El Salvador - Forest area as a share of land area

28.0 (%) in 2021

In 2021, forest area as a share of land area for El Salvador was 28 %. Forest area as a share of land area of El Salvador fell gradually from 32.1 % in 2002 to 28 % in 2021.

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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.