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Forest Area, 2006

2006, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2006 covers 209 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.4239; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 31.2201. Against 2005, 168 values changed (73 up, 95 down), 2 countries joined.

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Forest Area · Data for 2006

HighestSuriname

95.4239

Lowest4 countries share it

0.0000

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, 2006, 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 209 countries · select a heading to sort

Forest Area, 2006: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1SurinameSURSouth America95.4239
2GuyanaGUYSouth America94.1711
3GabonGABMiddle Africa91.8603
4MicronesiaFSMMicronesia91.4600
5Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa91.4595
6Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia90.5040
7American SamoaASMPolynesia87.7500
8PalauPLWMicronesia87.3217
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa83.4830
10Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia79.9773
11Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa74.6163
12LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia74.2387
13FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.4059
14BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia73.3966
15SeychellesSYCEastern Africa73.2609
16Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean73.1795
17BhutanBTNSouthern Asia69.9314
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe69.0063
19JapanJPNEastern Asia68.3951
20Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia67.3391
21South KoreaKOREastern Asia66.2944
22Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa64.7818
23DominicaDMACaribbean63.8267
24Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia63.2616
25BrazilBRASouth America63.0982

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Suriname95.4239
  2. 2Guyana94.1711
  3. 3Gabon91.8603
  4. 4Micronesia91.4600
  5. 5Equatorial Guinea91.4595

Lowest

  1. 206Qatarshared0.0000
  2. 206Naurushared0.0000
  3. 206Monacoshared0.0000
  4. 206Gibraltarshared0.0000
  5. 205Greenland0.0005

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.2201. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 168values changed, of 207 in both
  • 73 · 95rose · fell
  • 39unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Montenegro+ Serbia

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 2006.

  • 206 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 4 countries share 0.0000. 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 209 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) (2006). Forest Area, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2006

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2006?

Suriname, at 95.4239, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2006 cover?

209.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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