Variable: Forest area (% of land area)

QoG Code: (wdi_forest)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

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.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-01-23
Last updated by source: 2023-01-22


Categories:

Environment


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2024 Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Cross-section - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 193
Basic time-series: 196
Standard cross-section: 193
Standard time-series: 196
OECD cross-section: 38
OECD time-series: 39

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1990-2021
Basic time-series: 1990-2021
OECD time-series: 1990-2021

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