Data for 2008

Forest Area, 2008

Name: Forest Area, 2008
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2008, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2008 covers 209 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.373; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 30.786. Against 2007, 169 values changed (74 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2008

HighestSuriname

95.373

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

209countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
206distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.373
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.126
3	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.821
4	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.537
5	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	90.864
6	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.452
7	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	87.748
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	87.450
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	82.855
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.934
11	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	74.016
12	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	73.819
13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.323
14	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
15	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.179
16	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.751
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.452
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.962
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.444
20	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	66.626
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	66.036
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.712
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
24	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63.073
25	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	62.911
26	Brazil`BRA`South America	62.153
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.759
28	Belize`BLZ`Central America	61.595
29	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.099
30	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.575
31	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	60.206
32	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	59.171
33	Honduras`HND`Central America	59.130
34	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	58.770
35	Panama`PAN`Central America	58.526
36	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	58.498
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.123
38	Peru`PER`South America	58.046
39	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.012
40	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	57.230
41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.177
42	Colombia`COL`South America	55.154
43	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	54.650
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	54.231
45	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	54.001
46	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	53.823
47	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	53.769
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.253
49	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.175
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.022
51	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
52	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	52.195
53	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	50.980
55	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	50.873
57	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	50.122
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.702
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49.376
60	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49.175
61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	46.755
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	46.523
63	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.885
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	45.469
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44.509
66	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	44.444
67	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	44.384
68	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.007
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.496
70	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
71	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	42.181
72	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.871
73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	41.776
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.338
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.103
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.438
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.805
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	38.869
79	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.750
80	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.399
81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	38.044
82	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.403
83	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	36.816
84	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	36.598
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.378
86	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.704
88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.647
89	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.616
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.585
91	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.352
92	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.298
93	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.183
94	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	34.144
95	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.128
96	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	33.745
98	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	33.741
99	United States`USA`Northern America	33.636
100	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
101	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.140
102	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	33.125
103	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.694
104	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	31.052
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	30.786
106	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	30.777
107	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	30.441
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.281
109	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	30.084
110	France`FRA`Western Europe	30.045
111	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	29.802
112	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	29.422
113	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	29.123
114	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.449
115	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	28.209
116	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.081
117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.151
118	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	27.027
119	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	26.612
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	25.897
121	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	25.136
122	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	24.914
123	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.307
124	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.254
125	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.246
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.886
127	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.594
128	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.557
129	Chile`CHL`South America	22.250
130	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.762
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	20.865
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	20.514
133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.259
134	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.260
135	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.679
136	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
137	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.922
138	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.468
140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.900
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
142	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	14.588
143	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.556
144	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.415
145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.178
146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.746
147	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.442
148	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13.180
149	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.639
150	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.557
151	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.386
153	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.625
154	Argentina`ARG`South America	11.272
155	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.203
156	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	11.000
158	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.980
159	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10.920
160	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
161	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.452
162	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.196
163	Uruguay`URY`South America	9.478
164	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.117
165	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	9.099
166	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.030
167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
168	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.552
169	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.505
170	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.107
171	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.475
172	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.397
173	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.360
174	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
175	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.419
176	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.960
177	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.522
178	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.446
179	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.400
180	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.929
181	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
182	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.614
183	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
184	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.883
185	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
186	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.624
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
188	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.147
189	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
190	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.105
191	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.094
192	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
193	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.970
194	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.777
195	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.645
196	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
197	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.416
198	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.367
199	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.335
200	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242
201	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
202	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.065
203	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.057
204	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.010
205	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.001
=206	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.000
=206	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000
=206	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000
=206	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.373
2Guyana94.126
3Gabon91.821
4Micronesia91.537
5Equatorial Guinea90.864

Lowest

206Qatarshared0.000
206Naurushared0.000
206Monacoshared0.000
206Gibraltarshared0.000
205Greenland0.001

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.786. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
169values changed, of 209 in both
74 · 95rose · fell
40unchanged

Rose most

Montenegro57.004 → 58.498+1.494
Puerto Rico53.299 → 54.001+0.702
Vietnam41.294 → 41.776+0.482
Cuba26.145 → 26.612+0.467
Fiji57.647 → 58.012+0.365

Fell most

Nicaragua37.822 → 36.816−1.006
Paraguay51.842 → 50.980−0.861
United States Virgin Islands54.406 → 53.823−0.583
Gambia31.344 → 30.777−0.567
Myanmar49.683 → 49.175−0.509

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 2008.
206 distinct values among 209
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 209 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2008). Forest Area, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2008

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2008?

Suriname, at 95.373, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2008 cover?

209.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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