Primary Forest Area
This key economic indicator for the Agricultural Land sector has been recently updated.
- In 2019, Primary Forest Area in Venezuela grew 0.1points compared to the previous year.
- Since 2014 Venezuela Primary Forest Area increased 0.1points year on year close to 98.23 Percent of Forest Area.
- In 2019 Ecuador was number 2 in Primary Forest Area.
Top Countries in Primary Forest Area
# | 119 Countries | Percent of Forest Area | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
#1
Mongolia
|
99.99 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
2 |
#2
Ecuador
|
99.37 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
3 |
#3
Venezuela
|
98.23 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
4 |
#4
French Guiana
|
95.93 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.0 % | View data |
5 |
#5
Suriname
|
90.90 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.2 % | View data |
6 |
#6
Peru
|
88.94 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
7 |
#7
Saint Lucia
|
84.41 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
8 |
#8
Federated States of Micronesia
|
75.76 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.1 % | View data |
9 |
#9
Tajikistan
|
72.03 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
10 |
#10
Brunei
|
68.95 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
11 |
#11
Costa Rica
|
68.87 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | +1.8 % | View data |
12 |
#12
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
67.39 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
13 |
#13
Bolivia
|
66.13 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
14 |
#14
Marshall Islands
|
64.78 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
15 |
#15
Réunion
|
62.37 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.0 % | View data |
16 |
#16
Dominica
|
60.96 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
17 |
#17
Canada
|
59.33 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
18 |
#18
South Korea
|
55.30 % | 2019 | -0.5 % | -0.3 % | View data |
19 |
#19
Gabon
|
52.98 % | 2019 | -2.0 % | -1.6 % | View data |
20 |
#20
New Caledonia
|
51.37 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
21 |
#21
Indonesia
|
50.83 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
22 |
#22
Solomon Islands
|
50.79 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
23 |
#23
Sao Tome and Principe
|
50.56 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
24 |
#24
Mexico
|
49.89 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
25 |
#25
Papua New Guinea
|
49.85 % | 2019 | -2.1 % | -1.6 % | View data |
26 |
#26
Guadeloupe
|
49.65 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
27 |
#27
Tonga
|
44.44 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
28 |
#28
Belize
|
44.15 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
29 |
#29
Brazil
|
41.15 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
30 |
#30
Thailand
|
40.88 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
31 |
#31
Nicaragua
|
40.20 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | +0.3 % | View data |
32 |
#32
Fiji
|
39.82 % | 2019 | -0.6 % | -0.5 % | View data |
33 |
#33
Guyana
|
38.07 % | 2019 | -1.2 % | -0.9 % | View data |
34 |
#34
Saudi Arabia
|
36.85 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
35 |
#35
Guatemala
|
35.88 % | 2019 | -2.0 % | -1.6 % | View data |
36 |
#36
Russia
|
33.64 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
37 |
#37
Republic of the Congo
|
33.15 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
38 |
#38
Niue
|
31.19 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.3 % | View data |
39 |
#39
Chile
|
30.53 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.6 % | View data |
40 |
#40
Bangladesh
|
28.57 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.3 % | View data |
41 |
#41
Trinidad and Tobago
|
26.53 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.2 % | View data |
42 |
#42
Jamaica
|
26.12 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
43 |
#43
Northern Mariana Islands
|
25.99 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | -0.3 % | View data |
44 |
#44
Malawi
|
25.87 % | 2019 | -1.5 % | -1.0 % | View data |
45 |
#45
Mayotte
|
25.85 % | 2019 | +1.5 % | +1.4 % | View data |
46 |
#46
French Polynesia
|
24.61 % | 2019 | -1.9 % | -0.9 % | View data |
47 |
#47
United States
|
24.28 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
48 |
#48
Madagascar
|
23.95 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
49 |
#49
Malaysia
|
22.92 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.3 % | View data |
50 |
#50
India
|
22.06 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.2 % | View data |
51 |
#51
Comoros
|
22.00 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | +0.6 % | View data |
52 |
#52
Liechtenstein
|
21.72 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.0 % | View data |
53 |
#53
New Zealand
|
21.29 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
54 |
#54
Japan
|
19.93 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | +0.4 % | View data |
55 |
#55
Niger
|
19.62 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +0.6 % | View data |
56 |
#56
Senegal
|
18.20 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
57 |
#57
Georgia
|
17.69 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.0 % | View data |
58 |
#58
Uruguay
|
16.51 % | 2019 | -1.1 % | -0.6 % | View data |
59 |
#59
Bulgaria
|
16.29 % | 2019 | +1.6 % | +0.8 % | View data |
60 |
#60
Bhutan
|
14.90 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.2 % | View data |
61 |
#61
Nepal
|
14.53 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
62 |
#62
North Korea
|
13.96 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
63 |
#63
Burundi
|
13.95 % | 2019 | -1.6 % | -1.1 % | View data |
64 |
#64
Grenada
|
13.66 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
65 |
#65
Montenegro
|
12.83 % | 2019 | -1.1 % | -0.5 % | View data |
66 |
#66
Paraguay
|
12.62 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | +0.9 % | View data |
67 |
#67
Myanmar
|
11.21 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +0.8 % | View data |
68 |
#68
Albania
|
11.00 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
69 |
#69
Philippines
|
10.44 % | 2019 | -1.0 % | -1.1 % | View data |
70 |
#70
Honduras
|
10.27 % | 2019 | +1.3 % | +1.1 % | View data |
71 |
#71
South Africa
|
10.25 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
72 |
#72
Sweden
|
8.61 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
73 |
#73
Central African Republic
|
8.44 % | 2019 | -2.4 % | -1.9 % | View data |
74 |
#74
Sri Lanka
|
8.01 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.1 % | View data |
75 |
#75
Turkey
|
7.75 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.1 % | View data |
76 |
#76
Cyprus
|
7.66 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
77 |
#77
Argentina
|
6.51 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | +0.5 % | View data |
78 |
#78
Laos
|
6.12 % | 2019 | -1.6 % | -1.3 % | View data |
79 |
#79
Ivory Coast
|
6.01 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
80 |
#80
Zimbabwe
|
5.86 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | +1.0 % | View data |
81 |
#81
Denmark
|
5.56 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
82 |
#82
China
|
5.49 % | 2019 | -0.7 % | -0.5 % | View data |
83 |
#83
Armenia
|
5.12 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
84 |
#84
Seychelles
|
4.92 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
85 |
#85
Belarus
|
4.61 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.1 % | View data |
86 |
#86
Liberia
|
4.23 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
87 |
#87
Ghana
|
4.21 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.1 % | View data |
88 |
#88
Romania
|
4.12 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
89 |
#89
Australia
|
4.03 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.1 % | View data |
90 |
#90
Slovenia
|
3.92 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
91 |
#91
Cambodia
|
3.38 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
92 |
#92
Switzerland
|
3.17 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.2 % | View data |
93 |
#93
Austria
|
2.95 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
94 |
#94
Estonia
|
2.65 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +0.6 % | View data |
95 |
#95
Turkmenistan
|
2.52 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
96 |
#96
Sierra Leone
|
2.48 % | 2019 | -5.0 % | -4.0 % | View data |
97 |
#97
Uzbekistan
|
2.32 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +0.6 % | View data |
98 |
#98
Iran
|
1.86 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
99 |
#99
El Salvador
|
1.85 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +0.8 % | View data |
100 |
#100
Rwanda
|
1.41 % | 2019 | -1.4 % | -1.0 % | View data |
101 |
#101
Norway
|
1.32 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
102 |
#102
Singapore
|
1.28 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
103 |
#103
Slovakia
|
1.24 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
104 |
#104
Lithuania
|
1.19 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
105 |
#105
Finland
|
1.04 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
106 |
#106
Guinea
|
1.00 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | +0.4 % | View data |
107 |
#107
Italy
|
0.99 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.4 % | View data |
108 |
#108
Portugal
|
0.76 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.3 % | View data |
109 |
#109
Poland
|
0.64 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.6 % | View data |
110 |
#110
Ukraine
|
0.61 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
111 |
#111
Latvia
|
0.48 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.4 % | View data |
112 |
#112
Vietnam
|
0.47 % | 2019 | -7.8 % | -3.8 % | View data |
113 |
#113
Croatia
|
0.36 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
114 |
#114
Gambia
|
0.15 % | 2019 | -6.3 % | -1.3 % | View data |
115 |
#115
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
0.09 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
116 |
#116
Barbados
|
0.05 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
117 |
#117
Serbia
|
0.04 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
118 |
#118
Nigeria
|
0.03 % | 2018 | -89.7 % | -41.3 % | View data |
119 |
#119
Samoa
|
0.01 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
Source: FAO