Data for 2003

Forest Area, 2003

Name: Forest Area, 2003
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2003, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2003 covers 207 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.501; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 31.872. Against 2002, 167 values changed (72 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2003

HighestSuriname

95.501

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

207countries
1measure
2003the 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.501
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.239
3	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	92.353
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.919
5	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.344
6	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.582
7	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	88.200
8	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	86.683
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	84.425
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.043
11	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.517
12	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	74.869
13	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.364
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.491
15	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.179
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	69.073
18	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	68.409
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.321
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	66.625
21	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	66.226
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.887
23	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.516
24	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
25	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63.544
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.152
27	Belize`BLZ`Central America	63.083
28	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	62.584
29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.430
30	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	60.996
31	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	60.749
32	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.710
33	Honduras`HND`Central America	60.036
34	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	60.023
35	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	59.329
36	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.294
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.255
38	Peru`PER`South America	58.534
39	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56.737
40	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.185
41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.040
42	Colombia`COL`South America	56.023
43	Paraguay`PRY`South America	55.286
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	55.164
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	54.436
46	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.685
47	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.613
48	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	53.504
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	53.077
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	52.716
51	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
52	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
53	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	51.780
54	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	51.531
55	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
56	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	50.489
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	50.306
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.510
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	49.145
60	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	47.118
61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	46.603
62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	45.883
63	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.853
64	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.383
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.246
66	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	44.444
67	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	42.876
68	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
69	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.874
70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.848
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.454
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	41.317
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.190
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.706
75	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	39.993
76	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.765
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.625
78	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	39.557
79	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.777
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	37.917
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.817
82	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	37.694
83	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	37.688
84	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.407
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.619
86	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.763
88	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	35.342
89	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	35.114
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.955
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.325
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.246
93	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.209
94	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
95	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	33.910
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	33.870
97	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	33.610
98	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
99	United States`USA`Northern America	33.300
100	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.155
101	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	32.945
102	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.598
103	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	32.027
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	31.872
105	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	31.350
106	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	30.560
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.466
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.846
109	France`FRA`Western Europe	28.996
110	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	28.970
111	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	28.632
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.216
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.879
114	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	27.759
115	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.728
116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	26.794
117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.544
118	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	25.828
119	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	25.082
120	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.407
121	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	24.287
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.041
123	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.158
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.926
125	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.222
126	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.165
127	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21.856
128	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	21.690
129	Chile`CHL`South America	21.639
130	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	21.020
131	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.132
132	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	19.608
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.612
134	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
135	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.310
136	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.070
137	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
138	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.435
139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.210
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14.955
141	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.679
142	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
143	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.565
144	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	14.402
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.787
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.483
147	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.451
148	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
149	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.340
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.109
151	Argentina`ARG`South America	11.850
152	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.662
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	11.612
154	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.366
155	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
156	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.980
157	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
158	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.773
159	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.752
160	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.079
161	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9.542
162	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	9.530
163	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.159
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
165	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.443
166	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.552
167	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.084
168	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.061
169	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.778
170	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.233
171	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
172	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.977
173	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.690
174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.849
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.480
176	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.390
177	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.337
178	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.929
179	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
180	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.452
181	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
182	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.875
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
184	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.552
185	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
186	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.161
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	1.019
192	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.706
193	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.576
194	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
195	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.393
196	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.342
197	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.296
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 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.501
2Guyana94.239
3Equatorial Guinea92.353
4Gabon91.919
5Micronesia91.344

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

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 207 in both
72 · 95rose · fell
40unchanged

Rose most

Puerto Rico49.787 → 50.489+0.702
Vietnam38.979 → 39.557+0.578
Cuba23.822 → 24.287+0.465
Fiji55.820 → 56.185+0.365
Jamaica48.799 → 49.145+0.346

Fell most

Nicaragua42.854 → 41.848−1.006
Paraguay56.147 → 55.286−0.861
United States Virgin Islands57.320 → 56.737−0.583
Gambia34.176 → 33.610−0.567
Myanmar52.304 → 51.780−0.524

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 2003.
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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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2003). Forest Area, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2003

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2003?

Suriname, at 95.501, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2003 cover?

207.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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