FACTOID # 4: The total area of Australia’s coral reefs is greater than the total area of any of 130 individual countries, including Slovakia, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Singapore, and Rwanda.
 
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Environment Statistics > Forest area > % of land area (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Suriname: 94.72 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 2   American Samoa: 90 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 2   Micronesia, Federated States of: 90 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 4   Palau: 86.96 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 4   Seychelles: 86.96 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 6   Gabon: 84.51 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 7   Solomon Islands: 77.6 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 8   Guyana: 76.73 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 9   Finland: 73.87 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 10   Guinea-Bissau: 73.68 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 11   Belize: 72.47 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 12   Laos: 69.94 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 13   Northern Mariana Islands: 69.18 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 14   Japan: 68.22 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 15   Bhutan: 67.98 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 16   Sweden: 67.09 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 17   Congo, Republic of the: 65.8 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 18   Papua New Guinea: 65 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 19   Malaysia: 63.58 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 20   Korea, South: 63.46 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 21   Slovenia: 62.76 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 22   Dominica: 61.33 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 23   Samoa: 60.42 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 24   Cambodia: 59.18 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 25   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 58.94 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 26   Equatorial Guinea: 58.18 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 27   Panama: 57.69 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 28   Zambia: 57.11 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 29   Brazil: 56.47 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 30   Fiji: 54.73 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 30   Colombia: 54.73 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 32   Bolivia: 54.17 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 33   Venezuela: 54.09 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 34   Estonia: 53.88 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 35   Peru: 53.7 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 36   East Timor: 53.67 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 37   Brunei: 52.75 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 38   Bahamas, The: 51.45 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 39   Korea, North: 51.38 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 40   Russia: 49.37 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 41   Burma: 49 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 42   Indonesia: 48.85 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 43   Angola: 47.41 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 44   Guam: 47.27 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 45   Latvia: 47.21 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 46   Gambia, The: 47.1 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 47   Austria: 46.84 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 48   Costa Rica: 46.83 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 49   Paraguay: 46.5 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 50   Cayman Islands: 46.15 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 51   Puerto Rico: 46 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 52   Cameroon: 45.65 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 53   Zimbabwe: 45.34 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 54   Senegal: 45.05 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 55   Trinidad and Tobago: 44.05 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 56   Liechtenstein: 43.75 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 57   Nicaragua: 42.74 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 58   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 42.68 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 59   Vietnam: 41.7 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 60   Honduras: 41.54 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 61   Portugal: 41.34 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 62   Slovakia: 40.1 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 63   Tanzania: 39.9 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 64   Georgia: 39.72 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 65   New Caledonia: 39.22 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 66   Ecuador: 39.2 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 67   Sierra Leone: 38.45 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 68   Croatia: 38.18 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 69   Belarus: 38.05 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 70   Central African Republic: 36.53 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 71   Guatemala: 36.32 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 72   Malawi: 36.16 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 73   Vanuatu: 36.1 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 74   Spain: 35.89 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 75   Macedonia, Republic of: 35.63 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 76   Czech Republic: 34.27 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 77   Andorra: 34.19 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 78   Canada: 34.1 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 79   Italy: 33.93 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 80   Mexico: 33.66 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 81   Luxembourg: 33.59 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 82   Lithuania: 33.49 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 83   Bulgaria: 33.37 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 84   United States: 33.08 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 85   Liberia: 32.75 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 86   Côte d'Ivoire: 32.72 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 87   Germany: 31.76 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 88   Swaziland: 31.45 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 89   Jamaica: 31.3 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 90   New Zealand: 31 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 91   Norway: 30.85 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 92   Switzerland: 30.52 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 93   Poland: 30.01 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 94   Sri Lanka: 29.91 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 95   Greece: 29.11 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 96   Albania: 28.98 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 97   French Polynesia: 28.69 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 98   Virgin Islands: 28.57 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 99   Dominican Republic: 28.44 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 100   Sudan: 28.43 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 101   Thailand: 28.42 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 102   France: 28.27 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 103   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 28.21 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 104   São Tomé and Príncipe: 28.12 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 105   Saint Lucia: 27.87 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 106   Romania: 27.7 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 107   Guinea: 27.36 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 108   Serbia and Montenegro: 26.41 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 109   Nepal: 25.43 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 110   Burkina Faso: 24.83 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 111   Cuba: 24.7 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 112   Mozambique: 24.57 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 113   Ghana: 24.25 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 114   Philippines: 24.02 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 115   India: 22.77 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 116   Madagascar: 22.08 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 117   Belgium: 22.06 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 118   Hungary: 22.05 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 119   Chile: 21.53 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 120   Australia: 21.31 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 121   Benin: 21.25 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 122   China: 21.15 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 123   Botswana: 21.07 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 124   Cape Verde: 20.84 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 125   Antigua and Barbuda: 20.45 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 126   Bermuda: 20 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 127   Rwanda: 19.46 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 128   Cyprus: 18.83 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 129   Uganda: 18.4 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 130   Mauritius: 18.23 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 131   Ukraine: 16.53 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 132   Eritrea: 15.39 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 133   El Salvador: 14.38 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 134   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 13.89 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 135   Mayotte: 13.37 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 136   Lebanon: 13.29 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 137   Turkey: 13.22 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 138   Ethiopia: 13 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 139   Nigeria: 12.18 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 140   Argentina: 12.07 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 141   Denmark: 11.78 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 142   Grenada: 11.76 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 142   United Kingdom: 11.76 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 144   Somalia: 11.37 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 145   Azerbaijan: 11.32 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 146   Netherlands: 10.77 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 147   Mali: 10.3 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 148   Armenia: 10.04 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 149   Moldova: 10.01 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 150   Morocco: 9.78 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 151   Ireland: 9.71 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 152   Chad: 9.47 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 153   Namibia: 9.31 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 154   Turkmenistan: 8.78 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 155   Uruguay: 8.6 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 156   Israel: 7.9 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 157   Uzbekistan: 7.75 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 158   South Africa: 7.58 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 159   Togo: 7.1 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 160   Tunisia: 6.8 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 161   Iran: 6.77 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 162   Bangladesh: 6.69 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 163   Mongolia: 6.54 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 164   Kenya: 6.19 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 165   Burundi: 5.92 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 166   Tonga: 5.56 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 167   Man, Isle of: 5.24 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 168   Barbados: 4.65 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 169   Kyrgyzstan: 4.53 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 170   Haiti: 3.81 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 171   United Arab Emirates: 3.73 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 172   Maldives: 3.33 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 173   Tajikistan: 2.93 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 174   Singapore: 2.9 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 175   Kiribati: 2.74 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 176   Syria: 2.51 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 177   Pakistan: 2.47 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 178   Comoros: 2.24 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 179   Iraq: 1.88 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 180   Saudi Arabia: 1.36 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 181   Afghanistan: 1.33 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 182   Netherlands Antilles: 1.25 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 183   Kazakhstan: 1.24 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 184   Yemen: 1.04 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 185   Niger: 1 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 186   Algeria: 0.96 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 187   Jordan: 0.94 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 188   Iceland: 0.46 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 189   Kuwait: 0.34 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 190   Djibouti: 0.26 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 190   Lesotho: 0.26 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 190   Mauritania: 0.26 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 193   Libya: 0.12 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 194   Egypt: 0.07 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 195   Oman: 0.01 % of land area   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 30.9 % of land area   



DEFINITION: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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