Forest area, sq.km - Country rankings
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Forest area, sq. km, 2018 - Country rankings:
The average for 2018 based on 194 countries was 214003.7 sq. km.The highest value was in Russia: 8153116 sq. km and the lowest value was in Gibraltar: 0 sq. km. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2018. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: sq. km; Source: FAO
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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.
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