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.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
 
 

Forest area > % of land area (most recent) by country

Let me know when this page updates.


TOP STATS
Which countries have the most:
More Top Stats »
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT UPDATES
More Recent Updates »
 

SEARCH ALL

FACTS & STATISTICS    Advanced view

Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 

 

(* = Graphable)

 

 


Environment Statistics > Forest area > % of land area (most recent) by country

Share
VIEW DATA:   Totals  
Definition     Source      Printable version   
    Bar Graph   Map  

Showing latest available data. Select another time period:
Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Suriname: 94.72 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 2     Micronesia, Federated States of: 90 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 2     American Samoa: 90 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 4     Seychelles: 86.96 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 4     Palau: 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     Colombia: 54.73 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 30     Fiji: 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     Mauritania: 0.26 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 190     Lesotho: 0.26 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 190     Djibouti: 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

See also

See this stat for year: 2005 2000 1990

Related links:
   

Compare countries:

Country 1:
Country 2:
Category:

CITATION

"Forest area > % of land area by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/env_for_are_of_lan_are-environment-forest-area-of-land

Change citation style: APA MLA MHRA CSE AMA Chicago Bluebook Bluebook/JOLT
TOP ENVIRONMENT STATS
 

COMMENTARY     

Elif
24th July 2011 		Your info is not up-to-date for Turkey. Forestland covers 21,188,746 ha, which corresponds to approximately 27% of the surface area of Turkey (General Directorate of Forests, 2007).
There are 2 more (non-authoritative) comments on this page

Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
© Copyright NationMaster.com 2003-2013. All Rights Reserved. Usage implies agreement with terms, 1022, m