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Environment Statistics > Forest area > % of land area (2005) by country

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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
# 3     American Samoa: 90 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 4     Palau: 86.96 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 5     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
# 31     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     United Kingdom: 11.76 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 143     Grenada: 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     Lesotho: 0.26 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 191     Djibouti: 0.26 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 192     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.

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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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