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Environment Statistics > Forest area > sq. km (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Suriname: 328.913 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 2     Guyana: 201.06 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 3     Gabon: 157.352 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 4     Canada: 96.02 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 5     Australia: 80.515 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 6     Botswana: 67.669 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 7     Bolivia: 63.973 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 8     Belize: 56.648 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 9     Russia: 56.514 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 10     Central African Republic: 56.356 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 11     Congo, Republic of the: 56.193 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 12     Bhutan: 50.156 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 13     Papua New Guinea: 50.002 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 14     Solomon Islands: 45.464 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 15     Finland: 42.889 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 16     Mongolia: 40.141 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 17     Namibia: 37.716 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 18     Angola: 37.076 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 19     Zambia: 36.382 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 20     Equatorial Guinea: 32.412 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 21     Paraguay: 31.321 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 22     New Caledonia: 30.578 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 23     Sweden: 30.505 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 24     Laos: 28.5 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 25     Brazil: 25.627 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 26     Peru: 24.579 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 27     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 23.217 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 28     Vanuatu: 20.817 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 29     Norway: 20.304 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 30     New Zealand: 20.271 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 31     Palau: 19.9 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 32     Sudan: 18.642 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 33     Venezuela: 17.953 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 34     Estonia: 16.968 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 35     Bahamas, The: 15.941 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 36     Colombia: 13.511 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 37     Zimbabwe: 13.482 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 38     Panama: 13.288 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 39     Guinea-Bissau: 13.061 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 40     Cameroon: 13.016 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 41     Latvia: 12.784 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 42     Chad: 12.228 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 43     Fiji: 11.797 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 44     United States: 10.225 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 45     Nicaragua: 10.077 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 46     Chile: 9.893 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 47     Mozambique: 9.732 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 48     Liberia: 9.606 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 49     Mali: 9.3 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 50     Samoa: 9.244 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 51     Tanzania: 9.163 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 52     Somalia: 8.667 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 53     Turkmenistan: 8.539 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 54     Argentina: 8.522 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 55     Malaysia: 8.241 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 56     Ecuador: 8.204 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 57     East Timor: 8.18 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 58     Belarus: 8.075 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 59     Guinea: 7.469 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 60     Senegal: 7.439 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 61     Brunei: 7.437 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 62     Cambodia: 7.424 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 63     Madagascar: 6.9 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 64     Honduras: 6.451 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 65     Dominica: 6.389 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 66     Burma: 6.378 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 67     Slovenia: 6.318 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 68     Mexico: 6.231 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 69     Georgia: 6.168 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 70     Lithuania: 6.148 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 71     Côte d'Ivoire: 5.732 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 72     Micronesia, Federated States of: 5.702 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 73     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 5.592 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 74     Costa Rica: 5.525 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 75     Burkina Faso: 5.136 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 76     Sierra Leone: 4.984 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 77     Croatia: 4.805 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 78     Swaziland: 4.783 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 79     Seychelles: 4.734 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 80     Austria: 4.691 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 81     Bulgaria: 4.683 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 82     Uruguay: 4.556 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 83     Macedonia, Republic of: 4.454 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 84     Spain: 4.128 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 85     Northern Mariana Islands: 4.11 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 86     French Polynesia: 4.092 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 87     Indonesia: 4.012 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 88     Portugal: 3.586 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 89     Slovakia: 3.581 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 90     Eritrea: 3.531 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 91     Greece: 3.379 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 92     Serbia and Montenegro: 3.341 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 93     Guatemala: 3.126 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 94     Gambia, The: 3.105 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 95     American Samoa: 3.087 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 96     Romania: 2.944 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 97     Benin: 2.786 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 98     Korea, North: 2.751 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 99     Cayman Islands: 2.667 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 100     Malawi: 2.64 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 101     Czech Republic: 2.587 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 102     France: 2.555 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 103     Albania: 2.537 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 104     Ghana: 2.495 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 105     Andorra: 2.417 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 106     Poland: 2.408 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 107     Cuba: 2.407 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 108     Cyprus: 2.296 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 109     Thailand: 2.261 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 110     Kazakhstan: 2.203 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 111     Ukraine: 2.034 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 112     Liechtenstein: 2.014 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 113     South Africa: 1.963 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 114     Hungary: 1.959 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 115     Japan: 1.946 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 116     Luxembourg: 1.905 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 117     Ethiopia: 1.824 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 118     Trinidad and Tobago: 1.731 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 119     São Tomé and Príncipe: 1.725 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 120     Italy: 1.703 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 121     Kyrgyzstan: 1.69 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 122     Cape Verde: 1.657 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 123     Switzerland: 1.642 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 124     Iran: 1.623 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 125     Ireland: 1.609 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 126     Vietnam: 1.556 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 127     Iceland: 1.55 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 128     Guam: 1.533 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 129     China: 1.512 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 130     Dominican Republic: 1.453 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 131     Morocco: 1.448 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 132     Turkey: 1.412 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 133     Germany: 1.343 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 134     Nepal: 1.34 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 135     Korea, South: 1.297 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 136     Jamaica: 1.277 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
= 137     Uzbekistan: 1.259 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
= 137     Uganda: 1.259 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 139     Saudi Arabia: 1.18 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 140     Azerbaijan: 1.116 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 141     Antigua and Barbuda: 1.087 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 142     Tunisia: 1.053 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 143     Puerto Rico: 1.043 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 144     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1.042 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 145     Saint Lucia: 1.032 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 146     Kenya: 1.028 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 147     Sri Lanka: 0.985 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 148     Armenia: 0.938 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 149     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.924 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 150     Denmark: 0.923 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 151     Virgin Islands: 0.92 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 152     Niger: 0.907 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 153     Mauritania: 0.87 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 154     Philippines: 0.862 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 155     Moldova: 0.849 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 156     Nigeria: 0.784 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 157     Algeria: 0.693 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 158     United Arab Emirates: 0.688 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 159     Belgium: 0.637 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 160     Togo: 0.628 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 161     Tajikistan: 0.626 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 162     India: 0.619 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 163     Rwanda: 0.531 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 164     United Kingdom: 0.472 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 165     El Salvador: 0.433 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 166     Man, Isle of: 0.394 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 167     Tonga: 0.391 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 168     Grenada: 0.376 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 169     Libya: 0.371 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 170     Lebanon: 0.339 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 171     Iraq: 0.315 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 172     Mauritius: 0.298 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 173     Afghanistan: 0.29 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 174     Mayotte: 0.278 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 175     Yemen: 0.262 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 176     Israel: 0.247 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 177     Syria: 0.242 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 178     Netherlands: 0.224 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 179     Kiribati: 0.202 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 180     Burundi: 0.201 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 181     Bermuda: 0.157 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 182     Jordan: 0.153 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 183     Haiti: 0.123 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 184     Pakistan: 0.122 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 185     Comoros: 0.083 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 186     Djibouti: 0.076 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 187     Barbados: 0.074 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 188     Bangladesh: 0.061 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 189     Netherlands Antilles: 0.055 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 190     Lesotho: 0.045 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 191     Maldives: 0.03 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 192     Kuwait: 0.024 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 193     Egypt: 0.009 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 194     Oman: 0.008 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 195     Singapore: 0.005 km² per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
Weighted average: 12.7 km² per 1,000 people  


DEFINITION: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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"Forest area > sq. km (per capita) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/env_for_are_sq_km_percap-area-sq-km-per-capita

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Staff Editor
6th April 2011 		Staff response to Doug, comment posted on 2011-03-26 15:12:00

Thanks Doug. You're right. It doesn't add up. We'll look into this.
Doug
26th March 2011 		If Suriname has a land area of only 163,820 sq km according to the CIA world factbook, then how can it have 328,912 sq km of forrested land per 1000 people? This whole list, "Forest Area per capita" does not appear to be correct and should be checked

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