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DEFINITION:
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 328.91 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Guyana | 201.06 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Gabon | 157.35 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 4 | Canada | 96.02 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 5 | Australia | 80.52 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Botswana | 67.67 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Bolivia | 63.97 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Belize | 56.65 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Russia | 56.51 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Central African Republic | 56.36 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Congo, Republic of the | 56.19 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Bhutan | 50.16 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Papua New Guinea | 50 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 45.56 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 14 | Solomon Islands | 45.46 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Finland | 42.89 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Mongolia | 40.14 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Namibia | 37.72 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Angola | 37.08 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 19 | Zambia | 36.38 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 32.41 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 21 | Paraguay | 31.32 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 22 | New Caledonia | 30.58 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 23 | Sweden | 30.5 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Laos | 28.5 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Brazil | 25.63 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 25.04 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 26 | Peru | 24.58 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 23.22 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Vanuatu | 20.82 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 29 | Norway | 20.3 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 30 | New Zealand | 20.27 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Palau | 19.9 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 18.72 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 32 | Sudan | 18.64 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 33 | Venezuela | 17.95 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 34 | Estonia | 16.97 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 16.81 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 16.54 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 16.32 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 35 | The Bahamas | 15.94 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 14.33 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 13.73 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 13.63 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 36 | Colombia | 13.51 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 13.49 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 37 | Zimbabwe | 13.48 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Panama | 13.29 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 13.24 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.06 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Cameroon | 13.02 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 41 | Latvia | 12.78 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Chad | 12.23 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 12.17 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 12.14 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 43 | Fiji | 11.8 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 11.61 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| failed states average (profile) | 10.72 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| South Asia average (profile) | 10.25 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 44 | United States | 10.22 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Nicaragua | 10.08 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Chile | 9.89 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Mozambique | 9.73 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Liberia | 9.61 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 9.46 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 9.35 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 49 | Mali | 9.3 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Samoa | 9.24 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 51 | Tanzania | 9.16 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 52 | Somalia | 8.67 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Turkmenistan | 8.54 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Argentina | 8.52 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 8.39 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 55 | Malaysia | 8.24 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Ecuador | 8.2 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 57 | East Timor | 8.18 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Belarus | 8.07 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 7.7 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 59 | Guinea | 7.47 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 60 | Senegal | 7.44 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Brunei | 7.44 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 62 | Cambodia | 7.42 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 63 | Madagascar | 6.9 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 6.7 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 6.65 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 6.51 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 64 | Honduras | 6.45 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Dominica | 6.39 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Burma | 6.38 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 67 | Slovenia | 6.32 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 6.29 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 68 | Mexico | 6.23 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 6.22 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 69 | Georgia | 6.17 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 70 | Lithuania | 6.15 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 6.07 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 71 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.73 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 72 | Federated States of Micronesia | 5.7 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 5.68 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.59 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Costa Rica | 5.53 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 5.22 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 75 | Burkina Faso | 5.14 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 76 | Sierra Leone | 4.98 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 77 | Croatia | 4.8 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 78 | Swaziland | 4.78 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 79 | Seychelles | 4.73 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Austria | 4.69 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 81 | Bulgaria | 4.68 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Uruguay | 4.56 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 83 | Spain | 4.13 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 84 | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.11 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 85 | French Polynesia | 4.09 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Indonesia | 4.01 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Portugal | 3.59 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 88 | Slovakia | 3.58 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 89 | Eritrea | 3.53 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Greece | 3.38 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 91 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3.34 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 92 | Guatemala | 3.13 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 93 | The Gambia | 3.1 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 94 | American Samoa | 3.09 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Romania | 2.94 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 2.9 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 96 | Benin | 2.79 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 97 | North Korea | 2.75 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 98 | Cayman Islands | 2.67 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 99 | Malawi | 2.64 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Czech Republic | 2.59 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 101 | France | 2.56 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 102 | Albania | 2.54 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Ghana | 2.5 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Andorra | 2.42 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 105 | Poland | 2.41 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 106 | Cuba | 2.41 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Cyprus | 2.3 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 108 | Thailand | 2.26 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 2.2 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 110 | Ukraine | 2.03 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 111 | Liechtenstein | 2.01 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 112 | South Africa | 1.96 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 113 | Hungary | 1.96 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 114 | Japan | 1.95 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 115 | Luxembourg | 1.91 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 116 | Ethiopia | 1.82 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.73 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.73 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 119 | Italy | 1.7 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.69 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 121 | Cape Verde | 1.66 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Switzerland | 1.64 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Iran | 1.62 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 124 | Ireland | 1.61 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 125 | Vietnam | 1.56 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 126 | Iceland | 1.55 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 127 | Guam | 1.53 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 128 | China | 1.51 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 1.45 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 130 | Morocco | 1.45 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 131 | Turkey | 1.41 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 132 | Germany | 1.34 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 133 | Nepal | 1.34 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 134 | South Korea | 1.3 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 135 | Jamaica | 1.28 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| =136 | Uganda | 1.26 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| =136 | Uzbekistan | 1.26 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 138 | Saudi Arabia | 1.18 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 139 | Azerbaijan | 1.12 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.09 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 141 | Tunisia | 1.05 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 142 | Puerto Rico | 1.04 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 143 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.04 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 144 | Saint Lucia | 1.03 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 145 | Kenya | 1.03 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 146 | Sri Lanka | 0.985 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 147 | Armenia | 0.938 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 148 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.924 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 149 | Denmark | 0.923 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 150 | Virgin Islands | 0.92 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 151 | Niger | 0.907 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 152 | Mauritania | 0.87 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 153 | Philippines | 0.862 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 154 | Moldova | 0.849 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 155 | Nigeria | 0.784 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 156 | Algeria | 0.693 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 157 | United Arab Emirates | 0.688 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 158 | Belgium | 0.637 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 159 | Togo | 0.628 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 160 | Tajikistan | 0.626 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 161 | India | 0.619 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 0.541 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
| 162 | Rwanda | 0.531 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 163 | United Kingdom | 0.472 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 164 | El Salvador | 0.433 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 165 | Tonga | 0.391 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 166 | Grenada | 0.376 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 167 | Libya | 0.371 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 168 | Lebanon | 0.339 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 169 | Iraq | 0.315 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 170 | Mauritius | 0.298 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 171 | Afghanistan | 0.29 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 172 | Mayotte | 0.278 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 173 | Yemen | 0.262 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 174 | Israel | 0.247 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 175 | Syria | 0.242 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 176 | Netherlands | 0.224 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 177 | Kiribati | 0.202 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 178 | Burundi | 0.201 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 179 | Bermuda | 0.157 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 180 | Jordan | 0.153 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 181 | Haiti | 0.123 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 182 | Pakistan | 0.122 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 183 | Comoros | 0.083 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 184 | Djibouti | 0.076 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 185 | Barbados | 0.074 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 186 | Bangladesh | 0.061 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 187 | Netherlands Antilles | 0.055 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 188 | Lesotho | 0.045 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 189 | Maldives | 0.03 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 190 | Kuwait | 0.024 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 191 | Egypt | 0.009 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 192 | Oman | 0.008 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
| 193 | Singapore | 0.005 km² per 1,000 people | 2005 |