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Countries historical forest area per land area

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This scatter chart displays forest area (km&sup2) against land area (km&sup2). The data is from our countries entity.

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Land Area: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. This metric is expressed in km².
Forest Area: 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. This metric is expressed in km².

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This chart is based on data from: World Bank

Updated: 16 days ago

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