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Environment Statistics > Forest area > % of land area (1990) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Solomon Islands: 98.89 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 2     Suriname: 94.72 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 3     American Samoa: 90 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 4     Seychelles: 86.96 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 5     Gabon: 85.1 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 6     Guinea-Bissau: 78.81 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 7     Guyana: 76.73 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 8     Laos: 75.02 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 9     Northern Mariana Islands: 73.38 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 10     Cambodia: 73.34 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 11     Finland: 72.87 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 12     Belize: 72.47 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 13     Papua New Guinea: 69.61 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 14     Japan: 68.43 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 15     Korea, North: 68.11 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 16     Malaysia: 68.11 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 17     Sweden: 66.7 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 18     Dominica: 66.67 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 19     Congo, Republic of the: 66.55 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 20     Equatorial Guinea: 66.31 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 21     Zambia: 66.08 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 22     Honduras: 66 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 23     East Timor: 64.96 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 24     Bhutan: 64.57 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 25     Korea, South: 64.53 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 26     Indonesia: 64.35 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 27     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 61.99 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 28     Brazil: 61.47 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 29     Burma: 59.64 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 30     Brunei: 59.39 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 31     Slovenia: 58.99 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 32     Venezuela: 58.98 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 33     Panama: 58.79 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 34     Bolivia: 57.91 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 35     Zimbabwe: 57.47 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 36     Colombia: 55.38 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 37     Peru: 54.81 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 38     Nicaragua: 53.86 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 39     Fiji: 53.59 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 40     Paraguay: 53.25 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 41     Cameroon: 52.74 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 42     Bahamas, The: 51.45 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 43     Estonia: 51.03 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 44     Costa Rica: 50.22 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 45     Ecuador: 49.91 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 46     Russia: 49.36 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 47     Angola: 48.91 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 48     Senegal: 48.55 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 49     Guam: 47.27 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 50     Tanzania: 46.9 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 51     Cayman Islands: 46.15 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 52     Samoa: 45.94 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 53     Trinidad and Tobago: 45.81 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 54     Austria: 45.8 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 55     Puerto Rico: 45.55 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 56     Latvia: 44.72 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 57     Gambia, The: 44.2 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 58     Guatemala: 43.79 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 59     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 43.16 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 60     Sierra Leone: 42.5 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 61     Liberia: 42.13 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 62     Malawi: 41.41 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 63     Slovakia: 39.96 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 64     Georgia: 39.72 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 65     New Caledonia: 39.22 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 66     Croatia: 37.84 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 67     Liechtenstein: 37.5 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 68     Central African Republic: 37.25 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 69     Sri Lanka: 36.36 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 70     Mexico: 36.16 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 71     Vanuatu: 36.1 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 72     Macedonia, Republic of: 35.63 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 73     Belarus: 35.55 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 74     Philippines: 35.46 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 75     Virgin Islands: 34.29 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 76     Andorra: 34.19 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 77     Canada: 34.1 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 78     Czech Republic: 34.04 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 79     Portugal: 33.87 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 80     Nepal: 33.69 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 81     Luxembourg: 33.2 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 82     Ghana: 32.73 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 83     United States: 32.61 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 84     Sudan: 32.15 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 85     Côte d'Ivoire: 32.14 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 86     Jamaica: 31.86 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 87     Thailand: 31.25 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 88     Lithuania: 31.03 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 89     Germany: 30.8 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 90     Guinea: 30.15 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 91     Bulgaria: 30.07 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 92     Benin: 30.03 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 93     Norway: 30.01 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 94     Poland: 29.17 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 95     Switzerland: 28.88 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 96     New Zealand: 28.81 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 97     Albania: 28.8 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 98     Vietnam: 28.77 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 99     French Polynesia: 28.69 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 100     Italy: 28.5 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 101     Dominican Republic: 28.44 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 102     São Tomé and Príncipe: 28.12 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 103     Saint Lucia: 27.87 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 104     Romania: 27.78 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 105     Swaziland: 27.44 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 106     Spain: 26.99 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 107     France: 26.43 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 108     Burkina Faso: 26.15 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 109     Greece: 25.59 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 110     Mozambique: 25.52 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 111     Serbia and Montenegro: 25.09 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 112     Uganda: 24.98 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 113     Botswana: 24.21 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 114     Madagascar: 23.54 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 115     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 23.08 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 116     Belgium: 22.39 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 117     Australia: 21.86 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 118     India: 21.51 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 119     Antigua and Barbuda: 20.45 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 120     Chile: 20.38 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 121     Hungary: 20.04 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 122     Bermuda: 20 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 123     Mauritius: 19.21 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 124     Nigeria: 18.92 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 125     Cuba: 18.74 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 126     El Salvador: 18.1 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 127     Cyprus: 17.42 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 128     China: 16.85 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 129     Mayotte: 16.04 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 130     Ukraine: 16.01 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 131     Cape Verde: 14.39 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 132     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 13.89 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 133     Ethiopia: 13.73 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 134     Somalia: 13.2 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 135     Rwanda: 12.89 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 136     Argentina: 12.88 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 137     Togo: 12.59 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 138     Turkey: 12.58 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 139     Armenia: 12.27 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 140     Lebanon: 11.83 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 141     Grenada: 11.76 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 142     Mali: 11.53 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 143     Burundi: 11.25 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 144     Azerbaijan: 11.25 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 145     United Kingdom: 10.79 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 146     Namibia: 10.64 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 147     Denmark: 10.5 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 148     Chad: 10.41 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 149     Netherlands: 10.18 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 150     Moldova: 9.7 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 151     Morocco: 9.61 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 152     Turkmenistan: 8.78 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 153     South Africa: 7.58 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 154     Mongolia: 7.34 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 155     Uzbekistan: 7.16 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 156     Israel: 7.12 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 157     Bangladesh: 6.78 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 158     Iran: 6.77 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 159     Kenya: 6.52 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 160     Ireland: 6.4 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 161     Tonga: 5.56 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 162     Comoros: 5.38 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 163     Man, Isle of: 5.24 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 164     Uruguay: 5.17 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 165     Barbados: 4.65 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 166     Kyrgyzstan: 4.36 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 167     Haiti: 4.21 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 168     Tunisia: 4.14 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 169     Maldives: 3.33 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 170     Pakistan: 3.28 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 171     Singapore: 2.99 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 172     United Arab Emirates: 2.93 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 173     Tajikistan: 2.92 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 174     Kiribati: 2.74 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 175     Syria: 2.02 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 176     Afghanistan: 2.01 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 177     Iraq: 1.84 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 178     Niger: 1.54 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 179     Saudi Arabia: 1.36 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 180     Kazakhstan: 1.27 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 181     Netherlands Antilles: 1.25 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 182     Yemen: 1.04 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 183     Jordan: 0.94 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 184     Algeria: 0.75 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 185     Mauritania: 0.4 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 186     Djibouti: 0.26 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 187     Iceland: 0.25 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 188     Kuwait: 0.17 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 189     Lesotho: 0.16 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 190     Libya: 0.12 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 191     Egypt: 0.04 % of land area   1990 Time series
# 192     Oman: 0.01 % of land area   1990 Time series
Weighted average: 31.6 % 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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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).
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