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Forest Area, 2011

2011, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2011 covers 212 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.2617; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 30.6654. Against 2010, 159 values changed (72 up, 87 down), 3 countries joined.

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Forest Area · Data for 2011

HighestSuriname

95.2617

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, 2011, 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 212 countries · select a heading to sort

Forest Area, 2011: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1SurinameSURSouth America95.2617
2GuyanaGUYSouth America94.0214
3GabonGABMiddle Africa91.7357
4MicronesiaFSMMicronesia91.6543
5Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia90.3733
6Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa89.9698
7PalauPLWMicronesia88.3609
8American SamoaASMPolynesia87.0000
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa81.9122
10Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia79.8216
11FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.3009
12SeychellesSYCEastern Africa73.2609
13LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia73.2496
14Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean73.1795
15Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa73.1147
16BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia72.1063
17BhutanBTNSouthern Asia71.0252
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe68.8722
19JapanJPNEastern Asia68.4818
20South KoreaKOREastern Asia65.6137
21Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia65.5522
22Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa64.6061
23DominicaDMACaribbean63.8267
24Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia62.7909
25ZambiaZMBEastern Africa62.5618

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Suriname95.2617
  2. 2Guyana94.0214
  3. 3Gabon91.7357
  4. 4Micronesia91.6543
  5. 5Solomon Islands90.3733

Lowest

  1. 209Qatarshared0.0000
  2. 209Naurushared0.0000
  3. 209Monacoshared0.0000
  4. 209Gibraltarshared0.0000
  5. 208Greenland0.0005

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.6654. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 159values changed, of 209 in both
  • 72 · 87rose · fell
  • 50unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Curaçao+ Saint Martin+ Sint Maarten

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 2011.

  • 209 distinct values among 212

    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 212 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) (2011). Forest Area, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2011

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2011?

Suriname, at 95.2617, of the 212 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2011 cover?

212.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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