Data for 2005

Forest Area, 2005

Name: Forest Area, 2005
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2005, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2005 covers 207 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.449; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 31.437. Against 2004, 168 values changed (73 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2005

HighestSuriname

95.449

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

207countries
1measure
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.449
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.194
3	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.880
4	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	91.757
5	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.421
6	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.530
7	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	87.900
8	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	87.109
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	83.797
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.999
11	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	74.917
12	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	74.449
13	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	73.719
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.357
15	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.179
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.671
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	69.028
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.370
20	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	67.696
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	66.407
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.817
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
24	Brazil`BRA`South America	63.571
25	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63.356
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.056
27	Belize`BLZ`Central America	62.488
28	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.990
29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.569
30	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.656
31	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	60.532
32	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	60.105
33	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	59.682
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	59.674
35	Panama`PAN`Central America	58.987
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.802
37	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	58.490
38	Peru`PER`South America	58.339
39	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.916
40	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.095
41	Colombia`COL`South America	55.675
42	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	55.571
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	54.791
44	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	53.962
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.871
46	Paraguay`PRY`South America	53.564
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.512
48	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.438
49	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	53.137
50	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	52.724
51	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
52	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
53	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	51.894
54	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	50.968
55	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
56	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.745
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49.934
58	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	49.836
59	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.581
60	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	46.880
61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	46.663
62	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.866
63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	45.717
64	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	44.983
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44.951
66	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	44.444
67	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	42.929
68	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
69	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.873
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.871
71	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	41.667
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.155
73	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.958
74	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	40.232
75	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.171
76	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.835
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.702
78	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.219
79	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.766
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	38.238
81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	37.711
82	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.406
83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	37.009
84	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.898
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.523
86	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.711
88	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	35.704
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.807
90	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.455
91	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.265
92	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.246
93	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.065
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.046
95	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	33.995
97	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	33.424
98	United States`USA`Northern America	33.413
99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
100	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.149
101	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	32.732
102	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.634
103	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	32.477
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	31.437
105	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	30.757
106	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.459
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.048
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.013
109	France`FRA`Western Europe	29.416
110	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.415
111	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	29.100
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.310
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	28.005
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.869
115	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	27.466
116	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.787
117	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	26.435
118	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	25.462
119	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	25.220
120	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	25.211
121	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.367
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.726
123	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.054
124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.050
125	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.371
126	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.138
127	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.004
128	Chile`CHL`South America	21.884
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	21.220
130	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.716
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	20.111
132	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.783
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.639
134	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
135	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.011
136	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
137	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.447
138	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	16.094
139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.797
140	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
141	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.630
142	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.505
143	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	14.476
144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14.245
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.771
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.467
147	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.526
148	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
149	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.427
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.217
151	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.647
152	Argentina`ARG`South America	11.618
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	11.367
154	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.188
155	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
156	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.929
157	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
158	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.856
159	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.228
160	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9.804
161	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	9.358
162	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.150
163	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.111
164	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.857
165	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
166	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.552
167	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.240
168	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.093
169	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.657
170	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.284
171	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.145
172	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
173	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.581
174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.718
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.672
176	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.412
177	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.362
178	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.929
179	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
180	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.517
181	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
182	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.878
183	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
184	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.581
185	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
186	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.156
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	0.999
192	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.734
193	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.601
194	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
195	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.383
196	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.372
197	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.311
198	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242
199	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
200	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.063
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 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.449
2Guyana94.194
3Gabon91.880
4Equatorial Guinea91.757
5Micronesia91.421

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

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 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

Puerto Rico51.192 → 51.894+0.702
Cuba24.751 → 25.211+0.460
Bulgaria32.363 → 32.732+0.369
Fiji56.551 → 56.916+0.365
Jamaica49.490 → 49.836+0.346

Fell most

Nicaragua40.841 → 39.835−1.006
Paraguay54.425 → 53.564−0.861
United States Virgin Islands56.154 → 55.571−0.583
Gambia33.043 → 32.477−0.567
Myanmar51.265 → 50.745−0.520

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 2005.
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) (2005). Forest Area, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2005

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2005?

Suriname, at 95.449, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2005 cover?

207.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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