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Forest Area, 2000

2000, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2000 covers 207 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.5772; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 32.2272. Against 1999, 168 values changed (67 up, 101 down), 2 countries joined.

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Forest Area · Data for 2000

HighestSuriname

95.5772

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, 2000, 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 207 countries · select a heading to sort

Forest Area, 2000: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1SurinameSURSouth America95.5772
2GuyanaGUYSouth America94.3064
3Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa93.2471
4GabonGABMiddle Africa91.9781
5MicronesiaFSMMicronesia91.2286
6Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia90.6610
7American SamoaASMPolynesia88.6500
8PalauPLWMicronesia86.0435
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa85.3679
10Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia80.1086
11Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa76.4182
12LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia75.4983
13BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia75.3321
14FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.6913
15SeychellesSYCEastern Africa73.2609
16Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean73.1795
17Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia69.4783
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe69.1389
19JapanJPNEastern Asia68.2469
20South KoreaKOREastern Asia67.1366
21BrazilBRASouth America65.9344
22BhutanBTNSouthern Asia65.4774
23Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa64.9927
24BelizeBLZCentral America63.9763
25DominicaDMACaribbean63.8267

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Suriname95.5772
  2. 2Guyana94.3064
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea93.2471
  4. 4Gabon91.9781
  5. 5Micronesia91.2286

Lowest

  1. 204Qatarshared0.0000
  2. 204Naurushared0.0000
  3. 204Monacoshared0.0000
  4. 204Gibraltarshared0.0000
  5. 203Greenland0.0005

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.2272. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 168values changed, of 205 in both
  • 67 · 101rose · fell
  • 37unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Belgium+ Luxembourg

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 2000.

  • 204 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 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 207 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) (2000). Forest Area, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2000

0634 held

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2000?

Suriname, at 95.5772, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2000 cover?

207.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2000?

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, 2000 the newest?

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

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