Data for 1992

Forest Area, 1992

Name: Forest Area, 1992
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1992, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 1992 covers 201 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.760; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 30.285. Against 1991, 146 values changed (53 up, 93 down), 19 countries joined.

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Forest Area · Data for 1992

HighestSuriname

95.760

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

201countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
198distinct 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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.760
2	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	95.631
3	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.461
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	92.169
5	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	90.909
6	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.870
7	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	90.010
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	87.881
9	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	83.557
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.324
11	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	78.821
12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	77.761
13	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	76.947
14	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
15	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	72.348
16	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	72.193
17	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	71.128
18	Brazil`BRA`South America	69.553
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.942
20	Belize`BLZ`Central America	68.912
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.391
22	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	67.789
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	67.759
24	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	66.429
25	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	65.849
26	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.274
27	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.580
28	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	63.949
29	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.682
30	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	63.532
31	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.329
32	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.013
33	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.192
34	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	62.089
35	Honduras`HND`Central America	62.078
36	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	61.896
37	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.533
38	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	61.008
39	Peru`PER`South America	59.546
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.434
41	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	58.678
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.331
43	Colombia`COL`South America	58.147
44	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.744
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.644
46	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	54.605
47	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	54.542
48	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	54.076
49	Bolivia`BOL`South America	52.861
50	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.203
52	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	52.194
53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	52.165
54	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
55	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	51.515
56	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	51.209
57	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.360
59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	48.428
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	48.128
61	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.853
62	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	47.216
63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	46.974
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	45.906
65	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.540
66	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	44.444
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.550
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.780
69	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.771
70	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.670
71	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
72	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.638
73	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	40.875
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	39.841
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.816
76	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	39.687
77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	39.631
78	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.835
79	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	38.825
80	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	38.568
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.755
82	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	37.149
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.893
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.890
85	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
86	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	36.251
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	36.221
88	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.086
89	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	35.957
90	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.784
91	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	34.577
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.261
93	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
94	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
95	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	33.214
96	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.206
97	United States`USA`Northern America	33.046
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.762
99	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.397
100	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	31.270
101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	30.285
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.160
103	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	29.397
104	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.329
105	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	29.118
106	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.114
107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	28.766
108	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.646
109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	27.838
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.761
111	France`FRA`Western Europe	27.102
112	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26.952
113	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	26.336
114	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26.058
115	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.800
116	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.774
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	24.692
118	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.680
119	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	24.279
120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.319
121	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	22.955
122	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	22.782
123	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	22.677
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	21.751
125	Chile`CHL`South America	20.658
126	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.422
127	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.316
128	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	19.864
129	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
130	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.663
131	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	17.481
132	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.374
133	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.161
134	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
135	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.089
136	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.895
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.752
138	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.878
140	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.626
141	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	13.487
142	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	12.958
143	Argentina`ARG`South America	12.730
144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.606
145	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
146	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.300
147	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.743
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.628
149	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.455
150	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
151	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
152	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	10.479
153	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.313
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.124
155	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.015
156	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.263
157	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
158	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.191
159	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.816
160	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.346
161	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.294
162	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6.187
163	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
164	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.971
165	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.603
166	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.285
167	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.212
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5.024
169	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.192
170	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.176
171	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.631
172	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.918
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
174	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.090
176	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
177	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.845
178	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.508
179	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
180	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.438
181	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.171
182	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.105
184	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.094
185	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
186	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.693
187	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
188	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.451
189	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.352
190	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242
191	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.209
192	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.196
193	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
194	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.057
195	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.047
196	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.010
197	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.001
=198	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.000
=198	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000
=198	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000
=198	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.760
2Equatorial Guinea95.631
3Guyana94.461
4Gabon92.169
5Micronesia90.909

Lowest

198Qatarshared0.000
198Naurushared0.000
198Monacoshared0.000
198Gibraltarshared0.000
197Greenland0.001

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.285. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+19 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 182 in both
53 · 93rose · fell
36unchanged

Rose most

Puerto Rico37.341 → 38.568+1.227
Dominican Republic33.795 → 34.577+0.782
Vietnam29.546 → 30.285+0.740
Spain28.479 → 29.118+0.639
Cabo Verde4.420 → 5.024+0.604

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands68.951 → 67.789−1.163
Indonesia64.485 → 63.532−0.953
Côte d’Ivoire23.821 → 22.955−0.867
Nicaragua52.346 → 51.515−0.831
Myanmar59.344 → 58.678−0.666

+ Armenia

+ Azerbaijan

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Belarus

+ Estonia

+ Georgia

+ Croatia

+ Kazakhstan

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Lithuania

+ Latvia

+ Moldova

+ North Macedonia

+ Russia

+ Slovenia

+ Tajikistan

+ Turkmenistan

+ Ukraine

+ Uzbekistan

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

Read before you use

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 1992.
198 distinct values among 201
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 201 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1992). Forest Area, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/1992

0634 held

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07Questions

Forest Area, 1992: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 1992?

Suriname, at 95.760, of the 201 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 1992 describe?

1992.

How many countries does Forest Area, 1992 cover?

201.

Where can I download Forest Area, 1992?

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, 1992 the newest?

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

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