Data for 2010

Forest Area, 2010

Name: Forest Area, 2010
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2010, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2010 covers 209 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.322; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 31.020. Against 2009, 170 values changed (75 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2010

HighestSuriname

95.322

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

209countries
1measure
2010the 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.322
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.081
3	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.782
4	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.614
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.399
6	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	90.268
7	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	88.174
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	87.150
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	82.226
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.890
11	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	73.415
12	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	73.399
13	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.189
15	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.179
16	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.106
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.973
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.918
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.494
20	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	65.913
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	65.710
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.641
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
24	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.885
25	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	62.815
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.898
27	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.487
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	61.207
29	Belize`BLZ`Central America	60.999
30	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.521
31	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	60.506
32	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	59.989
33	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	58.830
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.767
35	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.743
36	Panama`PAN`Central America	58.219
37	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	57.879
38	Peru`PER`South America	57.851
39	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.671
40	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	56.390
41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.232
42	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.406
43	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.108
44	Colombia`COL`South America	54.806
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.191
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	53.857
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	53.080
48	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.000
49	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	52.657
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.457
51	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
52	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
53	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	51.843
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	51.565
55	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.774
57	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	49.559
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	49.258
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49.004
60	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	48.129
61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	46.815
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	46.285
63	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.898
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	45.304
65	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	44.444
66	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44.214
67	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	43.984
68	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.060
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.913
70	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	42.733
71	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	42.533
72	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
73	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.870
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.591
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.068
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.616
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.881
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.290
79	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.739
80	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	38.082
81	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.852
82	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.401
83	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.090
84	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.282
86	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.506
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.908
88	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	34.803
89	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	34.739
90	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	34.623
91	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.454
92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.437
93	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	34.423
94	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.409
95	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.308
96	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.049
97	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
98	United States`USA`Northern America	33.749
99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	33.545
100	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
101	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.134
102	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.731
103	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	32.238
104	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	31.248
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.020
106	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	30.529
107	France`FRA`Western Europe	30.465
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.459
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	30.351
110	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
111	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	29.644
112	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	29.004
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.543
114	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	28.320
115	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	28.232
116	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.223
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	27.546
118	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.394
119	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.734
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	25.539
121	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	25.271
122	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	24.549
123	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.267
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.374
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.939
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.778
127	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.743
128	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.605
129	Chile`CHL`South America	22.494
130	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.601
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	21.368
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	20.043
133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	19.955
134	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.911
135	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.706
136	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
137	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16.863
138	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.481
140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.771
141	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	14.662
142	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
143	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.507
144	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.355
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.729
146	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	13.716
147	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.426
148	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.715
149	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.644
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.491
151	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.470
152	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
153	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.611
154	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.400
155	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
156	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.073
157	Argentina`ARG`South America	11.040
158	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
159	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10.756
160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10.742
161	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.600
162	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.457
163	Uruguay`URY`South America	9.892
164	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.108
165	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.977
166	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.926
167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
168	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.684
169	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.552
170	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.116
171	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.564
172	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.411
173	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.354
174	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
175	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.310
176	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.152
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.468
178	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.425
179	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.392
180	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.929
181	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
182	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.680
183	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
184	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.900
185	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
186	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.653
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
188	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.142
189	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
190	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.098
191	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.094
192	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
193	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.950
194	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.805
195	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.682
196	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
197	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.446
198	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.356
199	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.351
200	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242
201	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
202	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.066
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 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.322
2Guyana94.081
3Gabon91.782
4Micronesia91.614
5Solomon Islands90.399

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

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
170values changed, of 209 in both
75 · 95rose · fell
39unchanged

Rose most

Montenegro59.993 → 61.487+1.494
Puerto Rico54.703 → 55.406+0.702
Cuba27.079 → 27.546+0.467
Vietnam42.293 → 42.733+0.440
Fiji58.378 → 58.743+0.365

Fell most

Nicaragua35.809 → 34.803−1.006
Paraguay50.119 → 49.258−0.861
United States Virgin Islands53.240 → 52.657−0.583
Gambia30.211 → 29.644−0.567
Myanmar48.651 → 48.129−0.522

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 2010.
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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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2010). Forest Area, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2010

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2010?

Suriname, at 95.322, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2010 cover?

209.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2010?

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, 2010 the newest?

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