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Environment Statistics > Forest area > % of land area (2000) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Suriname: 94.72 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 2     American Samoa: 90 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 3     Micronesia, Federated States of: 90 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 4     Palau: 86.96 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 5     Seychelles: 86.96 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 6     Solomon Islands: 84.71 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 7     Gabon: 84.71 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 8     Guyana: 76.73 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 9     Guinea-Bissau: 75.39 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 10     Finland: 73.79 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 11     Belize: 72.47 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 12     Laos: 71.63 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 13     Northern Mariana Islands: 71.28 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 14     Japan: 68.25 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 15     Sweden: 66.96 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 16     Bhutan: 66.83 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 17     Papua New Guinea: 66.54 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 18     Congo, Republic of the: 66.05 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 19     Malaysia: 65.72 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 20     Cambodia: 65.38 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 21     Korea, South: 63.81 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 22     Dominica: 62.67 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 23     Slovenia: 61.52 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 24     Equatorial Guinea: 60.89 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 25     Samoa: 60.42 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 26     Zambia: 60.1 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 27     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 59.64 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 28     Brazil: 58.3 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 29     Panama: 57.87 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 30     East Timor: 57.43 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 31     Korea, North: 56.65 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 32     Venezuela: 55.72 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 33     Bolivia: 55.42 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 34     Colombia: 54.95 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 35     Fiji: 54.73 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 36     Brunei: 54.65 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 37     Peru: 54.07 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 38     Indonesia: 54.02 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 39     Estonia: 52.91 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 40     Burma: 52.55 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 41     Bahamas, The: 51.45 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 42     Russia: 49.4 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 43     Zimbabwe: 49.39 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 44     Paraguay: 48.75 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 45     Honduras: 48.53 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 46     Cameroon: 48.01 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 47     Angola: 47.91 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 48     Guam: 47.27 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 49     Austria: 46.55 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 50     Costa Rica: 46.53 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 51     Latvia: 46.49 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 52     Senegal: 46.22 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 53     Cayman Islands: 46.15 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 54     Gambia, The: 46.1 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 55     Puerto Rico: 45.89 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 56     Nicaragua: 45.63 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 57     Trinidad and Tobago: 44.44 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 58     Liechtenstein: 43.75 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 59     Ecuador: 42.77 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 60     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 42.68 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 61     Tanzania: 42.23 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 62     Slovakia: 39.94 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 63     Sierra Leone: 39.81 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 64     Georgia: 39.72 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 65     New Caledonia: 39.22 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 66     Portugal: 39.16 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 67     Guatemala: 38.81 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 68     Croatia: 38.07 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 69     Malawi: 37.91 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 70     Belarus: 37.83 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 71     Vietnam: 37.69 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 72     Central African Republic: 36.76 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 73     Vanuatu: 36.1 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 74     Liberia: 35.87 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 75     Macedonia, Republic of: 35.63 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 76     Mexico: 34.34 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 77     Andorra: 34.19 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 78     Czech Republic: 34.13 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 79     Canada: 34.1 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 80     Luxembourg: 33.59 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 81     United States: 32.99 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 82     Spain: 32.94 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 83     Côte d'Ivoire: 32.48 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 84     Lithuania: 32.23 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 85     Sri Lanka: 32.21 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 86     Italy: 32.12 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 87     Germany: 31.76 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 88     Jamaica: 31.49 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 89     New Zealand: 30.7 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 90     Norway: 30.57 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 91     Bulgaria: 30.51 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 92     Swaziland: 30.12 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 93     Switzerland: 29.98 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 94     Poland: 29.76 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 95     Sudan: 29.67 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 96     Thailand: 29 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 97     French Polynesia: 28.69 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 98     Virgin Islands: 28.57 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 99     Dominican Republic: 28.44 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 100     São Tomé and Príncipe: 28.12 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 101     Guinea: 28.1 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 102     Albania: 28.07 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 103     Greece: 27.94 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 104     France: 27.91 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 105     Saint Lucia: 27.87 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 106     Romania: 27.71 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 107     Nepal: 27.27 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 108     Ghana: 26.78 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 109     Philippines: 26.66 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 110     Serbia and Montenegro: 25.97 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 111     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 25.64 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 112     Burkina Faso: 25.27 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 113     Mozambique: 24.88 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 114     Benin: 24.18 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 115     India: 22.72 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 116     Madagascar: 22.39 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 117     Cuba: 22.17 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 118     Botswana: 22.12 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 119     Belgium: 22.06 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 120     Australia: 21.43 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 121     Hungary: 21.28 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 122     Chile: 21.15 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 123     Uganda: 20.59 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 124     Antigua and Barbuda: 20.45 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 125     Cape Verde: 20.35 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 126     Bermuda: 20 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 127     China: 18.98 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 128     Mauritius: 18.72 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 129     Cyprus: 18.72 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 130     Ukraine: 16.41 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 131     Mayotte: 16.04 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 132     El Salvador: 15.64 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 133     Eritrea: 15.6 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 134     Nigeria: 14.42 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 135     Rwanda: 13.94 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 136     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 13.89 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 137     Ethiopia: 13.7 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 138     Turkey: 13.06 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 139     Lebanon: 12.81 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 140     Argentina: 12.34 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 141     Somalia: 11.98 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 142     Grenada: 11.76 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 143     United Kingdom: 11.54 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 144     Denmark: 11.45 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 145     Azerbaijan: 11.33 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 146     Armenia: 10.82 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 147     Mali: 10.71 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 148     Netherlands: 10.63 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 149     Moldova: 9.91 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 150     Chad: 9.78 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 151     Namibia: 9.76 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 152     Morocco: 9.7 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 153     Togo: 8.94 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 154     Ireland: 8.84 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 155     Turkmenistan: 8.78 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 156     Uruguay: 8.05 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 157     Burundi: 7.71 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 158     South Africa: 7.58 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 159     Israel: 7.58 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 160     Uzbekistan: 7.55 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 161     Mongolia: 6.81 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 162     Bangladesh: 6.79 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 163     Iran: 6.77 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 164     Kenya: 6.29 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 165     Tunisia: 6.17 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 166     Tonga: 5.56 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 167     Man, Isle of: 5.24 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 168     Barbados: 4.65 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 169     Kyrgyzstan: 4.47 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 170     Haiti: 3.96 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 171     United Arab Emirates: 3.71 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 172     Comoros: 3.59 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 173     Maldives: 3.33 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 174     Singapore: 2.99 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 175     Tajikistan: 2.93 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 176     Pakistan: 2.74 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 177     Kiribati: 2.74 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 178     Syria: 2.35 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 179     Iraq: 1.87 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 180     Afghanistan: 1.56 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 181     Saudi Arabia: 1.36 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 182     Netherlands Antilles: 1.25 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 183     Kazakhstan: 1.25 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 184     Niger: 1.05 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 185     Yemen: 1.04 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 186     Jordan: 0.94 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 187     Algeria: 0.9 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 188     Iceland: 0.38 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 189     Mauritania: 0.31 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 190     Kuwait: 0.28 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 191     Djibouti: 0.26 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 192     Lesotho: 0.23 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 193     Libya: 0.12 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 194     Egypt: 0.06 % of land area   2000 Time series
# 195     Oman: 0.01 % of land area   2000 Time series
Weighted average: 31.3 % of land area  


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

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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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