Data for 1999

Forest Area, 1999

Name: Forest Area, 1999
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1999, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 1999 covers 205 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.600; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 32.108. Against 1998, 168 values changed (68 up, 100 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 1999

HighestSuriname

95.600

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

205countries
1measure
1999the year it describes
202distinct values18 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.600
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.326
3	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	93.545
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	92.002
5	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.189
6	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.687
7	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	88.820
8	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	85.733
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	85.682
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.135
11	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	76.719
12	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	75.679
13	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	75.636
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.504
15	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	72.923
17	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	69.837
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	69.114
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.267
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	67.214
21	Brazil`BRA`South America	66.387
22	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	65.228
23	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.028
24	Belize`BLZ`Central America	64.593
25	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	64.152
26	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63.921
27	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	63.771
28	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.345
29	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	62.456
30	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	61.202
31	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	61.009
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	60.998
33	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.819
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	60.767
35	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	60.704
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	60.216
37	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.977
38	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	59.649
39	Peru`PER`South America	58.916
40	Paraguay`PRY`South America	58.513
41	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	56.860
42	Colombia`COL`South America	56.744
43	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.056
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	56.050
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	55.648
46	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.723
47	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	54.018
48	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	53.986
49	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.958
50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	52.739
51	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	52.655
52	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
53	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
54	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	51.974
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	51.114
56	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
57	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.378
58	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	48.110
59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	47.595
60	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	47.155
61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	46.436
62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	46.236
63	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	46.217
64	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.880
65	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.797
66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	45.698
67	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	44.444
68	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
69	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.750
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.435
71	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	40.858
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	40.544
73	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	40.475
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.349
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.048
76	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.813
77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	39.715
78	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.533
79	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	39.361
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.798
81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	37.475
82	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	37.293
83	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.257
84	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.228
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.812
86	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.987
88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	35.876
89	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	35.464
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	35.290
91	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.840
92	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.485
93	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.121
94	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
95	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	33.652
96	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	33.588
97	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
98	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.169
99	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	33.132
100	United States`USA`Northern America	33.129
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.740
102	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.519
103	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	32.108
104	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	31.301
105	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.464
106	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	30.156
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.519
108	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.340
109	France`FRA`Western Europe	28.208
110	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	28.191
111	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.148
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.729
113	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	27.696
114	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	27.511
115	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.446
116	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	26.559
117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.132
118	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	25.067
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.671
120	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.493
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.493
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	22.632
123	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.611
124	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.521
125	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.321
126	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	21.627
127	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21.274
128	Chile`CHL`South America	21.196
129	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.613
130	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.642
131	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.602
132	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.459
134	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.185
135	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16.887
136	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
137	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.374
138	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	16.036
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.752
140	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.685
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
142	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	14.190
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.820
144	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.522
145	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
146	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.333
147	Argentina`ARG`South America	12.263
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.137
149	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	12.101
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.885
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.755
152	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.691
153	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.105
154	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
156	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.607
157	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.410
158	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	9.875
159	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	9.252
160	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.223
161	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8.905
162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
163	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.874
164	Uruguay`URY`South America	7.496
165	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.973
166	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.942
167	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6.865
168	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.134
169	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
170	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.914
171	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.710
172	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.075
173	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.283
174	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.266
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.192
176	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.928
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
178	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
179	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.318
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.867
181	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
182	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.508
183	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
184	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.170
185	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
186	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.105
187	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.097
188	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.094
189	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
190	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.667
191	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.500
192	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
193	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.414
194	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.285
195	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.264
196	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242
197	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
198	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.058
199	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.057
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 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.600
2Guyana94.326
3Equatorial Guinea93.545
4Gabon92.002
5Micronesia91.189

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

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 205 in both
68 · 100rose · fell
37unchanged

Rose most

Puerto Rico45.929 → 47.155+1.227
Dominican Republic39.266 → 40.048+0.782
Vietnam34.724 → 35.464+0.740
Spain32.949 → 33.588+0.639
Cabo Verde8.648 → 9.252+0.604

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands60.811 → 59.649−1.163
Indonesia57.813 → 56.860−0.953
Côte d’Ivoire17.754 → 16.887−0.867
Nicaragua46.529 → 45.698−0.831
Myanmar54.684 → 54.018−0.666

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 1999.
202 distinct values among 205
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 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) (1999). Forest Area, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/1999

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07Questions

Forest Area, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 1999?

Suriname, at 95.600, of the 205 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Forest Area, 1999 cover?

205.

Where can I download Forest Area, 1999?

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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