Data for 2004

Forest Area, 2004

Name: Forest Area, 2004
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2004, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2004 covers 207 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.475; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 31.654. Against 2003, 168 values changed (73 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2004

HighestSuriname

95.475

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

207countries
1measure
2004the 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.475
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.216
3	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	92.055
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.900
5	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.383
6	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.556
7	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	88.050
8	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	86.896
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	84.111
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.021
11	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.217
12	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	74.659
13	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.042
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.424
15	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.179
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.410
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	69.050
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.346
20	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	68.052
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	66.519
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.852
23	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.044
24	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
25	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63.450
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.104
27	Belize`BLZ`Central America	62.785
28	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	62.287
29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.500
30	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.683
31	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	60.641
32	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	60.551
33	Honduras`HND`Central America	59.855
34	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	59.852
35	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.140
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.029
37	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	58.909
38	Peru`PER`South America	58.436
39	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.551
40	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56.154
41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.068
42	Colombia`COL`South America	55.849
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	54.977
44	Paraguay`PRY`South America	54.425
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	54.154
46	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	53.733
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.598
48	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.525
49	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	52.926
50	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	52.901
51	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
52	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
53	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	51.265
54	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	51.250
55	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	51.192
56	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	50.120
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.545
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	49.490
60	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	46.999
61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	46.633
62	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.860
63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	45.800
64	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.183
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.099
66	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	44.444
67	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	42.902
68	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
69	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.873
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.663
71	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	41.495
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.173
73	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.841
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.832
75	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.082
76	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	40.074
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.668
78	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.492
79	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.772
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	38.028
81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	37.700
82	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	37.463
83	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.407
84	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	37.296
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.571
86	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.731
88	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	35.407
89	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.898
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.881
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.285
92	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.239
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.146
94	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
95	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	33.988
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	33.933
97	United States`USA`Northern America	33.357
98	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
99	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	33.184
100	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.152
101	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	33.043
102	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.617
103	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	32.363
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	31.654
105	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.905
106	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	30.659
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.257
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.925
109	France`FRA`Western Europe	29.206
110	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.193
111	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	28.866
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.263
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.937
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.799
115	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	27.613
116	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.665
117	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	26.615
118	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	25.645
119	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	25.115
120	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	24.751
121	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.387
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.884
123	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.104
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.990
125	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.297
126	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.085
127	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21.996
128	Chile`CHL`South America	21.761
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	21.455
130	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.868
131	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.958
132	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	19.859
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.626
134	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
135	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.040
136	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
137	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.441
138	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	16.159
139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.004
140	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.654
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
142	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14.600
143	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.535
144	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	14.439
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.779
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.475
147	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.489
148	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
149	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.384
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.160
151	Argentina`ARG`South America	11.734
152	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.655
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	11.490
154	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.277
155	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
157	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.841
158	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.814
159	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.154
160	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9.673
161	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	9.444
162	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.156
163	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.140
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
165	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.650
166	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.552
167	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.151
168	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.089
169	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.718
170	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.259
171	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
172	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.061
173	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.635
174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.784
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.576
176	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.401
177	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.349
178	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.929
179	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
180	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.485
181	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
182	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.877
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
184	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.566
185	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
186	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.158
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	1.009
192	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.720
193	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.589
194	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
195	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.388
196	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.357
197	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.304
198	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242
199	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
200	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.062
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 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.475
2Guyana94.216
3Equatorial Guinea92.055
4Gabon91.900
5Micronesia91.383

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

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 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

Bhutan66.226 → 69.410+3.185
Puerto Rico50.489 → 51.192+0.702
Vietnam39.557 → 40.074+0.517
Cuba24.287 → 24.751+0.465
Fiji56.185 → 56.551+0.365

Fell most

Ethiopia18.310 → 16.159−2.151
Eritrea10.980 → 9.140−1.840
Nicaragua41.848 → 40.841−1.006
Paraguay55.286 → 54.425−0.861
United States Virgin Islands56.737 → 56.154−0.583

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 2004.
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) (2004). Forest Area, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2004

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2004?

Suriname, at 95.475, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2004 cover?

207.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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