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DEFINITION:
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Suriname | 295.8 km² | 2005 | ||
2 | Guyana | 198.52 km² | 2005 | ||
3 | Gabon | 157.85 km² | 2005 | ||
4 | Canada | 95.98 km² | 2005 | ||
5 | Australia | 80.25 km² | 2005 | ||
6 | Botswana | 63.67 km² | 2005 | ||
7 | Bolivia | 62.79 km² | 2005 | ||
8 | Belize | 60.79 km² | 2005 | ||
9 | Central African Republic | 57.45 km² | 2005 | ||
10 | Russia | 56.5 km² | 2005 | ||
11 | Bhutan | 49.12 km² | 2005 | ||
12 | Papua New Guinea | 48.29 km² | 2005 | ||
13 | Solomon Islands | 46.28 km² | 2005 | ||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 44.63 km² | 2005 | |||
14 | Finland | 42.89 km² | 2005 | ||
15 | Mongolia | 40.58 km² | 2005 | ||
16 | Namibia | 37.79 km² | 2005 | ||
17 | Zambia | 37.01 km² | 2005 | ||
18 | Angola | 35.72 km² | 2005 | ||
19 | Paraguay | 31.29 km² | 2005 | ||
20 | New Caledonia | 30.59 km² | 2005 | ||
21 | Sweden | 30.49 km² | 2005 | ||
22 | Laos | 27.88 km² | 2005 | ||
23 | Equatorial Guinea | 27.04 km² | 2005 | ||
24 | Brazil | 25.66 km² | 2005 | ||
25 | Peru | 24.8 km² | 2005 | ||
26 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 24.73 km² | 2005 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 24.08 km² | 2005 | |||
27 | Sudan | 21.38 km² | 2005 | ||
28 | Vanuatu | 21.01 km² | 2005 | ||
29 | Norway | 20.3 km² | 2005 | ||
30 | New Zealand | 20.1 km² | 2005 | ||
31 | Palau | 20.09 km² | 2005 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 18.69 km² | 2005 | |||
32 | Venezuela | 17.85 km² | 2005 | ||
33 | Estonia | 16.97 km² | 2005 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 16.55 km² | 2005 | |||
Hot countries average (profile) | 16.41 km² | 2005 | |||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 16.31 km² | 2005 | |||
34 | The Bahamas | 15.65 km² | 2005 | ||
35 | Guinea-Bissau | 14.58 km² | 2005 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 14.32 km² | 2005 | |||
36 | Colombia | 14.06 km² | 2005 | ||
37 | Zimbabwe | 13.8 km² | 2005 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 13.64 km² | 2005 | |||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 13.57 km² | 2005 | |||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 13.52 km² | 2005 | |||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 12.86 km² | 2005 | |||
38 | Latvia | 12.78 km² | 2005 | ||
39 | Panama | 12.76 km² | 2005 | ||
40 | Fiji | 12.16 km² | 2005 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 12.12 km² | 2005 | |||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 12.08 km² | 2005 | |||
41 | Chad | 11.9 km² | 2005 | ||
42 | Cameroon | 11.71 km² | 2005 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 11.59 km² | 2005 | |||
failed states average (profile) | 11.15 km² | 2005 | |||
43 | Mali | 10.53 km² | 2005 | ||
44 | United States | 10.26 km² | 2005 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 10.05 km² | 2005 | |||
45 | Chile | 9.87 km² | 2005 | ||
46 | Liberia | 9.65 km² | 2005 | ||
47 | Nicaragua | 9.51 km² | 2005 | ||
48 | Samoa | 9.5 km² | 2005 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 9.35 km² | 2005 | |||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 9.26 km² | 2005 | |||
49 | Mozambique | 9.17 km² | 2005 | ||
50 | Tanzania | 9.08 km² | 2005 | ||
51 | Turkmenistan | 8.69 km² | 2005 | ||
52 | Argentina | 8.54 km² | 2005 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 8.42 km² | 2005 | |||
53 | Somalia | 8.42 km² | 2005 | ||
54 | Belarus | 8.17 km² | 2005 | ||
55 | East Timor | 8.12 km² | 2005 | ||
56 | Malaysia | 8.08 km² | 2005 | ||
57 | Ecuador | 7.88 km² | 2005 | ||
58 | Cambodia | 7.82 km² | 2005 | ||
59 | Senegal | 7.7 km² | 2005 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 7.69 km² | 2005 | |||
60 | Brunei | 7.56 km² | 2005 | ||
61 | Guinea | 7.02 km² | 2005 | ||
62 | Madagascar | 7.02 km² | 2005 | ||
63 | Honduras | 6.74 km² | 2005 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 6.68 km² | 2005 | |||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 6.67 km² | 2005 | |||
64 | Dominica | 6.52 km² | 2005 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 6.46 km² | 2005 | |||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 6.45 km² | 2005 | |||
65 | Burma | 6.42 km² | 2005 | ||
66 | Georgia | 6.33 km² | 2005 | ||
67 | Slovenia | 6.32 km² | 2005 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 6.2 km² | 2005 | |||
68 | Lithuania | 6.15 km² | 2005 | ||
69 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.98 km² | 2005 | ||
70 | Federated States of Micronesia | 5.93 km² | 2005 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 5.92 km² | 2005 | |||
71 | Mexico | 5.8 km² | 2005 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 5.67 km² | 2005 | |||
72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.63 km² | 2005 | ||
73 | Costa Rica | 5.53 km² | 2005 | ||
74 | Sierra Leone | 5.38 km² | 2005 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 5.17 km² | 2005 | |||
75 | Northern Mariana Islands | 5.13 km² | 2005 | ||
76 | Burkina Faso | 5.06 km² | 2005 | ||
77 | Swaziland | 4.9 km² | 2005 | ||
78 | Seychelles | 4.83 km² | 2005 | ||
79 | Croatia | 4.81 km² | 2005 | ||
80 | Austria | 4.69 km² | 2005 | ||
81 | Bulgaria | 4.68 km² | 2005 | ||
82 | Uruguay | 4.53 km² | 2005 | ||
83 | Spain | 4.13 km² | 2005 | ||
84 | French Polynesia | 4.12 km² | 2005 | ||
85 | Indonesia | 3.94 km² | 2005 | ||
86 | Portugal | 3.59 km² | 2005 | ||
87 | Slovakia | 3.58 km² | 2005 | ||
88 | Greece | 3.38 km² | 2005 | ||
89 | The Gambia | 3.28 km² | 2005 | ||
90 | Eritrea | 3.2 km² | 2005 | ||
91 | Guatemala | 3.11 km² | 2005 | ||
92 | American Samoa | 3.04 km² | 2005 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 2.99 km² | 2005 | |||
93 | Romania | 2.94 km² | 2005 | ||
94 | Benin | 2.87 km² | 2005 | ||
95 | Malawi | 2.63 km² | 2005 | ||
96 | North Korea | 2.6 km² | 2005 | ||
97 | Czech Republic | 2.59 km² | 2005 | ||
98 | Ghana | 2.58 km² | 2005 | ||
99 | Albania | 2.48 km² | 2005 | ||
100 | Cayman Islands | 2.47 km² | 2005 | ||
101 | France | 2.46 km² | 2005 | ||
102 | Poland | 2.41 km² | 2005 | ||
103 | Cuba | 2.4 km² | 2005 | ||
104 | Thailand | 2.21 km² | 2005 | ||
105 | Kazakhstan | 2.2 km² | 2005 | ||
106 | Ukraine | 2.03 km² | 2005 | ||
107 | Liechtenstein | 2.01 km² | 2005 | ||
108 | Andorra | 1.97 km² | 2005 | ||
109 | Hungary | 1.96 km² | 2005 | ||
110 | South Africa | 1.95 km² | 2005 | ||
111 | Japan | 1.95 km² | 2005 | ||
112 | Luxembourg | 1.87 km² | 2005 | ||
113 | Cape Verde | 1.75 km² | 2005 | ||
114 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.75 km² | 2005 | ||
115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.74 km² | 2005 | ||
116 | Ethiopia | 1.71 km² | 2005 | ||
117 | Italy | 1.7 km² | 2005 | ||
118 | Cyprus | 1.69 km² | 2005 | ||
119 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.68 km² | 2005 | ||
120 | Switzerland | 1.64 km² | 2005 | ||
121 | Guam | 1.64 km² | 2005 | ||
122 | Ireland | 1.61 km² | 2005 | ||
123 | Iran | 1.58 km² | 2005 | ||
124 | Vietnam | 1.57 km² | 2005 | ||
125 | Iceland | 1.55 km² | 2005 | ||
126 | China | 1.51 km² | 2005 | ||
127 | Turkey | 1.5 km² | 2005 | ||
128 | Dominican Republic | 1.47 km² | 2005 | ||
129 | Morocco | 1.45 km² | 2005 | ||
130 | Nepal | 1.44 km² | 2005 | ||
131 | Germany | 1.34 km² | 2005 | ||
132 | South Korea | 1.3 km² | 2005 | ||
133 | Jamaica | 1.28 km² | 2005 | ||
134 | Uganda | 1.26 km² | 2005 | ||
135 | Uzbekistan | 1.26 km² | 2005 | ||
136 | Azerbaijan | 1.12 km² | 2005 | ||
137 | Saudi Arabia | 1.1 km² | 2005 | ||
138 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.09 km² | 2005 | ||
139 | Puerto Rico | 1.07 km² | 2005 | ||
140 | Tunisia | 1.05 km² | 2005 | ||
141 | Saint Lucia | 1.03 km² | 2005 | ||
142 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.02 km² | 2005 | ||
143 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.01 km² | 2005 | ||
144 | Kenya | 0.984 km² | 2005 | ||
145 | Sri Lanka | 0.984 km² | 2005 | ||
146 | Niger | 0.96 km² | 2005 | ||
147 | Armenia | 0.939 km² | 2005 | ||
148 | Denmark | 0.923 km² | 2005 | ||
149 | Moldova | 0.915 km² | 2005 | ||
150 | Mauritania | 0.849 km² | 2005 | ||
151 | Philippines | 0.835 km² | 2005 | ||
152 | Nigeria | 0.794 km² | 2005 | ||
153 | United Arab Emirates | 0.752 km² | 2005 | ||
154 | Togo | 0.697 km² | 2005 | ||
155 | Algeria | 0.67 km² | 2005 | ||
156 | Belgium | 0.637 km² | 2005 | ||
157 | Tajikistan | 0.602 km² | 2005 | ||
158 | India | 0.601 km² | 2005 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 0.538 km² | 2005 | |||
159 | Rwanda | 0.509 km² | 2005 | ||
160 | El Salvador | 0.491 km² | 2005 | ||
161 | United Kingdom | 0.472 km² | 2005 | ||
162 | Tonga | 0.396 km² | 2005 | ||
163 | Grenada | 0.389 km² | 2005 | ||
164 | Libya | 0.388 km² | 2005 | ||
165 | Afghanistan | 0.349 km² | 2005 | ||
166 | Lebanon | 0.341 km² | 2005 | ||
167 | Iraq | 0.3 km² | 2005 | ||
168 | Mauritius | 0.298 km² | 2005 | ||
169 | Yemen | 0.273 km² | 2005 | ||
170 | Syria | 0.254 km² | 2005 | ||
171 | Israel | 0.247 km² | 2005 | ||
172 | Netherlands | 0.224 km² | 2005 | ||
173 | Kiribati | 0.221 km² | 2005 | ||
174 | Burundi | 0.196 km² | 2005 | ||
175 | Bermuda | 0.156 km² | 2005 | ||
176 | Jordan | 0.153 km² | 2005 | ||
177 | Pakistan | 0.12 km² | 2005 | ||
178 | Haiti | 0.113 km² | 2005 | ||
179 | Comoros | 0.0832 km² | 2005 | ||
180 | Djibouti | 0.0773 km² | 2005 | ||
181 | Barbados | 0.0731 km² | 2005 | ||
182 | Bangladesh | 0.0609 km² | 2005 | ||
183 | Lesotho | 0.0415 km² | 2005 | ||
184 | Maldives | 0.0336 km² | 2005 | ||
185 | Kuwait | 0.0261 km² | 2005 | ||
186 | Egypt | 0.00933 km² | 2005 | ||
187 | Oman | 0.00793 km² | 2005 | ||
188 | Singapore | 0.00469 km² | 2005 |