Data for 1990

Forest Area, 1990

Name: Forest Area, 1990
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1990, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 1990 covers 178 countries. Equatorial Guinea is highest, at 96.226; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 29.153.

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Forest Area · Data for 1990

HighestEquatorial Guinea

96.226

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

178countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
175distinct values17 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Forest Area, 1990, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Forest Area, 1990: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	96.226
2	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.806
3	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.499
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	92.217
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.922
6	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	90.350
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	88.510
8	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.377
9	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	79.421
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	78.368
11	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	77.309
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	71.819
14	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	70.615
15	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.458
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	70.146
17	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	70.114
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.893
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.431
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	67.914
21	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	67.080
22	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	66.443
23	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.438
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.344
25	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	64.789
26	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.768
27	Paraguay`PRY`South America	64.299
28	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.778
29	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.578
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.756
31	Honduras`HND`Central America	62.452
32	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	62.343
33	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	62.237
34	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.977
35	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	61.063
36	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.009
37	Peru`PER`South America	59.725
38	Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.983
39	Colombia`COL`South America	58.547
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	57.404
41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.941
42	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	55.162
43	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	54.708
44	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	53.651
45	Bolivia`BOL`South America	53.360
46	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	53.177
47	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.854
48	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
49	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	51.433
50	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
51	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	48.667
52	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.321
53	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	48.133
54	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	47.598
55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	47.185
56	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	45.755
57	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.467
58	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.617
59	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	44.444
60	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	43.615
61	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	43.318
62	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	42.880
63	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
64	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40.974
65	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	40.625
66	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.664
67	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	39.462
68	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.846
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.897
70	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.479
71	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	37.245
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	37.148
73	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	37.141
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.314
75	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
76	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	36.114
77	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	35.594
78	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.869
79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.695
80	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
81	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
82	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.216
83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.179
84	United States`USA`Northern America	33.022
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	33.014
86	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.366
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.073
88	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.611
89	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	29.181
90	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.125
91	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	28.999
92	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	28.806
93	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.788
94	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	28.204
95	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	27.841
96	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.779
97	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26.810
98	France`FRA`Western Europe	26.785
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	26.089
100	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	25.806
101	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.705
102	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	25.590
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	25.035
104	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	24.750
105	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.733
106	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	24.688
107	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.547
108	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	22.977
109	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	22.130
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	21.505
111	Chile`CHL`South America	20.505
112	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.232
113	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.184
114	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	19.162
115	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
116	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	17.894
117	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.436
118	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.427
119	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.738
120	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
121	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.955
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.752
123	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
124	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.894
125	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.656
126	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	13.286
127	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	13.203
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	12.864
129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.850
130	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
131	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.291
132	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.483
133	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
135	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.766
136	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	10.651
137	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.229
138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.275
139	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.780
140	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.701
141	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.469
142	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.100
143	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
144	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.572
145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.345
146	Uruguay`URY`South America	4.559
147	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.192
148	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.145
149	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.816
150	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.450
151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
152	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
153	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.025
154	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
155	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.838
156	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.535
157	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.508
158	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
159	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
160	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.105
161	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.094
162	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
163	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.700
164	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.462
165	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.319
167	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242
168	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.194
169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.170
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
171	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.057
172	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.044
173	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.010
174	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.001
=175	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.000
=175	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000
=175	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000
=175	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Equatorial Guinea96.226
2Suriname95.806
3Guyana94.499
4Gabon92.217
5Solomon Islands90.922

Lowest

175Qatarshared0.000
175Naurushared0.000
175Monacoshared0.000
175Gibraltarshared0.000
174Greenland0.001

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.153. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.
175 distinct values among 178
Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 4 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 178 countries has every column.

04The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1990). Forest Area, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/1990

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06Questions

Forest Area, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 1990?

Equatorial Guinea, at 96.226, of the 178 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Forest Area, 1990 cover?

178.

Where can I download Forest Area, 1990?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Forest Area, 1990 the newest?

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