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Forest Area, 2001

2001, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2001 covers 207 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.552; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 32.241. Against 2000, 168 values changed (73 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2001

HighestSuriname

95.552

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1SurinameSURSouth America95.552
2GuyanaGUYSouth America94.284
3Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa92.949
4GabonGABMiddle Africa91.958
5MicronesiaFSMMicronesia91.267
6Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia90.635
7American SamoaASMPolynesia88.500
8PalauPLWMicronesia86.257
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa85.054
10Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia80.087
11Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa76.118
12LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia75.288
13BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia75.009
14FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.624
15SeychellesSYCEastern Africa73.261
16Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean73.179
17Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia69.122
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe69.117
19JapanJPNEastern Asia68.272
20South KoreaKOREastern Asia66.850
21BhutanBTNSouthern Asia65.727
22BrazilBRASouth America65.462
23Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa64.958
24DominicaDMACaribbean63.827
25Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia63.732

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Suriname95.552
  2. 2Guyana94.284
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea92.949
  4. 4Gabon91.958
  5. 5Micronesia91.267

Lowest

  1. 204Qatarshared0.000
  2. 204Naurushared0.000
  3. 204Monacoshared0.000
  4. 204Gibraltarshared0.000
  5. 203Greenland0.001

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.241. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 168values changed, of 207 in both
  • 73 · 95rose · fell
  • 39unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2001.

  • 204 distinct values among 207

    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 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) (2001). Forest Area, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2001

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2001?

Suriname, at 95.552, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2001 cover?

207.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2001?

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, 2001 the newest?

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

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