Environment > Forest area > Sq. km per 1000: Countries Compared
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |