Data for 2002

Forest Area, 2002

Name: Forest Area, 2002
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2002, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2002 covers 207 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.526; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 31.796. Against 2001, 168 values changed (72 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2002

HighestSuriname

95.526

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

207countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
204distinct 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.526
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.261
3	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	92.651
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.939
5	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.306
6	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.609
7	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	88.350
8	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	86.470
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	84.740
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.065
11	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.818
12	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	75.078
13	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.687
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.558
15	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.179
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	69.095
18	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	68.765
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.296
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	66.724
21	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	65.976
22	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.989
23	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.922
24	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
25	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63.638
26	Belize`BLZ`Central America	63.381
27	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.200
28	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	62.880
29	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	61.441
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.360
31	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	60.858
32	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.738
33	Honduras`HND`Central America	60.217
34	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	60.193
35	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	59.749
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.481
37	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.447
38	Peru`PER`South America	58.631
39	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	57.320
40	Colombia`COL`South America	56.196
41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	56.147
42	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.013
43	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	55.820
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	55.350
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	54.719
46	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.771
47	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.700
48	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	53.275
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	53.253
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	52.505
51	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	52.304
52	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
53	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
54	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	51.813
55	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	50.492
57	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	49.787
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.475
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	48.799
60	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	47.238
61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	46.572
62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	45.965
63	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.847
64	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.583
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.394
66	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	44.444
67	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.854
68	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	42.850
69	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
70	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.874
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.246
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.208
73	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	41.140
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.579
75	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	40.038
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	39.904
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.599
78	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	38.979
79	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.782
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.371
81	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	38.092
82	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	37.677
83	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.607
84	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.408
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.667
86	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.795
88	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	35.785
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	35.029
90	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34.835
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.364
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.346
93	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.183
94	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	34.176
95	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	33.839
97	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	33.832
98	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
99	United States`USA`Northern America	33.243
100	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.158
101	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	32.706
102	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.578
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.089
104	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	31.796
105	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	31.686
106	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.674
107	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	30.462
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.753
109	France`FRA`Western Europe	28.786
110	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	28.747
111	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	28.398
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.170
113	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	27.906
114	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.824
115	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.658
116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	26.973
117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.422
118	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	26.011
119	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	25.420
120	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.427
121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.199
122	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	23.822
123	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.213
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.862
125	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.246
126	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.148
127	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	21.926
128	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21.716
129	Chile`CHL`South America	21.517
130	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	21.173
131	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.306
132	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	19.356
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.599
134	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
135	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.383
136	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.099
137	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
138	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.428
139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.417
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15.310
141	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.703
142	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
143	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.595
144	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	14.364
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.795
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.491
147	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
148	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.414
149	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.297
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.059
151	Argentina`ARG`South America	11.965
152	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	11.734
153	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.669
154	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.455
155	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
156	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.011
157	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
158	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.732
159	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.658
160	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.005
161	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	9.616
162	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9.412
163	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.207
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
165	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.236
166	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.552
167	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.079
168	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6.972
169	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.839
170	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.208
171	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
172	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.893
173	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.744
174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.915
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.384
176	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.379
177	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.324
178	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.929
179	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
180	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.416
181	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
182	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.873
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
184	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.537
185	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
186	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.164
187	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
188	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.105
189	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.094
190	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
191	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.029
192	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.691
193	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.563
194	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
195	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.399
196	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.327
197	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.288
198	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242
199	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
200	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.061
201	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.057
202	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.010
203	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.001
=204	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.000
=204	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000
=204	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000
=204	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.526
2Guyana94.261
3Equatorial Guinea92.651
4Gabon91.939
5Micronesia91.306

Lowest

204Qatarshared0.000
204Naurushared0.000
204Monacoshared0.000
204Gibraltarshared0.000
203Greenland0.001

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.796. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 207 in both
72 · 96rose · fell
39unchanged

Rose most

Bulgaria30.834 → 31.686+0.851
Puerto Rico49.085 → 49.787+0.702
Cuba23.135 → 23.822+0.687
Vietnam38.396 → 38.979+0.583
Fiji55.454 → 55.820+0.365

Fell most

Nicaragua43.861 → 42.854−1.006
Paraguay57.009 → 56.147−0.861
United States Virgin Islands57.903 → 57.320−0.583
Gambia34.743 → 34.176−0.567
Myanmar52.828 → 52.304−0.524

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 2002.
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

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2002). Forest Area, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2002

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2002?

Suriname, at 95.526, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2002 cover?

207.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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