Data for 2012

Forest Area, 2012

Name: Forest Area, 2012
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2012, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2012 covers 214 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.202; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 30.679. Against 2011, 159 values changed (70 up, 89 down), 2 countries joined.

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Forest Area · Data for 2012

HighestSuriname

95.202

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

214countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
211distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.202
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	93.962
3	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.694
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.690
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.347
6	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	89.672
7	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	88.548
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	86.850
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	81.598
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.753
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.411
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.179
14	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	73.100
15	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	72.814
16	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.106
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.077
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.827
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.470
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	65.430
21	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	65.191
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.571
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
24	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.697
25	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	62.309
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.919
27	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.487
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.839
29	Belize`BLZ`Central America	59.972
30	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	59.534
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.474
32	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	59.229
33	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	58.488
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.368
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.299
36	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.912
37	Peru`PER`South America	57.584
38	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	56.989
39	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.873
40	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	56.040
41	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.910
42	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	55.550
43	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.515
44	Colombia`COL`South America	54.564
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.315
46	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	53.491
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	53.485
48	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.000
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	52.267
50	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.120
52	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	52.094
53	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	51.490
55	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.769
57	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	49.034
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	48.613
59	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	47.250
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	47.173
61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	46.903
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	46.047
63	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.887
64	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	45.185
65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	45.139
66	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.977
67	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	43.571
68	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	43.568
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.166
70	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.060
71	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	42.540
72	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
73	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.872
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.591
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.519
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.616
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.915
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.281
79	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.730
80	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	38.621
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.399
82	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.305
83	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.080
84	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.186
86	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.768
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.798
88	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	34.777
89	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	34.732
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.466
91	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.454
92	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.322
93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.311
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	34.228
95	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.049
96	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.870
98	United States`USA`Northern America	33.810
99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	33.706
100	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
101	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.177
102	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.745
103	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	31.423
104	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	31.351
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.050
106	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	30.893
107	France`FRA`Western Europe	30.774
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.584
109	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
110	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.917
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	28.995
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.647
113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.587
114	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	28.511
115	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	28.437
116	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.364
117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.678
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	27.341
119	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.441
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	25.180
121	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	24.800
122	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	24.409
123	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.213
124	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	24.183
125	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.553
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.173
127	Chile`CHL`South America	22.963
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.736
129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.669
130	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.668
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	21.781
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.546
133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	19.655
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	19.572
135	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.206
136	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.700
137	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
138	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.048
139	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
140	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.557
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.641
142	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.044
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.492
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.295
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.543
147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.504
148	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	13.305
149	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.803
150	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.724
151	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.711
152	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
153	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	11.760
154	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.596
155	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.542
156	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.326
157	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
158	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.973
159	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
160	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	10.882
161	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.877
162	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10.823
163	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.749
164	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.656
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.564
166	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10.511
167	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.323
168	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.107
169	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.924
170	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	8.887
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
172	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.754
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.869
174	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.320
175	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.564
176	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.457
177	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.288
178	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
179	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.227
180	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.152
181	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.468
182	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.444
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.188
184	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.963
185	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.745
186	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
187	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
188	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.900
189	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
190	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.665
191	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
192	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.175
193	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
194	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.098
195	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.094
196	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
197	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.931
198	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.812
199	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.717
200	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.460
201	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
202	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.351
203	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.346
204	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242
205	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0.158
206	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
207	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.059
208	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.057
209	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.010
210	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.001
=211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.000
=211	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000
=211	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000
=211	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.202
2Guyana93.962
3Micronesia91.694
4Gabon91.690
5Solomon Islands90.347

Lowest

211Qatarshared0.000
211Naurushared0.000
211Monacoshared0.000
211Gibraltarshared0.000
210Greenland0.001

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.679. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 212 in both
70 · 89rose · fell
53unchanged

Rose most

Burundi8.220 → 8.887+0.667
Cuba27.909 → 28.437+0.529
United States Virgin Islands53.074 → 53.491+0.417
Vietnam43.165 → 43.571+0.406
Estonia55.509 → 55.910+0.401

Fell most

Cambodia58.015 → 56.040−1.974
Paraguay48.215 → 47.173−1.043
São Tomé and Príncipe59.875 → 59.229−0.646
Gambia29.078 → 28.511−0.566
Belize60.486 → 59.972−0.513

+ Sudan

+ South Sudan

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 2012.
211 distinct values among 214
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 214 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2012). Forest Area, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2012

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2012?

Suriname, at 95.202, of the 214 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2012 cover?

214.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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