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Forest Land Area (As % of Country Land Area)

Based on a comparison of 170 countries in 2015, Suriname ranked the highest in forest land area as a share of country land area with 0.983% followed by Seychelles and Gabon. On the other end of the scale was Oman with < 0.001%, Egypt with < 0.001% and Libya with 0.001%.

Average forest land area as a share of country land area reached 0.311% in 2015 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.19% more than in the previous year and 0.365% more than 10 years ago.

Historically, average forest land area as a share of country land area reached an all time high of 0.317% in 1990 and an all time low of 0.301% in 1991. The average annual growth amounted to -0.080% since 1990.

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Country	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Afghanistan	%																				0.021	0.021	0.021	0.021	0.021	...
Albania	%																				0.284	0.283	0.283	0.283	0.282	...
Algeria	%																				0.008	0.008	0.008	0.008	0.008	...
Angola	%																				0.470	0.469	0.468	0.467	0.466	...
Argentina	%																				0.106	0.104	0.103	0.102	0.101	...
Armenia	%		...																		0.116	0.116	0.116	0.116	0.116	...
Australia	%																				0.162	0.160	0.161	0.161	0.162	...
Austria	%																				0.467	0.468	0.468	0.468	0.468	...
Azerbaijan	%		...																		0.119	0.122	0.125	0.128	0.131	...
Bahamas	%																				0.514	0.514	0.514	0.514	0.514	...
Bahrain	%	...										...					...				0.007	0.013	0.007	0.007	0.007	...
Bangladesh	%																				0.111	0.111	0.111	0.110	0.110	...
Belarus	%		...																		0.420	0.421	0.422	0.423	0.424	...
Belgium	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...										0.225	0.225	0.225	0.225	0.225	...
Belize	%																				0.612	0.610	0.608	0.606	0.603	...
Benin	%																				0.409	0.404	0.400	0.396	0.391	...
Bhutan	%																				0.707	0.710	0.712	0.715	0.718	...
Bolivia	%																				0.524	0.519	0.516	0.514	0.511	...
Bosnia and Herzegovina	%		...																		0.427	0.427	0.427	0.427	0.427	...
Botswana	%																				0.202	0.200	0.198	0.197	0.195	...
Brazil	%																				0.598	0.596	0.595	0.594	0.593	...
Brunei	%																				0.724	0.721	0.721	0.721	0.721	...
Bulgaria	%																				0.343	0.344	0.346	0.347	0.349	...
Burkina Faso	%																				0.209	0.206	0.204	0.202	0.200	...
Burundi	%																				0.093	0.099	0.100	0.102	0.104	...
Cambodia	%																				0.579	0.572	0.565	0.557	0.550	...
Cameroon	%																				0.426	0.421	0.417	0.412	0.407	...
Canada	%																				0.382	0.382	0.382	0.382	0.382	...
Cayman Islands	%																				0.529	0.542	0.529	0.529	0.529	...
Central African Republic	%																				0.357	0.357	0.357	0.357	0.356	...
Chad	%																				0.045	0.044	0.043	0.042	0.041	...
Chile	%																				0.218	0.218	0.222	0.226	0.230	...
China	%																				0.212	0.214	0.215	0.217	0.219	...
Colombia	%																				0.531	0.528	0.528	0.528	0.528	...
Comoros	%																				0.213	0.210	0.207	0.205	0.203	...
Congo	%																				0.657	0.656	0.656	0.655	0.655	...
Costa Rica	%																				0.506	0.510	0.516	0.522	0.528	...
Croatia	%		...																		0.342	0.343	0.343	0.343	0.343	...
Cuba	%																				0.271	0.275	0.280	0.286	0.291	...
Cyprus	%																				0.187	0.187	0.187	0.187	0.187	...
Czech Republic	%		...	...																	0.344	0.344	0.344	0.345	0.345	...
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	%																				0.481	0.471	0.460	0.449	0.439	...
Dem. Republic of the Congo	%																				0.681	0.680	0.679	0.677	0.676	...
Denmark	%																				0.137	0.138	0.140	0.141	0.142	...
Djibouti	%																				0.002	0.003	0.002	0.002	0.002	...
Dominican Republic	%																				0.369	0.376	0.383	0.390	0.397	...
East Timor	%																				0.507	0.499	0.491	0.484	0.476	...
Ecuador	%																				0.524	0.521	0.518	0.515	0.512	...
Egypt	%																				< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	...
El Salvador	%																				0.141	0.139	0.136	0.134	0.132	...
Equatorial Guinea	%																				0.584	0.580	0.576	0.571	0.567	...
Eritrea	%		...	...																	0.152	0.152	0.151	0.151	0.150	...
Estonia	%		...																		0.528	0.527	0.527	0.527	0.527	...
Ethiopia	%																				0.124	0.123	0.123	0.124	0.124	...
European Union	%																				0.374	0.375	0.376	0.377	0.378	...
Fiji	%																				0.544	0.544	0.546	0.549	0.551	...
Finland	%																				0.731	0.731	0.731	0.731	0.731	...
France	%																				0.298	0.300	0.302	0.304	0.306	...
Gabon	%																				0.854	0.854	0.862	0.869	0.877	...
Gambia	%																				0.473	0.474	0.476	0.477	0.479	...
Georgia	%		...																		0.405	0.406	0.406	0.406	0.406	...
Germany	%																				0.327	0.327	0.327	0.327	0.328	...
Ghana	%																				0.403	0.404	0.405	0.407	0.408	...
Greece	%																				0.300	0.303	0.305	0.307	0.310	...
Guatemala	%																				0.351	0.347	0.344	0.341	0.337	...
Guinea	%																				0.268	0.266	0.265	0.263	0.262	...
Guinea Bissau	%																				0.723	0.719	0.716	0.712	0.708	...
Guyana	%																				0.842	0.842	0.842	0.841	0.841	...
Haiti	%																				0.037	0.037	0.036	0.036	0.036	...
Honduras	%																				0.475	0.464	0.453	0.443	0.432	...
Hungary	%																				0.225	0.226	0.227	0.227	0.228	...
Iceland	%																				0.004	0.004	0.004	0.005	0.005	...
India	%																				0.233	0.235	0.235	0.236	0.237	...
Indonesia	%																				0.525	0.521	0.517	0.514	0.510	...
Iraq	%																				0.019	0.019	0.019	0.019	0.019	...
Iran	%																				0.066	0.066	0.066	0.066	0.066	...
Ireland	%																				0.104	0.105	0.106	0.107	0.108	...
Israel	%																				0.071	0.071	0.072	0.073	0.074	...
Italy	%																				0.305	0.307	0.309	0.311	0.312	...
Ivory Coast	%																				0.327	0.327	0.327	0.327	0.327	...
Jamaica	%																				0.312	0.311	0.311	0.311	0.310	...
Japan	%																				0.685	0.685	0.685	0.685	0.685	...
Jordan	%																				0.011	0.011	0.011	0.011	0.011	...
Kazakhstan	%		...																		0.012	0.012	0.012	0.012	0.012	...
Kenya	%																				0.074	0.074	0.075	0.076	0.076	...
Kuwait	%																				0.003	0.003	0.004	0.004	0.004	...
Kyrgyzstan	%		...																		0.037	0.035	0.035	0.034	0.034	...
Laos	%																				0.764	0.772	0.780	0.788	0.796	...
Latvia	%		...																		0.538	0.539	0.539	0.540	0.540	...
Lebanon	%																				0.134	0.134	0.134	0.134	0.134	...
Lesotho	%																				0.014	0.014	0.015	0.015	0.015	...
Liberia	%																				0.453	0.449	0.446	0.443	0.440	...
Libya	%																				0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	...
Liechtenstein	%																				0.431	0.438	0.431	0.431	0.431	...
Lithuania	%		...																		0.345	0.346	0.347	0.347	0.347	...
Luxembourg	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...										0.335	0.336	0.335	0.335	0.335	...
Macedonia	%		...																		0.394	0.396	0.396	0.396	0.396	...
Madagascar	%																				0.217	0.216	0.215	0.215	0.215	...
Malawi	%																				0.347	0.343	0.341	0.340	0.338	...
Malaysia	%																				0.666	0.673	0.674	0.674	0.675	...
Maldives	%																				0.033	0.033	0.033	0.033	0.033	...
Mali	%																				0.043	0.042	0.041	0.041	0.040	...
Malta	%	...										...					...				0.011	...	0.011	0.011	0.011	...	...
Mauritania	%																				0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002	...
Mauritius	%																				0.189	0.187	0.189	0.190	0.190	...
Mexico	%																				0.343	0.342	0.342	0.341	0.341	...
Mongolia	%																				0.082	0.084	0.083	0.083	0.082	...
Montenegro	%		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					0.585	0.615	0.615	0.615	0.615	...
Morocco	%																				0.126	0.127	0.127	0.127	0.127	...
Mozambique	%																				0.498	0.496	0.493	0.490	0.488	...
Myanmar	%																				0.491	0.486	0.478	0.470	0.461	...
Namibia	%																				0.089	0.089	0.088	0.087	0.086	...
Nepal	%																				0.254	0.254	0.254	0.254	0.254	...
Netherlands	%																				0.110	0.111	0.111	0.111	0.111	...
New Zealand	%																				0.386	0.386	0.386	0.386	0.386	...
Nicaragua	%																				0.265	0.259	0.259	0.259	0.259	...
Niger	%																				0.010	0.010	0.009	0.009	0.009	...
Nigeria	%																				0.104	0.099	0.095	0.090	0.086	...
Norway	%																				0.331	0.331	0.331	0.331	0.332	...
Oman	%																				< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	...
Pakistan	%																				0.022	0.022	0.021	0.021	0.020	...
Palestine	%																				0.015	0.015	0.015	0.015	0.015	...
Panama	%																				0.634	0.632	0.630	0.628	0.625	...
Papua New Guinea	%																				0.741	0.741	0.741	0.741	0.741	...
Paraguay	%																				0.434	0.427	0.418	0.410	0.402	...
Peru	%																				0.586	0.584	0.583	0.582	0.581	...
Philippines	%																				0.231	0.229	0.237	0.245	0.254	...
Poland	%																				0.304	0.305	0.305	0.306	0.307	...
Portugal	%																				0.355	0.354	0.352	0.351	0.350	...
Puerto Rico	%																				0.537	0.540	0.544	0.548	0.552	...
Romania	%																				0.282	0.283	0.286	0.289	0.292	...
Russia	%		...																		0.497	0.498	0.498	0.498	0.498	...
Rwanda	%																				0.176	0.181	0.184	0.186	0.189	...
Saudi Arabia	%																				0.005	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.005	...
Senegal	%																				0.442	0.440	0.438	0.436	0.434	...
Serbia	%		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					0.305	0.310	0.310	0.311	0.311	...
Seychelles	%																				0.884	0.891	0.884	0.884	0.894	...
Sierra Leone	%																				0.380	0.378	0.386	0.395	0.404	...
Singapore	%																				0.234	0.228	0.232	0.232	0.231	...
Slovakia	%		...	...																	0.403	0.403	0.403	0.403	0.403	...
Slovenia	%		...																		0.619	0.619	0.619	0.619	0.619	...
Somalia	%																				0.109	0.108	0.106	0.105	0.104	...
South Africa	%																				0.076	0.076	0.076	0.076	0.076	...
South Korea	%																				0.641	0.640	0.639	0.638	0.636	...
Spain	%																				0.362	0.365	0.366	0.366	0.367	...
Sri Lanka	%																				0.336	0.335	0.334	0.333	0.332	...
Sudan	%																				0.115	0.115	0.084	0.083	0.082	...	...
Suriname	%																				0.984	0.984	0.984	0.984	0.983	...
Swaziland	%																				0.325	0.327	0.330	0.333	0.335	...
Sweden	%																				0.685	0.684	0.684	0.689	0.689	...
Switzerland	%																				0.312	0.313	0.313	0.314	0.315	...
Syria	%																				0.026	0.027	0.027	0.027	0.027	...
Tajikistan	%		...																		0.029	0.029	0.029	0.029	0.029	...
Thailand	%																				0.317	0.318	0.319	0.319	0.320	...
Togo	%																				0.056	0.053	0.049	0.045	0.042	...
Trinidad and Tobago	%																				0.443	0.441	0.444	0.448	0.451	...
Tunisia	%																				0.063	0.064	0.064	0.065	0.066	...
Turkey	%																				0.144	0.146	0.147	0.148	0.150	...
Turkmenistan	%		...																		0.088	0.088	0.088	0.088	0.088	...
Uganda	%																				0.145	0.137	0.131	0.124	0.117	...
Ukraine	%		...																		0.165	0.165	0.165	0.166	0.166	...
United Arab Emirates	%																				0.038	0.038	0.038	0.038	0.038	...
United Kingdom	%																				0.126	0.126	0.127	0.128	0.129	...
USA	%																				0.337	0.337	0.338	0.338	0.338	...
Uruguay	%																				0.097	0.099	0.100	0.102	0.103	...
Uzbekistan	%		...																		0.077	0.077	0.077	0.076	0.076	...
Venezuela	%																				0.539	0.539	0.537	0.535	0.533	...
Vietnam	%																				0.449	0.456	0.460	0.464	0.468	...
Yemen	%																				0.010	0.010	0.010	0.010	0.010	...
Zambia	%																				0.668	0.665	0.663	0.661	0.659	...
Zimbabwe	%																				0.412	0.404	0.396	0.388	0.380	...
World	%																				0.309	0.309	0.308	0.308	0.308	...

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