Indonesia's 2022 Forest Area: Largest in Papua

Environment

Lite

Adi Ahdiat 29/12/2023 13:57 WIB

URL has been copied

Memuat...

Based on data from the Geospatial Information Agency, Indonesia's forest area in 2022 reached 102.53 million hectares. The majority, or 32%, is located on the island of Papua.

A Font Kecil
A Font Sedang
A Font Besar

Access single data

Indonesia's 2022 Forest Area: Largest in Papua

Want to get more access to Data Stories with a more affordable price? Subscribe.

By subscribing, you join us in presenting quality data.

Get:

Premium Data Stories access
Comfortable reading without ads
Download data in XLS, PDF, and image format
Access to data source information

Basic

~~Rp100.000~~

Rp50.000/month

Professional

~~Rp100.000~~

Rp150.000/month

Institutional For organizations

We accept the following payments:

Some payment methods are still in the process of being activated.

Indonesia's Forest Cover Area (2022)*

Download

Source

A Small Font
A Medium Font
A Bigger Font

Based on data from the Geospatial Information Agency (BIG), Indonesia's forest area in 2022 reached 102.53 million hectares (ha).

The majority is located on the island of Papua, namely 33.12 million ha or 32.2% of the total forest cover area in Indonesia.

The next largest forest area is in Kalimantan, namely 31.10 million ha (30.3%).

Then in Sumatra, the forest area is 16.01 million ha (15.6%), and Sulawesi 10.86 million ha (10.6%).

Meanwhile, the forest area in Maluku is 6.37 million ha (6.2%), Java 2.77 million ha (2.7%), and Bali-Nusa Tenggara 2.3 million ha (2.2%).

The total area of Indonesia's forest cover in 2022 decreased by approximately 1.33 million ha or 0.7% compared to 2018.

During 2018-2022, a reduction in forest area occurred on all major islands of Indonesia. The most significant forest loss occurred on the island of Kalimantan.

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) in its report, *Integrated System of Indonesia's Environmental and Economic Accounts 2018-2022*, the reduction in forest area is due to various factors, namely natural events, deforestation, and reclassification of forest areas into non-forest areas.

However, BPS did not specify which factor was most dominant in the reduction of Indonesia's forest area.

Editor : Adi Ahdiat

"Disclosure: This is an AI-generated translation of the original article. We strive for accuracy, but please note that automated translations may contain errors or slight inconsistencies."