Malaysia - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Malaysia was 191,140 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 206,185 in 1990 and a minimum value of 189,477 in 2010.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

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

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Year Value
1990 206,185
1991 205,258
1992 204,331
1993 203,404
1994 202,476
1995 201,549
1996 200,622
1997 199,695
1998 198,768
1999 197,841
2000 196,914
2001 196,170
2002 195,426
2003 194,682
2004 193,939
2005 193,195
2006 192,451
2007 191,708
2008 190,964
2009 190,220
2010 189,477
2011 190,510
2012 191,543
2013 192,576
2014 193,609
2015 194,642
2016 193,146
2017 192,645
2018 192,143
2019 191,642
2020 191,140

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Malaysia was 58.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 62.76 in 1990, while its lowest value was 57.67 in 2010.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

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

See also:

Year Value
1990 62.76
1991 62.47
1992 62.19
1993 61.91
1994 61.63
1995 61.35
1996 61.06
1997 60.78
1998 60.50
1999 60.22
2000 59.93
2001 59.71
2002 59.48
2003 59.26
2004 59.03
2005 58.80
2006 58.58
2007 58.35
2008 58.12
2009 57.90
2010 57.67
2011 57.98
2012 58.30
2013 58.61
2014 58.93
2015 59.24
2016 58.79
2017 58.63
2018 58.48
2019 58.33
2020 58.18

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use