Table 2.

Key land use variables for four recent forest transition countries

Indicator	China	Costa Rica	El Salvador	Vietnam
% GDP from agriculture (2008)	11	7	13	22
% reforestation by plantations (1990-2005)*	23.8	0.4	0	44
% crop yield increase (primary products, 1961–2007)*	3.03	3.00	2.57	2.05
Protected areas (% of land area)†	16.6	20.9	0.8	6.2
Foreign investments in land use (% of total FDI, 2006)‡	1	2.2	0	3
Land deals in Africa (103 ha)§	7,308	0	0	10
Remittances (% of GDP, 2008)¶	1.1	2.0	17.2	7.9

*Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (4).

^†International Union for Conservation of Nature and United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (95).

^‡United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, FDI/TNC database (96).

^§Global Land Project (48).

^¶World Bank.