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Forest Area (Including Mangroves) With Respect To The Total Land Area Of Singapore, Annual

Data from Jan 2000 to Dec 2022

Last updated: 14 Aug 2025, 22:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: NATIONAL PARKS BOARD

Data Last Updated: 21/06/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data align with Singapore's biennial reporting cycles to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The figures for 2019 to 2022 are based on projections and are subject to revision.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891231

Data explorer

ForestAreaIncludingMangrovesWithRespectToTheTotalLandAreaOfSingaporeAnnual.csv (1 rows, 420 B)

Data Series Text	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Percentage Of Forests (Including Mangroves) To Total Land Area	20.13	20.52	21.01	21.45	21.93	22.3	22.77	23.12	23.62	24.17	24.5	24.67	24.94	25.14	25.54	25.84	25.93	25.64	25.49	24.69	24.73	25.01	25.26

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Per Cent	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2015	2015	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2014	2014	Numeric	Per Cent	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f80008fa067f0b2c8758043f0fa4baa5"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Forest Area (Including Mangroves) With Respect To The Total Land Area Of Singapore, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 17, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f80008fa067f0b2c8758043f0fa4baa5/view

About this dataset

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)