Forest land area fell 1.63% to 2.65 '000 sq km in El Salvador in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in El Salvador reached an all time high of 3.77 '000 sq km in 1990 and an all time low of 2.65 '000 sq km in 2015. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, forest land area in Costa Rica amounted to 27.6 '000 sq km, 35.4 '000 sq km in Guatemala, 45.9 '000 sq km in Honduras and 31.1 '000 sq km in Nicaragua in 2015.
El Salvador has been ranked 147th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Belize | '000 sq km | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | '000 sq km | 25.8 | 26.1 | 26.4 | 26.7 | 27.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | '000 sq km | 2.91 | 2.87 | 2.83 | 2.78 | 2.74 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | '000 sq km | 37.1 | 37.2 | 36.9 | 36.5 | 36.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | '000 sq km | 53.1 | 51.9 | 50.7 | 49.5 | 48.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | '000 sq km | 650 | 665 | 664 | 663 | 662 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | '000 sq km | 31.8 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 31.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | '000 sq km | 32.6 | 47.0 | 46.8 | 46.7 | 46.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | '000 sq km | 3,036 | 3,087 | 3,090 | 3,093 | 3,095 |
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