Forest area, percent - Country rankings
(measure: percent; Source: FAO)
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Forest area, percent - Country rankings:
The average for 2016 was 31.4 percent.The highest value was in Suriname: 98.3 percent and the lowest value was in Gibraltar: 0 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.
Forest area, percent of total land area, 2016
(percent, Source: FAO, TheGlobalEconomy.com)
(percent, Source: FAO, TheGlobalEconomy.com)
Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.
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