Forest area, percent - Country rankings
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Forest area, percent of total land area, 2018 - Country rankings:
The average for 2018 based on 194 countries was 32.1 percent.The highest value was in Suriname: 97.6 percent and the lowest value was in Egypt: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2018. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: FAO
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97.6
93.6
91.9
91.4
90.2
89.7
87.9
79.7
79.3
73.7
73.3
73.2
72.2
72.1
71.3
71.0
68.7
68.4
64.7
64.4
63.8
61.7
61.7
61.5
60.8
59.7
58.8
58.5
57.5
57.2
57.1
57.0
56.8
56.6
56.1
55.8
55.4
54.8
54.4
54.3
53.7
52.7
52.5
52.1
50.9
50.8
50.4
49.8
49.7
47.5
47.3
47.3
47.2
46.7
45.9
45.3
44.6
44.6
44.0
43.3
43.1
42.7
42.3
41.9
41.9
41.6
40.6
40.1
39.7
39.0
38.7
38.5
37.4
37.2
36.5
36.3
36.2
35.9
35.7
35.6
35.1
35.0
34.6
34.3
34.2
34.0
34.0
33.9
33.9
33.3
33.3
33.1
32.7
31.9
31.8
31.2
31.1
30.9
30.3
30.1
30.0
28.8
28.8
28.7
28.6
28.5
27.3
25.5
25.1
24.7
24.2
24.1
24.1
23.9
23.1
22.9
22.8
22.5
22.5
22.3
21.4
19.1
18.8
18.7
18.5
18.2
17.4
16.7
16.7
15.7
15.2
14.7
14.5
14.1
13.9
13.4
13.1
12.8
12.8
12.4
12.1
11.8
11.6
11.4
11.2
11.2
11.1
10.9
10.9
10.9
10.5
10.5
10.1
9.8
9.6
9.1
8.8
8.3
8.2
6.7
6.6
6.5
6.3
4.9
4.5
4.5
3.6
3.0
2.8
2.7
2.3
1.9
1.9
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.1
1.1
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
24.4
48.8
73.2
97.6
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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