Forest area, sq.km - Country rankings

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Forest area, sq. km, 2016 - Country rankings:

The average for 2016 based on 195 countries was 222046.1 sq. km.The highest value was in Russia: 8148895 sq. km and the lowest value was in Gibraltar: 0 sq. km. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2016. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: sq. km; Source: FAO

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1. Russia

2. Brazil

3. Euro area

4. Canada

5. USA

6. China

7. DR Congo

8. Australia

9. Indonesia

10. Peru

11. India

12. Mexico

13. Colombia

14. Angola

15. Bolivia

16. Zambia

17. Venezuela

18. Tanzania

19. Mozambique

20. Papua N.G.

21. Burma

22. Sweden

23. Argentina

24. Japan

25. Gabon

26. R. of Congo

27. Finland

28. Malaysia

29. C.A. Republic

30. Sudan

31. Laos

32. Cameroon

33. Spain

34. Chile

35. France

36. Guyana

37. Thailand

38. Suriname

39. Paraguay

40. Vietnam

41. Zimbabwe

42. Ethiopia

43. Ecuador

44. Madagascar

45. Mongolia

46. Norway

47. Turkey

48. Germany

49. Botswana

50. Iran

51. Ivory Coast

52. New Zealand

53. Ukraine

54. Poland

55. Ghana

56. Italy

57. Cambodia

58. South Africa

59. Belarus

60. Philippines

61. Senegal

62. Romania

63. Namibia

64. Nigeria

65. Guinea

66. Somalia

67. South Korea

68. Morocco

69. Burkina Faso

70. North Korea

71. Chad

72. Mali

73. Panama

74. Honduras

75. Kenya

76. Benin

77. Liberia

78. Turkmenistan

79. Greece

80. Austria

81. Bulgaria

82. Nepal

83. Guatemala

84. Latvia

85. Kazakhstan

86. Cuba

87. Uzbekistan

88. Portugal

89. UK

90. Malawi

91. Nicaragua

92. Sierra Leone

93. Georgia

94. Costa Rica

95. Bhutan

96. Serbia

97. Czech Rep.

98. Estonia

99. Bosnia & Herz.

100. Lithuania

101. Solomon Isl.

102. Hungary

103. Sri Lanka

104. Domin. Rep.

105. Algeria

106. G.-Bissau

107. Uganda

108. Slovakia

109. Croatia

110. Uruguay

111. Eq. Guinea

112. Eritrea

113. Pakistan

114. Bangladesh

115. Belize

116. Afghanistan

117. Switzerland

118. Slovenia

119. Azerbaijan

120. Niger

121. Tunisia

122. Fiji

123. Macedonia

124. Saudi Arabia

125. N. Caledonia

126. Montenegro

127. Iraq

128. Albania

129. Ireland

130. Belgium

131. Kyrgyzstan

132. Denmark

133. Swaziland

134. Yemen

135. Bahamas

136. Puerto Rico

137. Syria

138. Gambia

139. Rwanda

140. Vanuatu

141. Moldova

142. Tajikistan

143. Brunei

144. Netherlands

145. Jamaica

146. Armenia

147. UA Emirates

148. Burundi

149. El Salvador

150. Tr.&Tobago

151. Mauritania

152. Libya

153. Cyprus

154. Samoa

155. Togo

156. Israel

157. Lebanon

158. Jordan

159. Haiti

160. Cape Verde

161. Luxembourg

162. Egypt

163. Micronesia

164. S.T.&Principe

165. Iceland

166. Lesotho

167. Dominica

168. Seychelles

169. Palau

170. Mauritius

171. Comoros

172. St. Vincent & ...

173. Saint Lucia

174. Grenada

175. Singapore

176. Andorra

177. Kiribati

178. Ant.& Barb.

179. Palestine

180. Tonga

181. Liechtenstein

182. Barbados

183. Kuwait

184. Djibouti

185. Oman

186. Bermuda

187. Maldives

188. Tuvalu

189. Bahrain

190. Aruba

191. Malta

192. Faroe Isl.

193. Gibraltar

194. Qatar

195. San Marino

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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