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Forest Area, 1993

1993, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 1993 covers 205 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.7375; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 31.0252. Against 1992, 164 values changed (68 up, 96 down), 4 countries joined.

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Forest Area · Data for 1993

HighestSuriname

95.7375

Lowest4 countries share it

0.0000

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Forest Area, 1993, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 205 countries · select a heading to sort

Forest Area, 1993: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1SurinameSURSouth America95.7375
2Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa95.3326
3GuyanaGUYSouth America94.4413
4GabonGABMiddle Africa92.1455
5MicronesiaFSMMicronesia90.9486
6Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia90.8438
7American SamoaASMPolynesia89.8400
8LiberiaLBRWestern Africa87.5671
9PalauPLWMicronesia83.8674
10Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia80.2967
11Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa78.5204
12BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia77.4573
13LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia76.7660
14SeychellesSYCEastern Africa73.2609
15FinlandFINNorthern Europe72.3807
16Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia71.9891
17Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean71.3846
18BrazilBRASouth America69.1009
19SwedenSWENorthern Europe68.9670
20JapanJPNEastern Asia68.3703
21BelizeBLZCentral America68.2951
22South KoreaKOREastern Asia67.6809
23United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean66.6257
24DominicaDMACaribbean66.1040
25DR CongoCODMiddle Africa65.5521

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Suriname95.7375
  2. 2Equatorial Guinea95.3326
  3. 3Guyana94.4413
  4. 4Gabon92.1455
  5. 5Micronesia90.9486

Lowest

  1. 202Qatarshared0.0000
  2. 202Naurushared0.0000
  3. 202Monacoshared0.0000
  4. 202Gibraltarshared0.0000
  5. 201Greenland0.0006

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.0252. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −0countries joined / left
  • 164values changed, of 201 in both
  • 68 · 96rose · fell
  • 37unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Czechia+ Eritrea+ Ethiopia+ Slovakia

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 1993.

  • 202 distinct values among 205

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 4 countries share 0.0000. 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 205 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1993). Forest Area, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/1993

0634 held

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07Questions

Forest Area, 1993: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 1993?

Suriname, at 95.7375, of the 205 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 1993 describe?

1993.

How many countries does Forest Area, 1993 cover?

205.

Where can I download Forest Area, 1993?

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, 1993 the newest?

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

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