Deforestation Rates in
Yugoslavia

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Deforestation Figures for Yugoslavia




Key forest stats for Yugoslavia:
  • 28.3% of Yugoslavia's land area is covered with forest according to FAO figures from 2000
  • Yugoslavia lost an average of 1,000 hectares of forest per year between 1990 and 2000
  • Yugoslavia's average annual deforestation rate was 0.1% between 1990 and 2000



Other forest statistics for Yugoslavia
Area & Population
Total Land Area (�000 ha) 199910,200
Total Population ('000) 199910,637
Population Density (population/sq km) 1999104.3
Population Growth Rate (%) 1995-20000.1
Rural Population (%) 199940.8
Economic Indicators
GDP per capita (US$) 1997-
Annual growth rate (%) 1997-
Forest Stats
Total Forest Area ('000 ha) 20002,887
Forest area (% of total land area) 200028.3
Forest Area per capita (ha) 20000.3
Forest Plantations ('000 ha) 200039
Forest Change ('000 ha) 1990-2000-1
Forest Area Annual rate of change (%) 1990-2000-0.1


Forest Cover Statistics for 2000
Total Forest Area (�000 ha)2,887
Forest Cover (% of land)28.3
Plantations (�000 ha)39
Tropical Forest Cover (% of land)0%
Tropical Forest Cover ('000 ha) -
Subtropical Forest Cover (% of land)16%
Subtropical Forest Cover ('000 ha) 462
Temperate Forest Cover (% of land)84%
Temperate Forest Cover ('000 ha) 2,425
Boreal/polar (% of land)0%
Boreal/polar ('000 ha) -


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All figures are dervied from THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS' State of the World�s Forests 2005.

Further resources on Yugoslavia :


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