Data for 2013

Forest Area, 2013

Name: Forest Area, 2013
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2013, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2013 covers 214 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.142; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 30.776. Against 2012, 161 values changed (70 up, 91 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2013

HighestSuriname

95.142

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

214countries
1measure
2013the 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.142
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	93.903
3	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.734
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.643
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.321
6	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	89.374
7	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	88.735
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	86.700
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	81.284
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.685
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.521
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.179
14	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	72.951
15	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	72.514
16	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.106
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.129
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.781
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.458
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	65.250
21	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	64.830
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.536
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
24	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.603
25	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	62.056
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.946
27	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.487
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.655
29	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.840
30	Belize`BLZ`Central America	59.459
31	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	59.048
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.614
33	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	58.583
34	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	58.317
35	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.169
36	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.758
37	Peru`PER`South America	57.450
38	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	57.193
39	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	56.544
40	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.570
41	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	55.130
42	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	54.912
43	Colombia`COL`South America	54.442
44	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.377
45	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	54.066
46	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	53.909
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	53.298
48	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.000
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	52.618
50	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
51	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
52	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.952
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	51.600
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	51.314
55	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.766
57	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	48.771
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	48.418
59	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	46.946
60	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.812
61	Paraguay`PRY`South America	46.130
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.928
63	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.882
64	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	45.556
65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	45.056
66	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	44.064
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.859
68	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	43.360
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.292
70	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.060
71	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	42.542
72	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
73	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.873
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.745
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.591
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.616
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.931
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.276
79	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	38.890
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.726
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.398
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.082
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.032
84	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.138
86	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.893
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	34.954
88	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	34.786
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.743
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.499
91	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.454
92	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.329
93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.248
94	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.049
95	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	33.973
97	United States`USA`Northern America	33.840
98	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	33.786
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.404
100	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
101	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.209
102	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.719
103	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	31.511
104	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	31.075
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.065
106	France`FRA`Western Europe	30.929
107	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	30.908
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.644
109	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
110	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.700
111	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	29.584
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	29.329
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.699
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.434
115	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.378
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	27.945
117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.820
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	26.895
119	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.294
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	25.001
121	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	24.800
122	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.187
123	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	24.016
124	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	24.000
125	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.643
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.290
127	Chile`CHL`South America	23.197
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.732
129	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.700
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.614
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	21.987
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.523
133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	19.505
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	19.337
135	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.197
136	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.697
137	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
138	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.140
139	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
140	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.594
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.577
142	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.235
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.484
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.265
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.601
147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.391
148	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	13.099
149	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.882
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.821
151	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.728
152	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
153	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.607
154	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.589
155	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	11.405
156	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.326
157	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
158	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.932
159	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
160	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	10.882
161	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10.863
162	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.824
163	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.795
164	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.756
165	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.539
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.470
167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10.389
168	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.555
169	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.106
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.900
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
172	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.668
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.961
174	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.421
175	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.564
176	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.480
177	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.255
178	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
179	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.185
180	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.152
181	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.468
182	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.454
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.087
184	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.980
185	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.778
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	1.672
191	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
192	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.192
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	0.921
198	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.815
199	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.738
200	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.466
201	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
202	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.351
203	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.340
204	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242
205	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0.158
206	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
207	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.057
208	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.056
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 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.142
2Guyana93.903
3Micronesia91.734
4Gabon91.643
5Solomon Islands90.321

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

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
161values changed, of 214 in both
70 · 91rose · fell
53unchanged

Rose most

Cuba28.437 → 29.584+1.146
Burundi8.887 → 9.555+0.667
Vietnam43.571 → 44.064+0.493
United States Virgin Islands53.491 → 53.909+0.417
Guam45.185 → 45.556+0.370

Fell most

Cambodia56.040 → 54.066−1.974
Paraguay47.173 → 46.130−1.043
Estonia55.910 → 54.912−0.998
São Tomé and Príncipe59.229 → 58.583−0.646
Gambia28.511 → 27.945−0.566

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 2013.
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) (2013). Forest Area, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2013

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2013?

Suriname, at 95.142, of the 214 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2013 cover?

214.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2013?

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, 2013 the newest?

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

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