: LC


Forest area (sq. km) - Tanzania

country_id: TZ


Forest area (sq. km) - Viet Nam

country_id: VN


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Caribbean small states


name: Forest area (sq. km) - East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Late-demographic dividend


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Least developed countries: UN classification

country_id: XL


Forest area (sq. km) - OECD members

country_id: OE


Forest area (sq. km) - Afghanistan

country_id: AF


Forest area (sq. km) - Andorra

country_id: AD


Forest area (sq. km) - Argentina

country_id: AR


Forest area (sq. km) - Bermuda

country_id: BM


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Brunei Darussalam

country_id: BN


Forest area (sq. km) - Cabo Verde

country_id: CV


Forest area (sq. km) - Curacao

country_id: CW


Forest area (sq. km) - France

country_id: FR


Forest area (sq. km) - Gambia, The

country_id: GM


Forest area (sq. km) - Gibraltar

country_id: GI


Forest area (sq. km) - Guam

country_id: GU


Forest area (sq. km) - India

country_id: IN


Forest area (sq. km) - Indonesia

country_id: ID


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Iran, Islamic Rep.

country_id: IR


Forest area (sq. km) - Lao PDR

country_id: LA


Forest area (sq. km) - Latvia

country_id: LV


Forest area (sq. km) - Liechtenstein

country_id: LI


Forest area (sq. km) - Mauritius

country_id: MU


Forest area (sq. km) - Mongolia

country_id: MN


Forest area (sq. km) - Mozambique

country_id: MZ


Forest area (sq. km) - Nepal

country_id: NP


Forest area (sq. km) - Netherlands

country_id: NL


Forest area (sq. km) - New Caledonia

country_id: NC


Forest area (sq. km) - Papua New Guinea

country_id: PG


Forest area (sq. km) - Peru

country_id: PE


Forest area (sq. km) - Poland

country_id: PL


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Sao Tome and Principe

country_id: ST


Forest area (sq. km) - Sierra Leone

country_id: SL


Forest area (sq. km) - Sudan

country_id: SD


Forest area (sq. km) - Sweden

country_id: SE


Forest area (sq. km) - Thailand

country_id: TH


Forest area (sq. km) - Uganda

country_id: UG


Forest area (sq. km) - IBRD only

country_id: XF


Forest area (sq. km) - IDA total

country_id: XG


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Latin America & Caribbean

country_id: ZJ


Forest area (sq. km) - North America

country_id: XU


Forest area (sq. km) - Not classified

country_id: XY


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

country_id: ZF


Forest area (sq. km) - Bahrain

country_id: BH


Forest area (sq. km) - Cameroon

country_id: CM


Forest area (sq. km) - Congo, Dem. Rep.

country_id: CD


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Equatorial Guinea

country_id: GQ


Forest area (sq. km) - Eritrea

country_id: ER


Forest area (sq. km) - Finland

country_id: FI


Forest area (sq. km) - Gabon

country_id: GA


Forest area (sq. km) - Greece

country_id: GR


Forest area (sq. km) - Greenland

country_id: GL


Forest area (sq. km) - Ireland

country_id: IE


Forest area (sq. km) - Japan

country_id: JP


Forest area (sq. km) - Kenya

country_id: KE


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

country_id: KP


Forest area (sq. km) - Mali

country_id: ML


Forest area (sq. km) - Moldova

country_id: MD


Forest area (sq. km) - New Zealand

country_id: NZ


Forest area (sq. km) - Oman

country_id: OM


Forest area (sq. km) - Paraguay

country_id: PY


Forest area (sq. km) - Philippines

country_id: PH


Forest area (sq. km) - Puerto Rico

country_id: PR


Forest area (sq. km) - Qatar

country_id: QA


name: Forest area (sq. km) - St. Vincent and the Grenadines

country_id: VC


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Trinidad and Tobago

country_id: TT


Forest area (sq. km) - Ukraine

country_id: UA


Forest area (sq. km) - Vanuatu

country_id: VU


name: Forest area (sq. km) - West Bank and Gaza

country_id: PS


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Africa Eastern and Southern

country_id: ZH


Forest area (sq. km) - IDA & IBRD total

country_id: ZT


Forest area (sq. km) - IDA only

country_id: XI


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Middle East & North Africa

country_id: ZQ


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Post-demographic dividend


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Upper middle income

country_id: XT


Forest area (sq. km) - Australia

country_id: AU


Forest area (sq. km) - Azerbaijan

country_id: AZ


Forest area (sq. km) - Barbados

country_id: BB


Forest area (sq. km) - Belize

country_id: BZ


Forest area (sq. km) - Bulgaria

country_id: BG


Forest area (sq. km) - Channel Islands

country_id: JG


Forest area (sq. km) - Comoros

country_id: KM


Forest area (sq. km) - Congo, Rep.

country_id: CG


Forest area (sq. km) - Djibouti

country_id: DJ


Forest area (sq. km) - Georgia

country_id: GE


Forest area (sq. km) - Israel

country_id: IL


Forest area (sq. km) - Italy

country_id: IT


Forest area (sq. km) - Kazakhstan

country_id: KZ


Forest area (sq. km) - Monaco

country_id: MC


Forest area (sq. km) - Myanmar

country_id: MM


Forest area (sq. km) - Nauru

country_id: NR


Forest area (sq. km) - Norway

country_id: NO


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Russian Federation

country_id: RU


Forest area (sq. km) - Rwanda

country_id: RW


Forest area (sq. km) - Serbia

country_id: RS


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Syrian Arab Republic

country_id: SY


Forest area (sq. km) - Timor-Leste

country_id: TL


Forest area (sq. km) - United States

country_id: US


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Virgin Islands (U.S.)

country_id: VI


Forest area (sq. km) - Yemen, Rep.

country_id: YE


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

country_id: XJ


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Pacific island small states


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


Forest area (sq. km) - Algeria

country_id: DZ


Forest area (sq. km) - Angola

country_id: AO


Forest area (sq. km) - Austria

country_id: AT


Forest area (sq. km) - Belgium

country_id: BE


Forest area (sq. km) - Canada

country_id: CA


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Central African Republic

country_id: CF


Forest area (sq. km) - Chad

country_id: TD


Forest area (sq. km) - Czechia

country_id: CZ


Forest area (sq. km) - Egypt, Arab Rep.

country_id: EG


Forest area (sq. km) - El Salvador

country_id: SV


Forest area (sq. km) - Estonia

country_id: EE


Forest area (sq. km) - Fiji

country_id: FJ


Forest area (sq. km) - Ghana

country_id: GH


Forest area (sq. km) - Kosovo

country_id: XK


Forest area (sq. km) - Kuwait

country_id: KW


Forest area (sq. km) - Libya

country_id: LY


Forest area (sq. km) - Madagascar

country_id: MG


Forest area (sq. km) - Maldives

country_id: MV


Forest area (sq. km) - Malta

country_id: MT


Forest area (sq. km) - Mexico

country_id: MX


Forest area (sq. km) - Montenegro

country_id: ME


Forest area (sq. km) - Nigeria

country_id: NG


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Northern Mariana Islands

country_id: MP


Forest area (sq. km) - Pakistan

country_id: PK


Forest area (sq. km) - Palau

country_id: PW


Forest area (sq. km) - Panama

country_id: PA


Forest area (sq. km) - Romania

country_id: RO


Forest area (sq. km) - Somalia

country_id: SO


Forest area (sq. km) - South Sudan

country_id: SS


name: Forest area (sq. km) - St. Kitts and Nevis

country_id: KN


name: Forest area (sq. km) - St. Martin (French part)

country_id: MF


Forest area (sq. km) - Switzerland

country_id: CH


Forest area (sq. km) - Turkiye

country_id: TR


Forest area (sq. km) - Zambia

country_id: ZM


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


Forest area (sq. km) - European Union

country_id: EU


Forest area (sq. km) - Low income

country_id: XM


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


Forest area (sq. km) - Middle income

country_id: XP


name: Forest area (sq. km) - South Asia (IDA & IBRD)


name: Forest area (sq. km) - Sub-Saharan Africa

country_id: ZG


Forest area (sq. km) - Albania

country_id: AL


Forest area (sq. km) - Aruba

country_id: AW


Forest area (sq. km) - Bahamas, The

country_id: BS


Forest area (sq. km) - Bhutan

country_id: BT


Forest area (sq. km) - Bolivia

country_id: BO


Forest area (sq. km) - Burkina Faso

country_id: BF


Forest area (sq. km) - Chile

country_id: CL


Forest area (sq. km) - Cyprus

country_id: CY


Forest area (sq. km) - Eswatini

country_id: SZ


Forest area (sq. km) - Grenada

country_id: GD


Forest area (sq. km) - Guatemala

country_id: GT


Forest area (sq. km) - Hungary

country_id: HU


Forest area (sq. km) - Kyrgyz Republic

country_id: KG


Forest area (sq. km) - Lithuania

country_id: LT


Forest area (sq. km) - Luxembourg

country_id: LU


Forest area (sq. km) - North Macedonia

country_id: MK


Forest area (sq. km) - Samoa

country_id: WS


Forest area (sq. km) - Saudi Arabia

country_id: SA


Forest area (sq. km) - Slovenia

country_id: SI


Forest area (sq. km) - Suriname

country_id: SR


Forest area (sq. km) - Tunisia

country_id: TN


Forest area (sq. km) - Tuvalu

country_id: TV


name: Forest area (sq. km) - United Arab Emirates

country_id: AE


Forest area (sq. km) - Uruguay

country_id: UY


Forest area (sq. km) - Uzbekistan

country_id: UZ


Forest area (sq. km) - Zimbabwe

country_id: ZW


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Africa Eastern and Southern

country_id: ZH

value:
As threats to biodiversity mount, the international community is increasingly focusing on conserving diversity. Deforestation is a major cause of loss of biodiversity, and habitat conservation is vital for stemming this loss. Conservation efforts have focused on protecting areas of high biodiversity.

On a global average, more than one-third of all forest is primary forest, i.e. forest of native species where there are no clearly visible indications of human activities and the ecological processes have not been significantly disturbed. Primary forests, in particular tropical moist forests, include the most species-rich, diverse terrestrial ecosystems. The decrease of forest area, .11 percent over a ten-year period, is largely due to reclassification of primary forest to "other naturally regenerated forest" because of selective logging and other human interventions.

Destruction of rainforests remains a significant environmental problem Much of what remains of the world's rainforests is in the Amazon basin, where the Amazon Rainforest covers approximately 4 million square kilometers. The regions with the highest tropical deforestation rate are in Central America and tropical Asia. FAO estimates that the decrease of primary forest area, 0.4 percent over a ten-year period, is largely due to reclassification of primary forest to "other naturally regenerated forest" because of selective logging and other human interventions. Large-scale planting of trees is significantly reducing the net loss of forest area globally, and afforestation and natural expansion of forests in some countries and regions have reduced the net loss of forest area significantly at the global level.

Forests cover about 31 percent of total land area of the world; the world's total forest area is just over 4 billion hectares. On a global average, more than one-third of all forest is primary forest, i.e. forest of native species where there are no clearly visible indications of human activities and the ecological processes have not been significantly disturbed. Primary forests, in particular tropical moist forests, include the most species-rich, diverse terrestrial ecosystems.

National parks, game reserves, wilderness areas and other legally established protected areas cover more than 10 percent of the total forest area in most countries and regions. FAO estimates that around 10 million people are employed in forest management and conservation - but many more are directly dependent on forests for their livelihoods. Close to 1.2 billion hectares of forest are managed primarily for the production of wood and non-wood forest products. An additional 25 percent of forest area is designated for multiple uses - in most cases including the production of wood and non-wood forest products. The area designated primarily for productive purposes has decreased by more than 50 million hectares since 1990 as forests have been designated for other purposes.

value: Forest area (% of land area)

value:
FAO has been collecting and analyzing data on forest area since 1946. This is done at intervals of 5-10 years as part of the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA). FAO reports data for 229 countries and territories; for the remaining 56 small island states and territories where no information is provided, a report is prepared by FAO using existing information and a literature search. The data are aggregated at sub-regional, regional and global levels by the FRA team at FAO, and estimates are produced by straight summation.

The lag between the reference year and the actual production of data series as well as the frequency of data production varies between countries. Deforested areas do not include areas logged but intended for regeneration or areas degraded by fuelwood gathering, acid precipitation, or forest fires. Negative numbers indicate an increase in forest area.

Data includes areas with bamboo and palms; forest roads, firebreaks and other small open areas; forest in national parks, nature reserves and other protected areas such as those of specific scientific, historical, cultural or spiritual interest; windbreaks, shelterbelts and corridors of trees with an area of more than 0.5 hectares and width of more than 20 meters; plantations primarily used for forestry or protective purposes, such as rubber-wood plantations and cork oak stands. Data excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems, such as fruit plantations and agroforestry systems. Forest area also excludes trees in urban parks and gardens. The proportion of forest area to total land area is calculated and changes in the proportion are computed to identify trends.

value:
Forest is determined both by the presence of trees and the absence of other predominant land uses. The trees should reach a minimum height of 5 meters in situ. Areas under reforestation that have not yet reached but are expected to reach a canopy cover of 10 percent and a tree height of 5 meters are included, as are temporarily unstocked areas, resulting from human intervention or natural causes, which are expected to regenerate.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provides detail information on forest cover, and adjusted estimates of forest cover. The survey uses a uniform definition of forest. Although FAO provides a breakdown of forest cover between natural forest and plantation for developing countries, forest data used to derive this indictor data does not reflect that breakdown. Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area. The indictor is derived by dividing total area under forest of a country by country's total land area, and multiplying by 100.

value: Environment: Natural capital endowment and management

value: Areas of former states are included in the successor states.


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Central Europe and the Baltics

value: Annual

value: Weighted average

value: CC BY-4.0


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

value: 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.

value: Environment: Land use


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

country_id: XE

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.


name: Forest area (% of land area) - High income

country_id: XD


name: Forest area (% of land area) - IDA blend

country_id: XH


name: Forest area (% of land area) - IDA total

country_id: XG


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Low & middle income

country_id: XO


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Low income

country_id: XM


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Small states


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Afghanistan

country_id: AF


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Argentina

country_id: AR


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Burkina Faso

country_id: BF


Forest area (% of land area) - Cambodia

country_id: KH


Forest area (% of land area) - Canada

country_id: CA


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Cayman Islands

country_id: KY


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Egypt, Arab Rep.

country_id: EG


Forest area (% of land area) - Grenada

country_id: GD


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Hong Kong SAR, China

country_id: HK


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

country_id: KP


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Korea, Rep.

country_id: KR


Forest area (% of land area) - Kosovo

country_id: XK


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Macao SAR, China

country_id: MO


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Madagascar

country_id: MG


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Mauritius

country_id: MU


name: Forest area (% of land area) - New Caledonia

country_id: NC


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Nicaragua

country_id: NI


Forest area (% of land area) - Niger

country_id: NE


Forest area (% of land area) - Nigeria

country_id: NG


Forest area (% of land area) - Peru

country_id: PE


Forest area (% of land area) - Portugal

country_id: PT


Forest area (% of land area) - Romania

country_id: RO


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Slovak Republic

country_id: SK


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Switzerland

country_id: CH


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Syrian Arab Republic

country_id: SY


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Timor-Leste

country_id: TL


Forest area (% of land area) - Tuvalu

country_id: TV


Forest area (% of land area) - Uganda

country_id: UG


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Euro area

country_id: XC


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Middle East & North Africa

country_id: ZQ


name: Forest area (% of land area) - South Asia


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

country_id: ZF


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Antigua and Barbuda

country_id: AG


Forest area (% of land area) - Austria

country_id: AT


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Bahamas, The

country_id: BS


Forest area (% of land area) - Bhutan

country_id: BT


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Brunei Darussalam

country_id: BN


Forest area (% of land area) - Burundi

country_id: BI


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Central African Republic

country_id: CF


Forest area (% of land area) - Comoros

country_id: KM


Forest area (% of land area) - Denmark

country_id: DK


Forest area (% of land area) - Djibouti

country_id: DJ


Forest area (% of land area) - Dominica

country_id: DM


Forest area (% of land area) - India

country_id: IN


Forest area (% of land area) - Iraq

country_id: IQ


Forest area (% of land area) - Israel

country_id: IL


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Kazakhstan

country_id: KZ


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Kyrgyz Republic

country_id: KG


Forest area (% of land area) - Mexico

country_id: MX


Forest area (% of land area) - Mongolia

country_id: MN


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Mozambique

country_id: MZ


Forest area (% of land area) - Myanmar

country_id: MM


Forest area (% of land area) - Palau

country_id: PW


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Puerto Rico

country_id: PR


name: Forest area (% of land area) - San Marino

country_id: SM


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Sao Tome and Principe

country_id: ST


Forest area (% of land area) - Senegal

country_id: SN


name: Forest area (% of land area) - South Sudan

country_id: SS


name: Forest area (% of land area) - St. Martin (French part)

country_id: MF


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Trinidad and Tobago

country_id: TT


Forest area (% of land area) - Tunisia

country_id: TN


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Venezuela, RB

country_id: VE


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Early-demographic dividend


Forest area (% of land area) - IDA only

country_id: XI


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Late-demographic dividend


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Latin America & Caribbean

country_id: ZJ


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

country_id: XQ


name: Forest area (% of land area) - North America

country_id: XU


name: Forest area (% of land area) - OECD members

country_id: OE


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Upper middle income

country_id: XT


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Bangladesh

country_id: BD


Forest area (% of land area) - Botswana

country_id: BW


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Channel Islands

country_id: JG


Forest area (% of land area) - Colombia

country_id: CO


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Cote d'Ivoire

country_id: CI


Forest area (% of land area) - Ecuador

country_id: EC


Forest area (% of land area) - Eswatini

country_id: SZ


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Faroe Islands

country_id: FO


Forest area (% of land area) - Gabon

country_id: GA


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Gibraltar

country_id: GI


Forest area (% of land area) - Guyana

country_id: GY


Forest area (% of land area) - Honduras

country_id: HN


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Isle of Man

country_id: IM


Forest area (% of land area) - Libya

country_id: LY


Forest area (% of land area) - Malawi

country_id: MW


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Marshall Islands

country_id: MH


Forest area (% of land area) - Nepal

country_id: NP


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Russian Federation

country_id: RU


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Singapore

country_id: SG


Forest area (% of land area) - Spain

country_id: ES


Forest area (% of land area) - Sudan

country_id: SD


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Virgin Islands (U.S.)

country_id: VI


name: Forest area (% of land area) - West Bank and Gaza

country_id: PS


Forest area (% of land area) - Zambia

country_id: ZM


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Arab World


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Caribbean small states


name: Forest area (% of land area) - European Union

country_id: EU


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Middle income

country_id: XP


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Post-demographic dividend


Forest area (% of land area) - Angola

country_id: AO


Forest area (% of land area) - Bermuda

country_id: BM


Forest area (% of land area) - Bolivia

country_id: BO


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Bosnia and Herzegovina

country_id: BA


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Congo, Rep.

country_id: CG


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Costa Rica

country_id: CR


Forest area (% of land area) - Curacao

country_id: CW


Forest area (% of land area) - Czechia

country_id: CZ


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Dominican Republic

country_id: DO


Forest area (% of land area) - Guinea

country_id: GN


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Guinea-Bissau

country_id: GW


Forest area (% of land area) - Jamaica

country_id: JM


Forest area (% of land area) - Kiribati

country_id: KI


Forest area (% of land area) - Latvia

country_id: LV


Forest area (% of land area) - Malaysia

country_id: MY


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

country_id: FM


Forest area (% of land area) - Monaco

country_id: MC


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Montenegro

country_id: ME


name: Forest area (% of land area) - New Zealand

country_id: NZ


Forest area (% of land area) - Togo

country_id: TG


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Turks and Caicos Islands

country_id: TC


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Yemen, Rep.

country_id: YE


name: Forest area (% of land area) - East Asia & Pacific


name: Forest area (% of land area) - East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Forest area (% of land area) - IDA & IBRD total

country_id: ZT


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Lower middle income

country_id: XN


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Not classified

country_id: XY


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Pacific island small states


Forest area (% of land area) - Armenia

country_id: AM


Forest area (% of land area) - Barbados

country_id: BB


Forest area (% of land area) - Belize

country_id: BZ


Forest area (% of land area) - Cuba

country_id: CU


Forest area (% of land area) - France

country_id: FR


name: Forest area (% of land area) - French Polynesia

country_id: PF


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Gambia, The

country_id: GM


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Greenland

country_id: GL


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Guatemala

country_id: GT


Forest area (% of land area) - Jordan

country_id: JO


Forest area (% of land area) - Liberia

country_id: LR


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Luxembourg

country_id: LU


Forest area (% of land area) - Norway

country_id: NO


Forest area (% of land area) - Pakistan

country_id: PK


Forest area (% of land area) - Poland

country_id: PL


Forest area (% of land area) - Qatar

country_id: QA


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Saudi Arabia

country_id: SA


Forest area (% of land area) - Slovenia

country_id: SI


name: Forest area (% of land area) - St. Vincent and the Grenadines

country_id: VC


Forest area (% of land area) - Tanzania

country_id: TZ


Forest area (% of land area) - Tonga

country_id: TO


Forest area (% of land area) - Ukraine

country_id: UA


name: Forest area (% of land area) - United Arab Emirates

country_id: AE


Forest area (% of land area) - Viet Nam

country_id: VN


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Fragile and conflict affected situations


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

country_id: XJ


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Least developed countries: UN classification

country_id: XL


name: Forest area (% of land area) - South Asia (IDA & IBRD)


Forest area (% of land area) - Albania

country_id: AL


Forest area (% of land area) - Aruba

country_id: AW


Forest area (% of land area) - Bahrain

country_id: BH


Forest area (% of land area) - Belgium

country_id: BE


Forest area (% of land area) - Brazil

country_id: BR


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Cabo Verde

country_id: CV


Forest area (% of land area) - Cameroon

country_id: CM


Forest area (% of land area) - Guam

country_id: GU


Forest area (% of land area) - Haiti

country_id: HT


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Indonesia

country_id: ID


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Iran, Islamic Rep.

country_id: IR


Forest area (% of land area) - Kuwait

country_id: KW


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Mauritania

country_id: MR


Forest area (% of land area) - Nauru

country_id: NR


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Northern Mariana Islands

country_id: MP


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

country_id: SX


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Solomon Islands

country_id: SB


name: Forest area (% of land area) - St. Kitts and Nevis

country_id: KN


Forest area (% of land area) - Suriname

country_id: SR


Forest area (% of land area) - Sweden

country_id: SE


Forest area (% of land area) - Thailand

country_id: TH


Forest area (% of land area) - Turkiye

country_id: TR


Forest area (% of land area) - Uruguay

country_id: UY


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Uzbekistan

country_id: UZ


Forest area (% of land area) - Vanuatu

country_id: VU


Forest area (% of land area) - Zimbabwe

country_id: ZW


name: Forest area (% of land area) - East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Europe & Central Asia


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Other small states


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Sub-Saharan Africa

country_id: ZG


Forest area (% of land area) - Belarus

country_id: BY


Forest area (% of land area) - Benin

country_id: BJ


Forest area (% of land area) - Chad

country_id: TD


Forest area (% of land area) - China

country_id: CN


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Congo, Dem. Rep.

country_id: CD


Forest area (% of land area) - Croatia

country_id: HR


Forest area (% of land area) - Cyprus

country_id: CY


Forest area (% of land area) - Eritrea

country_id: ER


Forest area (% of land area) - Estonia

country_id: EE


Forest area (% of land area) - Finland

country_id: FI


Forest area (% of land area) - Germany

country_id: DE


Forest area (% of land area) - Ghana

country_id: GH


Forest area (% of land area) - Iceland

country_id: IS


Forest area (% of land area) - Ireland

country_id: IE


Forest area (% of land area) - Italy

country_id: IT


Forest area (% of land area) - Japan

country_id: JP


Forest area (% of land area) - Lesotho

country_id: LS


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Liechtenstein

country_id: LI


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Lithuania

country_id: LT


Forest area (% of land area) - Malta

country_id: MT


Forest area (% of land area) - Moldova

country_id: MD


Forest area (% of land area) - Oman

country_id: OM


Forest area (% of land area) - Panama

country_id: PA


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Papua New Guinea

country_id: PG


Forest area (% of land area) - Paraguay

country_id: PY


Forest area (% of land area) - Serbia

country_id: RS


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Seychelles

country_id: SC


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Sierra Leone

country_id: SL


name: Forest area (% of land area) - South Africa

country_id: ZA


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Sri Lanka

country_id: LK


name: Forest area (% of land area) - St. Lucia

country_id: LC


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Tajikistan

country_id: TJ


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Turkmenistan

country_id: TM


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Africa Western and Central

country_id: ZI


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Forest area (% of land area) - IBRD only

country_id: XF


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Pre-demographic dividend


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


Forest area (% of land area) - Algeria

country_id: DZ


name: Forest area (% of land area) - American Samoa

country_id: AS


Forest area (% of land area) - Andorra

country_id: AD


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Australia

country_id: AU


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Azerbaijan

country_id: AZ


name: Forest area (% of land area) - British Virgin Islands

country_id: VG


Forest area (% of land area) - Bulgaria

country_id: BG


Forest area (% of land area) - Chile

country_id: CL


name: Forest area (% of land area) - El Salvador

country_id: SV


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Equatorial Guinea

country_id: GQ


Forest area (% of land area) - Ethiopia

country_id: ET


Forest area (% of land area) - Fiji

country_id: FJ


Forest area (% of land area) - Georgia

country_id: GE


Forest area (% of land area) - Greece

country_id: GR


Forest area (% of land area) - Hungary

country_id: HU


Forest area (% of land area) - Kenya

country_id: KE


Forest area (% of land area) - Lao PDR

country_id: LA


Forest area (% of land area) - Lebanon

country_id: LB


Forest area (% of land area) - Maldives

country_id: MV


Forest area (% of land area) - Mali

country_id: ML


Forest area (% of land area) - Morocco

country_id: MA


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Netherlands

country_id: NL


name: Forest area (% of land area) - North Macedonia

country_id: MK


name: Forest area (% of land area) - Philippines

country_id: PH


Forest area (% of land area) - Rwanda

country_id: RW


Forest area (% of land area) - Samoa

country_id: WS


Forest area (% of land area) - Somalia

country_id: SO


name: Forest area (% of land area) - United Kingdom

country_id: GB


name: Forest area (% of land area) - United States

country_id: US


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

country_id: XE

description: Agricultural irrigated land refers to agricultural areas purposely provided with water, including land irrigated by controlled flooding.

value:
Worldwide, irrigated agriculture accounts for about four-fifths of global water withdrawals. The share of irrigated land ranges widely, from 4 percent of the total area cropped in Africa to 42 percent in South Asia. The leading countries are India and China with about 30 percent and 52 percent of all cropland irrigated, respectively. Without irrigation and drainage, much of the increases in agricultural output that has fed the world's growing population and stabilized food production would not have been possible.

In the dry sub-humid countries, irrigation is critical for crop production. Due to highly variable rainfall, long dry seasons, and recurrent droughts, dry spells and floods, water management is a key determinant for agricultural production in these regions and is increasingly becoming more important with climate change. World Bank estimates that rainfed agriculture is most significant in Sub-Saharan Africa where it accounts for about 96 percent of the cropland.

Irrigation and drainage continue to be an important source of productivity growth, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Latin America that still have large untapped water resources for agriculture. In other regions where the scope for further expanding irrigated agriculture is limited, more efforts are needed to enhance the policy, technical, and governance aspects of agricultural water use.

Agricultural land covers more than one-third of the world's land area. In many industrialized countries, agricultural land is subject to zoning regulations. In the context of zoning, agricultural land (or more properly agriculturally zoned land) refers to plots that may be used for agricultural activities, regardless of the physical type or quality of land. Data on agricultural land are valuable for conducting studies on a various perspectives concerning agricultural production, food security and for deriving cropping intensity among others uses. Agricultural land indicator, along with land-use indicators, can also elucidate the environmental sustainability of countries' agricultural practices.
Agriculture is still a major sector in many economies, and agricultural activities provide developing countries with food and revenue. But agricultural activities also can degrade natural resources. Poor farming practices can cause soil erosion and loss of soil fertility. Efforts to increase productivity by using chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and intensive irrigation have environmental costs and health impacts. Salinization of irrigated land diminishes soil fertility. Thus, inappropriate use of inputs for agricultural production has far-reaching effects.

There is no single correct mix of inputs to the agricultural land, as it is dependent on local climate, land quality, and economic development; appropriate levels and application rates vary by country and over time and depend on the type of crops, the climate and soils, and the production process used.

value: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from official national sources through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations.. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

value:
Irrigated agricultural area refers to area equipped to provide water (via artificial means of irrigation such as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying) to the crops. In non-irrigated agricultural areas, production of crops is dependent on rain-fed irrigation.

Agricultural land constitutes only a part of any country's total area, which can include areas not suitable for agriculture, such as forests, mountains, and inland water bodies. Agricultural land can also be classified as irrigated and non-irrigated land. In arid and semi-arid countries agriculture is often confined to irrigated land, with very little farming possible in non-irrigated areas.


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - IDA & IBRD total

country_id: ZT

value: Agricultural irrigated land refers to agricultural areas purposely provided with water, including land irrigated by controlled flooding.


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - IDA only

country_id: XI


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Pacific island small states


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Antigua and Barbuda

country_id: AG


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Austria

country_id: AT


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Burundi

country_id: BI


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Cambodia

country_id: KH


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Colombia

country_id: CO


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Cote d'Ivoire

country_id: CI


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Dominican Republic

country_id: DO


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - France

country_id: FR


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Guinea-Bissau

country_id: GW


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Iran, Islamic Rep.

country_id: IR


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Kazakhstan

country_id: KZ


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Kuwait

country_id: KW


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Lebanon

country_id: LB


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Macao SAR, China

country_id: MO


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Mali

country_id: ML


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Marshall Islands

country_id: MH


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Norway

country_id: NO


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Panama

country_id: PA


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Romania

country_id: RO


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Tunisia

country_id: TN


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - United Kingdom

country_id: GB


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Europe & Central Asia


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Lower middle income

country_id: XN


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Pre-demographic dividend


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - South Asia


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Algeria

country_id: DZ


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Angola

country_id: AO


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Argentina

country_id: AR


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Aruba

country_id: AW


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Azerbaijan

country_id: AZ


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Bahamas, The

country_id: BS


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Bangladesh

country_id: BD


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Benin

country_id: BJ


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Burkina Faso

country_id: BF


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Cabo Verde

country_id: CV


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Channel Islands

country_id: JG


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Czechia

country_id: CZ


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Eritrea

country_id: ER


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Finland

country_id: FI


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Gabon

country_id: GA


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Ghana

country_id: GH


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Iraq

country_id: IQ


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Kiribati

country_id: KI


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Maldives

country_id: MV


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Malta

country_id: MT


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Mauritania

country_id: MR


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - New Caledonia

country_id: NC


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Northern Mariana Islands

country_id: MP


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Portugal

country_id: PT


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Slovak Republic

country_id: SK


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - South Sudan

country_id: SS


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Spain

country_id: ES


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Switzerland

country_id: CH


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Uruguay

country_id: UY


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Viet Nam

country_id: VN


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Zimbabwe

country_id: ZW


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Africa Western and Central

country_id: ZI


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Early-demographic dividend


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - East Asia & Pacific


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Euro area

country_id: XC


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Latin America & Caribbean

country_id: ZJ


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

country_id: ZF


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - World


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Afghanistan

country_id: AF


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Bahrain

country_id: BH


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Cameroon

country_id: CM


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Canada

country_id: CA


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Congo, Rep.

country_id: CG


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Ethiopia

country_id: ET


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Greece

country_id: GR


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Guinea

country_id: GN


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Guyana

country_id: GY


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Haiti

country_id: HT


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Hong Kong SAR, China

country_id: HK


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - India

country_id: IN


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Isle of Man

country_id: IM


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Japan

country_id: JP


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Malaysia

country_id: MY


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - New Zealand

country_id: NZ


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Pakistan

country_id: PK


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Peru

country_id: PE


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Puerto Rico

country_id: PR


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Qatar

country_id: QA


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Rwanda

country_id: RW


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Tanzania

country_id: TZ


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Turkiye

country_id: TR


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Ukraine

country_id: UA


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Caribbean small states


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Central Europe and the Baltics


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - IDA blend

country_id: XH


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

country_id: XQ


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Sub-Saharan Africa

country_id: ZG


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - American Samoa

country_id: AS


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Andorra

country_id: AD


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Armenia

country_id: AM


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Belgium

country_id: BE


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Bolivia

country_id: BO


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Brazil

country_id: BR


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - British Virgin Islands

country_id: VG


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Chad

country_id: TD


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Egypt, Arab Rep.

country_id: EG


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - El Salvador

country_id: SV


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Georgia

country_id: GE


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Germany

country_id: DE


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Greenland

country_id: GL


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Indonesia

country_id: ID


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Kenya

country_id: KE


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Korea, Rep.

country_id: KR


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Latvia

country_id: LV


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Lesotho

country_id: LS


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Mexico

country_id: MX


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

country_id: FM


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Morocco

country_id: MA


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Mozambique

country_id: MZ


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Nicaragua

country_id: NI


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Niger

country_id: NE


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Nigeria

country_id: NG


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Philippines

country_id: PH


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Russian Federation

country_id: RU


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Saudi Arabia

country_id: SA


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Timor-Leste

country_id: TL


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Tonga

country_id: TO


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - United Arab Emirates

country_id: AE


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Venezuela, RB

country_id: VE


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Virgin Islands (U.S.)

country_id: VI


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Zambia

country_id: ZM


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - High income

country_id: XD


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Late-demographic dividend


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - North America

country_id: XU


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Other small states


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Small states


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Albania

country_id: AL


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Barbados

country_id: BB


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Botswana

country_id: BW


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - China

country_id: CN


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Congo, Dem. Rep.

country_id: CD


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Croatia

country_id: HR


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Curacao

country_id: CW


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Djibouti

country_id: DJ


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Guam

country_id: GU


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Hungary

country_id: HU


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Italy

country_id: IT


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Jordan

country_id: JO


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

country_id: KP


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Kosovo

country_id: XK


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Madagascar

country_id: MG


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Montenegro

country_id: ME


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Nauru

country_id: NR


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Oman

country_id: OM


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Palau

country_id: PW


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Papua New Guinea

country_id: PG


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Poland

country_id: PL


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Sierra Leone

country_id: SL


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - South Africa

country_id: ZA


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - St. Kitts and Nevis

country_id: KN


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Tajikistan

country_id: TJ


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Thailand

country_id: TH


name: Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) - Trinidad and Tobago

country_id: TT