Data for 1994

Forest Area, 1994

Name: Forest Area, 1994
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1994, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 1994 covers 205 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.715; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 31.509. Against 1993, 168 values changed (69 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 1994

HighestSuriname

95.715

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

205countries
1measure
1994the year it describes
202distinct 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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.715
2	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	95.035
3	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.422
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	92.122
5	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	90.989
6	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.818
7	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	89.670
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	87.253
9	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	84.178
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.270
11	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	78.220
12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	77.154
13	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	76.585
14	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	72.568
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	71.641
17	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	71.630
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.992
19	Brazil`BRA`South America	68.649
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.350
21	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.678
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	67.603
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	65.779
24	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	65.463
25	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	65.255
26	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.204
27	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.391
28	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	63.981
29	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.585
30	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	63.109
31	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.079
32	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	61.836
33	Paraguay`PRY`South America	61.727
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.703
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.627
36	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.626
37	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	61.555
38	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.088
39	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.954
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.881
41	Peru`PER`South America	59.366
42	Colombia`COL`South America	57.746
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	57.679
44	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	57.347
45	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.548
46	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	55.885
47	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	54.375
48	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	54.048
49	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	52.896
50	Bolivia`BOL`South America	52.362
51	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	52.350
52	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
53	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
54	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.552
55	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	51.428
56	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
57	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	49.853
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.390
59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	48.190
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	48.123
61	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.386
62	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	46.834
63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	46.763
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	46.057
65	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.614
66	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	44.444
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.482
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.396
69	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
70	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.225
71	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.725
72	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.125
73	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	41.021
74	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.397
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.969
76	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	39.912
77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	39.655
78	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.544
79	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	39.320
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.824
81	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.708
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.612
83	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	37.053
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.632
85	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	36.580
86	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	36.320
87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.306
88	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	36.140
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	35.859
91	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.360
92	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.698
93	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.070
94	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.826
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	33.339
97	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
98	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.195
99	United States`USA`Northern America	33.070
100	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.430
101	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.344
102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	31.765
103	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	31.509
104	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	30.395
105	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.247
106	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	29.613
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.230
108	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.046
109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.504
110	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	28.408
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.750
112	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	27.473
113	France`FRA`Western Europe	27.418
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.093
115	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	26.866
116	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26.526
117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.895
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.459
119	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.627
120	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	24.350
121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	23.809
122	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	23.435
123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.091
124	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	22.377
125	India`IND`Southern Asia	21.996
126	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	21.221
127	Chile`CHL`South America	20.812
128	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.663
129	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	20.566
130	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.401
131	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.967
132	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.891
134	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.584
135	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.320
136	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	17.069
137	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
138	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.171
139	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.835
140	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.752
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
142	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.861
143	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	13.688
144	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.596
145	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	12.713
146	Argentina`ARG`South America	12.597
147	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.363
149	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.310
150	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.774
151	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.728
152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.557
153	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.262
154	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
156	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.397
157	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	10.306
158	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.109
159	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.481
160	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.252
161	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
162	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.681
163	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.852
164	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.488
165	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6.380
166	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.232
167	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.222
168	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
169	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.018
170	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.864
171	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.634
172	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.225
173	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.207
174	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.192
175	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.813
176	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.921
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
178	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
179	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.155
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
181	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.851
182	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.508
183	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
184	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.341
185	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.171
186	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
187	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.105
188	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.094
189	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
190	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.685
191	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
192	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.441
193	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.394
194	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242
195	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.225
196	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.221
197	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
198	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.057
199	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.050
200	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.010
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.001
=202	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.000
=202	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000
=202	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000
=202	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.715
2Equatorial Guinea95.035
3Guyana94.422
4Gabon92.122
5Micronesia90.989

Lowest

202Qatarshared0.000
202Naurushared0.000
202Monacoshared0.000
202Gibraltarshared0.000
201Greenland0.001

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.509. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 205 in both
69 · 99rose · fell
37unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan54.288 → 63.981+9.693
Puerto Rico39.794 → 41.021+1.227
Dominican Republic35.358 → 36.140+0.782
Vietnam31.025 → 31.765+0.740
Spain29.756 → 30.395+0.639

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands66.626 → 65.463−1.163
Indonesia62.579 → 61.626−0.953
Côte d’Ivoire22.088 → 21.221−0.867
Nicaragua50.684 → 49.853−0.831
Myanmar58.012 → 57.347−0.666

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 1994.
202 distinct values among 205
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 205 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1994). Forest Area, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/1994

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07Questions

Forest Area, 1994: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 1994?

Suriname, at 95.715, of the 205 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 1994 describe?

1994.

How many countries does Forest Area, 1994 cover?

205.

Where can I download Forest Area, 1994?

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, 1994 the newest?

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