Data for 1991

Forest Area, 1991

Name: Forest Area, 1991
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1991, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 1991 covers 182 countries. Equatorial Guinea is highest, at 95.928; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 29.831. Against 1990, 143 values changed (51 up, 92 down), 4 countries joined.

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Forest Area · Data for 1991

HighestEquatorial Guinea

95.928

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

182countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
179distinct 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	95.928
2	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.783
3	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.480
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	92.193
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.896
6	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	90.869
7	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	90.180
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	88.195
9	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	83.246
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.350
11	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	79.121
12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	78.065
13	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	77.128
14	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
15	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	72.707
16	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	72.006
17	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	70.872
18	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.006
19	Belize`BLZ`Central America	69.529
20	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	68.951
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.918
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.411
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	67.836
24	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	66.755
25	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	66.146
26	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.309
27	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.674
28	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	64.485
29	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	64.369
30	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.730
31	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.656
32	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.453
33	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.474
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	62.265
35	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	62.216
36	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	62.066
37	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.755
38	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	61.035
39	Peru`PER`South America	59.636
40	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	59.344
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.657
42	Colombia`COL`South America	58.347
43	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	57.024
44	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.843
45	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	54.883
46	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	54.625
47	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	53.863
48	Bolivia`BOL`South America	53.110
49	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.529
50	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.346
51	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
52	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	51.799
54	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
55	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	48.548
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	48.130
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.087
58	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	47.407
59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	47.080
60	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	45.830
61	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.503
62	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	44.444
63	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.084
64	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	43.143
65	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	43.045
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
67	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	42.259
68	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	40.750
69	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40.408
70	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.740
71	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	39.574
72	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.840
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.826
74	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	37.341
75	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	37.197
76	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.186
77	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	37.019
78	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	36.696
79	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.200
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	35.776
82	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.826
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.478
84	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	33.795
86	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
87	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.211
88	United States`USA`Northern America	33.034
89	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.971
90	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.382
91	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.117
92	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	29.546
93	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.470
94	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	29.289
95	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.056
96	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	28.946
97	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.717
98	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	28.479
99	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	28.021
100	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.763
101	France`FRA`Western Europe	26.944
102	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26.881
103	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	26.071
104	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.931
105	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	25.824
106	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.753
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	24.864
108	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.707
109	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	24.515
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.821
111	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.433
112	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	22.827
113	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	22.456
114	India`IND`Southern Asia	21.628
115	Chile`CHL`South America	20.582
116	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.303
117	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.274
118	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	19.513
119	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	17.688
121	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.550
122	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.400
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.950
124	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
125	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.925
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.752
127	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
128	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.886
129	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.641
130	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	13.386
131	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	13.080
132	Argentina`ARG`South America	12.797
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.728
134	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
135	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.295
136	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.555
137	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
138	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
139	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	10.565
140	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.445
141	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.271
142	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.269
143	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.946
144	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.798
145	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.407
146	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.197
147	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
148	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.588
149	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.315
150	Uruguay`URY`South America	4.886
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4.420
152	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.192
153	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.160
154	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.540
155	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
156	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
157	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.057
158	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
159	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.841
160	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.508
161	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.487
162	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
163	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
164	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.105
165	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.094
166	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
167	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.696
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.457
169	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
170	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.341
171	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242
172	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.201
173	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.183
174	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
175	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.057
176	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.046
177	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.010
178	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.001
=179	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.000
=179	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000
=179	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000
=179	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Equatorial Guinea95.928
2Suriname95.783
3Guyana94.480
4Gabon92.193
5Solomon Islands90.896

Lowest

179Qatarshared0.000
179Naurushared0.000
179Monacoshared0.000
179Gibraltarshared0.000
178Greenland0.001

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.831. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 178 in both
51 · 92rose · fell
35unchanged

Rose most

Puerto Rico36.114 → 37.341+1.227
Dominican Republic33.014 → 33.795+0.782
Vietnam28.806 → 29.546+0.740
Spain27.841 → 28.479+0.639
Cabo Verde3.816 → 4.420+0.604

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands70.114 → 68.951−1.163
Indonesia65.438 → 64.485−0.953
Côte d’Ivoire24.688 → 23.821−0.867
Nicaragua53.177 → 52.346−0.831
Myanmar60.009 → 59.344−0.666

+ Micronesia

+ Marshall Islands

+ Northern Mariana Islands

+ Palau

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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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 1991.
179 distinct values among 182
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 182 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1991). Forest Area, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/1991

0634 held

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07Questions

Forest Area, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 1991?

Equatorial Guinea, at 95.928, of the 182 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does Forest Area, 1991 cover?

182.

Where can I download Forest Area, 1991?

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, 1991 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Forest Area, 2023.

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