Data for 1995

Forest Area, 1995

Name: Forest Area, 1995
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1995, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 1995 covers 205 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.692; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 31.629. Against 1994, 168 values changed (70 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 1995

HighestSuriname

95.692

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

205countries
1measure
1995the 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.692
2	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	94.737
3	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.403
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	92.098
5	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.029
6	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.792
7	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	89.500
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	86.939
9	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	84.489
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.243
11	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	77.920
12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	76.850
13	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	76.404
14	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	72.755
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	71.897
17	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	71.272
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	69.016
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.330
20	Brazil`BRA`South America	68.196
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	67.525
22	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.061
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	65.453
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.168
25	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	64.958
26	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	64.300
27	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.297
28	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	64.230
29	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.537
30	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	62.955
31	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	62.689
32	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	61.709
33	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.516
34	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	61.385
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.345
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	61.084
37	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.927
38	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.866
39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	60.673
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	60.104
41	Peru`PER`South America	59.276
42	Colombia`COL`South America	57.546
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	57.353
44	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	56.681
45	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.449
46	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	55.505
47	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	54.292
48	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	53.769
49	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	53.261
50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	52.427
51	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
52	Bolivia`BOL`South America	52.112
53	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
54	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	51.537
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.226
56	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
57	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.401
58	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	49.022
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	48.120
60	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	48.071
61	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.152
62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	46.658
63	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	46.643
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	46.133
65	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.650
66	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	44.444
67	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
68	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	42.248
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.204
70	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	41.952
71	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.948
72	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.252
73	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.250
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.045
75	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	40.025
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	39.776
77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	39.667
78	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	39.565
79	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.541
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.819
81	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.142
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.541
83	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	37.004
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	36.922
85	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	36.759
86	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.503
87	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	36.502
88	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
89	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.013
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	35.745
91	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	34.914
92	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.656
93	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.080
94	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.609
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	33.402
97	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
98	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.190
99	United States`USA`Northern America	33.082
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	32.505
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.446
102	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.136
103	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	31.629
104	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31.033
105	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.290
106	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	29.720
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.288
108	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.905
109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.432
110	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	28.228
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.751
112	France`FRA`Western Europe	27.576
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	27.290
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.163
115	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	27.131
116	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26.760
117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.942
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.301
119	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.600
120	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	24.178
121	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	23.761
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	23.573
123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.977
124	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	22.227
125	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.119
126	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	20.917
127	Chile`CHL`South America	20.889
128	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.783
129	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.443
130	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20.354
131	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.894
132	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.004
134	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.796
135	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.293
136	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	16.862
137	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
138	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.211
139	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.805
140	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.752
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
142	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.853
143	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	13.788
144	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.582
145	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	12.591
146	Argentina`ARG`South America	12.530
147	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
148	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.314
149	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.242
150	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.846
151	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.721
152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.608
153	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.230
154	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
156	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.439
157	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	10.220
158	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.170
159	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.246
160	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.159
161	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
162	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.926
163	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.870
164	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.836
165	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.585
166	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6.477
167	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.191
168	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.161
169	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
170	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.041
171	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.649
172	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.195
173	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.222
174	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.192
175	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.903
176	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.922
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
178	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
179	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.188
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.854
181	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
182	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.508
183	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
184	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.292
185	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.170
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	0.681
191	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
192	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.435
193	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.415
194	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242
195	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.234
196	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.233
197	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
198	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.057
199	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.052
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 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.692
2Equatorial Guinea94.737
3Guyana94.403
4Gabon92.098
5Micronesia91.029

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 31.629. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 205 in both
70 · 98rose · fell
37unchanged

Rose most

Puerto Rico41.021 → 42.248+1.227
Dominican Republic36.140 → 36.922+0.782
Vietnam31.765 → 32.505+0.740
Spain30.395 → 31.033+0.639
Cabo Verde6.232 → 6.836+0.604

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands65.463 → 64.300−1.163
Indonesia61.626 → 60.673−0.953
Côte d’Ivoire21.221 → 20.354−0.867
Nicaragua49.853 → 49.022−0.831
Myanmar57.347 → 56.681−0.666

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

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 1995.
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) (1995). Forest Area, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/1995

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07Questions

Forest Area, 1995: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 1995?

Suriname, at 95.692, of the 205 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 1995 describe?

1995.

How many countries does Forest Area, 1995 cover?

205.

Where can I download Forest Area, 1995?

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

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