Data for 2014

Forest Area, 2014

Name: Forest Area, 2014
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2014, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2014 covers 214 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.082; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 30.585. Against 2013, 160 values changed (70 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2014

HighestSuriname

95.082

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

214countries
1measure
2014the 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.082
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	93.843
3	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.774
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.597
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.295
6	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	89.076
7	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	88.922
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	86.550
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	80.970
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.617
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.631
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.179
14	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	72.801
15	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	72.214
16	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.106
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.181
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.735
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.446
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	65.144
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.501
22	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	64.470
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
24	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.508
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.956
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	61.802
27	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.487
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.471
29	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.205
30	Belize`BLZ`Central America	58.945
31	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.928
32	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	58.562
33	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	58.146
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	57.969
35	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	57.938
36	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.776
37	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	57.514
38	Peru`PER`South America	57.317
39	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	56.098
40	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.625
41	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.303
42	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	54.710
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.439
44	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	54.326
45	Colombia`COL`South America	54.321
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	53.112
47	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.000
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	52.969
49	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
50	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	52.092
51	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
52	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.784
53	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	51.138
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	51.107
55	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.764
57	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	48.509
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	48.222
59	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	46.990
60	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.368
61	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	45.926
62	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.876
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.808
64	Paraguay`PRY`South America	45.087
65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.973
66	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	44.443
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.740
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.418
69	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	43.153
70	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.060
71	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	42.532
72	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.971
74	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.874
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.591
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.616
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.954
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.271
79	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.160
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.721
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.397
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.084
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.759
84	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.089
86	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.024
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35.131
88	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	34.854
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.688
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.527
91	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.454
92	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.336
93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.185
94	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.049
95	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
96	United States`USA`Northern America	33.870
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	33.867
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	33.717
99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
100	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.232
101	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32.937
102	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.723
103	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	31.598
104	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	31.257
105	France`FRA`Western Europe	31.084
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.080
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.706
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	30.464
109	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	30.125
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	29.658
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.483
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.751
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.505
115	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.169
116	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.963
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	27.379
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	26.450
119	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.148
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.822
121	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	24.800
122	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.160
123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23.817
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.733
125	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	23.590
126	Chile`CHL`South America	23.490
127	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.407
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.728
129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.560
130	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.550
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	22.194
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.501
133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	19.355
134	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.188
135	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	19.102
136	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.694
137	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
138	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.232
139	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
140	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.633
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.513
142	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.426
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.476
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.235
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.659
147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.279
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.962
149	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.930
150	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	12.894
151	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.733
152	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
153	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.679
154	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.582
155	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.326
156	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
157	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	11.050
158	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10.904
159	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.898
160	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
161	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	10.882
162	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.880
163	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.855
164	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.755
165	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.714
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.377
167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10.266
168	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.222
169	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.105
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.875
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
172	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.581
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.053
174	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.523
175	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.564
176	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.504
177	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.222
178	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
179	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.152
180	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.143
181	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.468
182	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.464
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.985
184	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.022
185	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.810
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	1.678
191	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
192	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.209
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	0.911
198	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.818
199	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.757
200	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.473
201	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
202	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.351
203	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.335
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	0.052
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 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.082
2Guyana93.843
3Micronesia91.774
4Gabon91.597
5Solomon Islands90.295

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

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 214 in both
70 · 90rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Burundi9.555 → 10.222+0.667
Cuba29.584 → 30.125+0.541
United States Virgin Islands53.909 → 54.326+0.417
Estonia54.912 → 55.303+0.391
Vietnam44.064 → 44.443+0.379

Fell most

Cambodia54.066 → 52.092−1.974
Paraguay46.130 → 45.087−1.043
São Tomé and Príncipe58.583 → 57.938−0.646
Gambia27.945 → 27.379−0.566
Belize59.459 → 58.945−0.513

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 2014.
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) (2014). Forest Area, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2014

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2014: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2014?

Suriname, at 95.082, of the 214 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2014 describe?

2014.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2014 cover?

214.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2014?

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, 2014 the newest?

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

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