Global Forest Cover and Changes: Year- and Country-wise Extent of Area under Naturally Regenerating, Planted, and Plantation Forests
The dataset contains year- and country-wise global data on extent of land under forest, wood and other lands in the world
Note:
The UN defines types of forests as under:
Naturally Regenerating Forest: Forest predominantly composed of trees established though natural regeneration.
Planted Forest: Forest predominantly composed of trees established through planting and/or deliberate seeding
Plantation Forest: Planted Forest that is intensively managed and meet all the following criteria at planting and stand maturity: one or two species, even age class, and regular spacing.
Other Planted Forest: Planted forest which is not classified as plantation forest.: Planted forest which is not classified as plantation forest.
Global Forest Cover and Changes: Year- and Country-wise Extent of Area under Naturally Regenerating, Planted, and Plantation Forests
The dataset contains year- and country-wise global data on extent of land under forest, wood and other lands in the world
Note:
The UN defines types of forests as under:
Naturally Regenerating Forest: Forest predominantly composed of trees established though natural regeneration.
Planted Forest: Forest predominantly composed of trees established through planting and/or deliberate seeding
Plantation Forest: Planted Forest that is intensively managed and meet all the following criteria at planting and stand maturity: one or two species, even age class, and regular spacing.
Other Planted Forest: Planted forest which is not classified as plantation forest.: Planted forest which is not classified as plantation forest.
The calendar year to which the forest area measurement pertains.
country
String
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The country or territory for which the land area figure is reported.
type_of_land
String
4
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The land category being measured, such as forest land, other wooded land, other land, or total land area.
value
Float64
4118
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The measured extent of the given land type, expressed in thousand hectares.
unit
String
1
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The unit of measurement for the value, indicating the figure is expressed in thousand hectares.
Citation
United Nations. (2026). Global Forest Cover and Changes: Year- and Country-wise Extent of Area under Naturally Regenerating, Planted, and Plantation Forests [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/20679
