Mozambique: Forest area, percent of total land area
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For that indicator, we provide data for Mozambique from 1990 to 2016. The average value for Mozambique during that period was 51.5 percent with a minimum of 48 percent in 2016 and a maximum of 55.2 percent in 1990.
The latest value from 2016 is 48 percent. For comparison, the world average in 2016 based on 194
countries is 31.3 percent.
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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.
