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Geography Statistics > Forest area > % of land area (2002) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Suriname: 94.72 %   2002 Time series
# 2     American Samoa: 90 %   2002 Time series
# 3     Seychelles: 86.96 %   2002 Time series
# 4     Palau: 86.74 %   2002 Time series
# 5     Gabon: 84.63 %   2002 Time series
# 6     Solomon Islands: 81.86 %   2002 Time series
# 7     Bhutan: 78.91 %   2002 Time series
# 8     Guyana: 76.73 %   2002 Time series
# 9     Guinea-Bissau: 74.7 %   2002 Time series
# 10     Finland: 73.82 %   2002 Time series
# 11     Northern Mariana Islands: 73.04 %   2002 Time series
# 12     Belize: 72.47 %   2002 Time series
# 13     Laos: 70.95 %   2002 Time series
# 14     Japan: 68.24 %   2002 Time series
# 15     Sweden: 67.01 %   2002 Time series
# 16     Congo, Republic of the: 65.95 %   2002 Time series
# 17     Papua New Guinea: 65.92 %   2002 Time series
# 18     Malaysia: 64.86 %   2002 Time series
# 19     Cambodia: 62.9 %   2002 Time series
# 20     Dominica: 62.4 %   2002 Time series
# 21     Slovenia: 62.03 %   2002 Time series
# 22     Samoa: 60.42 %   2002 Time series
# 23     Equatorial Guinea: 59.81 %   2002 Time series
# 24     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 59.36 %   2002 Time series
# 25     Zambia: 58.9 %   2002 Time series
# 26     Panama: 57.87 %   2002 Time series
# 27     Brazil: 57.57 %   2002 Time series
# 28     East Timor: 55.92 %   2002 Time series
# 29     Venezuela: 55.07 %   2002 Time series
# 30     Bolivia: 54.97 %   2002 Time series
# 31     Colombia: 54.86 %   2002 Time series
# 32     Fiji: 54.73 %   2002 Time series
# 33     Peru: 53.93 %   2002 Time series
# 34     Brunei: 53.89 %   2002 Time series
# 35     Estonia: 53.3 %   2002 Time series
# 36     Indonesia: 51.95 %   2002 Time series
# 37     Bahamas, The: 51.45 %   2002 Time series
# 38     Burma: 51.44 %   2002 Time series
# 39     Russia: 49.39 %   2002 Time series
# 40     Guam: 47.96 %   2002 Time series
# 41     Paraguay: 47.85 %   2002 Time series
# 42     Zimbabwe: 47.77 %   2002 Time series
# 43     Angola: 47.71 %   2002 Time series
# 44     Cayman Islands: 47.69 %   2002 Time series
# 45     Latvia: 46.68 %   2002 Time series
# 46     Austria: 46.67 %   2002 Time series
# 47     Costa Rica: 46.65 %   2002 Time series
# 48     Gambia, The: 46.5 %   2002 Time series
# 49     Cameroon: 46.34 %   2002 Time series
# 50     Puerto Rico: 45.93 %   2002 Time series
# 51     Senegal: 45.75 %   2002 Time series
# 52     Honduras: 45.73 %   2002 Time series
# 53     Nicaragua: 45 %   2002 Time series
# 54     Trinidad and Tobago: 44.29 %   2002 Time series
# 55     Liechtenstein: 43.13 %   2002 Time series
# 56     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 42.68 %   2002 Time series
# 57     Ecuador: 41.34 %   2002 Time series
# 58     Tanzania: 41.2 %   2002 Time series
# 59     Portugal: 40.03 %   2002 Time series
# 60     Slovakia: 40 %   2002 Time series
# 61     Georgia: 39.72 %   2002 Time series
# 62     Vietnam: 39.31 %   2002 Time series
# 63     Sierra Leone: 39.27 %   2002 Time series
# 64     New Caledonia: 39.22 %   2002 Time series
# 65     Belarus: 38.78 %   2002 Time series
# 66     Guatemala: 38.26 %   2002 Time series
# 67     Croatia: 38.12 %   2002 Time series
# 68     Malawi: 37.21 %   2002 Time series
# 69     Central African Republic: 36.67 %   2002 Time series
# 70     Turks and Caicos Islands: 36.21 %   2002 Time series
# 71     Vanuatu: 36.05 %   2002 Time series
# 72     Macedonia, Republic of: 35.63 %   2002 Time series
# 73     Liberia: 34.62 %   2002 Time series
# 74     Czech Republic: 34.18 %   2002 Time series
# 75     Spain: 34.12 %   2002 Time series
# 76     Canada: 34.1 %   2002 Time series
# 77     Luxembourg: 33.51 %   2002 Time series
# 78     Mexico: 33.45 %   2002 Time series
# 79     Tuvalu: 33.33 %   2002 Time series
# 80     United States: 33.03 %   2002 Time series
# 81     Italy: 32.84 %   2002 Time series
# 82     Lithuania: 32.73 %   2002 Time series
# 83     Côte d'Ivoire: 32.57 %   2002 Time series
# 84     Bulgaria: 31.94 %   2002 Time series
# 85     Germany: 31.76 %   2002 Time series
# 86     Jamaica: 31.41 %   2002 Time series
# 87     Sri Lanka: 31.29 %   2002 Time series
# 88     New Zealand: 30.85 %   2002 Time series
# 89     Norway: 30.68 %   2002 Time series
# 90     Swaziland: 30.64 %   2002 Time series
# 91     Switzerland: 30.2 %   2002 Time series
# 92     Poland: 29.75 %   2002 Time series
# 93     Sudan: 29.17 %   2002 Time series
# 94     Thailand: 28.77 %   2002 Time series
# 95     French Polynesia: 28.69 %   2002 Time series
# 96     Virgin Islands: 28.57 %   2002 Time series
# 97     São Tomé and Príncipe: 28.54 %   2002 Time series
# 98     Dominican Republic: 28.48 %   2002 Time series
# 99     Albania: 28.43 %   2002 Time series
# 100     Greece: 28.4 %   2002 Time series
# 101     France: 28.18 %   2002 Time series
# 102     Saint Lucia: 27.87 %   2002 Time series
# 103     Guinea: 27.8 %   2002 Time series
# 104     Romania: 27.7 %   2002 Time series
# 105     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 26.67 %   2002 Time series
# 106     Nepal: 26.47 %   2002 Time series
# 107     Ghana: 25.77 %   2002 Time series
# 108     Philippines: 25.6 %   2002 Time series
# 109     Burkina Faso: 25.1 %   2002 Time series
# 110     Mozambique: 24.69 %   2002 Time series
# 111     Cuba: 23.19 %   2002 Time series
# 112     Benin: 23.01 %   2002 Time series
# 113     India: 22.74 %   2002 Time series
# 114     Madagascar: 22.27 %   2002 Time series
# 115     Belgium: 22.03 %   2002 Time series
# 116     Botswana: 21.7 %   2002 Time series
# 117     Hungary: 21.59 %   2002 Time series
# 118     Chile: 21.44 %   2002 Time series
# 119     Australia: 21.38 %   2002 Time series
# 120     Antigua and Barbuda: 21.36 %   2002 Time series
# 121     Cape Verde: 20.52 %   2002 Time series
# 122     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 20.38 %   2002 Time series
# 123     Bermuda: 20 %   2002 Time series
# 124     China: 19.85 %   2002 Time series
# 125     Uganda: 19.72 %   2002 Time series
# 126     Cyprus: 18.77 %   2002 Time series
# 127     Mauritius: 18.52 %   2002 Time series
# 128     Ukraine: 16.46 %   2002 Time series
# 129     Rwanda: 16.15 %   2002 Time series
# 130     Eritrea: 15.52 %   2002 Time series
# 131     El Salvador: 15.14 %   2002 Time series
# 132     Mayotte: 14.97 %   2002 Time series
# 133     Nigeria: 13.52 %   2002 Time series
# 134     Ethiopia: 13.42 %   2002 Time series
# 135     Turkey: 13.12 %   2002 Time series
# 136     Lebanon: 13.02 %   2002 Time series
# 137     Argentina: 12.23 %   2002 Time series
# 138     Grenada: 12.06 %   2002 Time series
# 139     Somalia: 11.73 %   2002 Time series
# 140     United Kingdom: 11.63 %   2002 Time series
# 141     Denmark: 11.59 %   2002 Time series
# 142     Azerbaijan: 11.33 %   2002 Time series
# 143     Netherlands: 10.72 %   2002 Time series
# 144     Mali: 10.55 %   2002 Time series
# 145     Armenia: 10.5 %   2002 Time series
# 146     Moldova: 9.95 %   2002 Time series
# 147     Morocco: 9.73 %   2002 Time series
# 148     Chad: 9.66 %   2002 Time series
# 149     Namibia: 9.58 %   2002 Time series
# 150     Ireland: 9.19 %   2002 Time series
# 151     Turkmenistan: 8.78 %   2002 Time series
# 152     Uruguay: 8.27 %   2002 Time series
# 153     Togo: 8.2 %   2002 Time series
# 154     Israel: 7.71 %   2002 Time series
# 155     Uzbekistan: 7.63 %   2002 Time series
# 156     South Africa: 7.58 %   2002 Time series
# 157     Burundi: 6.99 %   2002 Time series
# 158     Mongolia: 6.76 %   2002 Time series
# 159     Bangladesh: 6.75 %   2002 Time series
# 160     Tunisia: 6.42 %   2002 Time series
# 161     Kenya: 6.25 %   2002 Time series
# 162     Man, Isle of: 6.14 %   2002 Time series
# 163     Tonga: 5 %   2002 Time series
# 164     Kyrgyzstan: 4.5 %   2002 Time series
# 165     Barbados: 3.95 %   2002 Time series
# 166     Haiti: 3.9 %   2002 Time series
# 167     Comoros: 3.76 %   2002 Time series
# 168     United Arab Emirates: 3.72 %   2002 Time series
# 169     Singapore: 3.41 %   2002 Time series
# 170     Maldives: 3 %   2002 Time series
# 171     Tajikistan: 2.93 %   2002 Time series
# 172     Kiribati: 2.72 %   2002 Time series
# 173     Pakistan: 2.63 %   2002 Time series
# 174     Syria: 2.41 %   2002 Time series
# 175     Aruba: 2.22 %   2002 Time series
# 176     Iraq: 1.87 %   2002 Time series
# 177     San Marino: 1.67 %   2002 Time series
# 178     Netherlands Antilles: 1.5 %   2002 Time series
# 179     Afghanistan: 1.47 %   2002 Time series
# 180     Saudi Arabia: 1.36 %   2002 Time series
# 181     Kazakhstan: 1.24 %   2002 Time series
# 182     Niger: 1.03 %   2002 Time series
# 183     Jordan: 0.94 %   2002 Time series
# 184     Malta: 0.94 %   2002 Time series
# 185     Algeria: 0.92 %   2002 Time series
# 186     Bahrain: 0.56 %   2002 Time series
# 187     Iceland: 0.41 %   2002 Time series
# 188     Mauritania: 0.29 %   2002 Time series
# 189     Kuwait: 0.29 %   2002 Time series
# 190     Djibouti: 0.24 %   2002 Time series
# 191     Lesotho: 0.24 %   2002 Time series
# 192     Libya: 0.12 %   2002 Time series
# 193     Faroe Islands: 0.07 %   2002 Time series
# 194     Oman: 0.01 %   2002 Time series
# 195     Greenland: 0 %   2002 Time series
Weighted average: 30.1 %  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 36.68 %   


DEFINITION: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens."

SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organisation, electronic files and web site.

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"Forest area > % of land area (2002) by country", Food and Agriculture Organisation, electronic files and web site.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/geo_for_are_of_lan_are-geography-forest-area-of-land&date=2002

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