Data for 2015

Forest Area, 2015

Name: Forest Area, 2015
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2015, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2015 covers 214 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.021; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 30.676. Against 2014, 160 values changed (71 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2015

HighestSuriname

95.021

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

214countries
1measure
2015the 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	95.021
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	93.784
3	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.814
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.551
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.269
6	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	89.109
7	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	88.778
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	86.400
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	80.656
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.549
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.736
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.179
14	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	72.652
15	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.106
16	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	71.914
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.233
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.694
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.433
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	65.032
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.466
22	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	64.109
23	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
24	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.414
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.958
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	61.549
27	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.487
28	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.570
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.287
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.243
31	Belize`BLZ`Central America	58.432
32	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	58.076
33	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	57.975
34	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	57.835
35	Honduras`HND`Central America	57.770
36	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.622
37	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	57.292
38	Peru`PER`South America	57.183
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.694
40	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.680
41	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	55.653
42	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	54.743
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.501
44	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	54.290
45	Colombia`COL`South America	54.200
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	53.320
47	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.000
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	52.926
49	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.615
52	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	50.961
53	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	50.614
55	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	50.118
56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.761
57	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	48.246
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	48.027
59	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	47.033
60	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	46.296
61	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45.925
62	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.871
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.689
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.891
65	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	44.871
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	44.045
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.622
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.545
69	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.060
70	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.945
71	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	42.534
72	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.197
74	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.875
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.591
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.616
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.968
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.429
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.267
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.716
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.396
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.128
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.486
84	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.155
86	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.041
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35.308
88	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	34.908
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.633
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.560
91	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.454
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.395
93	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.344
94	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.122
95	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.049
96	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
97	United States`USA`Northern America	33.900
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	33.462
99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
100	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.246
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.732
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32.471
103	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	31.686
104	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	31.439
105	France`FRA`Western Europe	31.239
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.095
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.765
108	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	30.586
109	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
110	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	30.021
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	29.994
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.265
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.802
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.576
115	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.105
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.961
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	26.812
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	26.004
119	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.001
120	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	24.800
121	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.642
122	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.133
123	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.822
124	Chile`CHL`South America	23.725
125	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23.635
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.524
127	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	23.232
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.724
129	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.582
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.505
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	22.400
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.478
133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	19.205
134	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.179
135	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	18.866
136	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.692
137	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
138	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.325
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.670
140	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
141	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.617
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.448
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.469
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.205
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.717
147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.166
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.041
149	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.040
150	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.737
151	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	12.688
152	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
153	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.752
154	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.574
155	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.326
156	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
157	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.973
158	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.970
159	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.955
160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10.944
161	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.889
163	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	10.882
164	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.835
165	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10.695
166	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.632
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.284
168	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10.144
169	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.105
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.845
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
172	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.495
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.056
174	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.625
175	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.564
176	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.527
177	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.168
178	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
179	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.152
180	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.101
181	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.474
182	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.468
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.883
184	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.039
185	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.843
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	1.684
191	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
192	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.225
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	0.901
198	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.821
199	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.771
200	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.480
201	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
202	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.351
203	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.330
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	0.049
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 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname95.021
2Guyana93.784
3Micronesia91.814
4Gabon91.551
5Solomon Islands90.269

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

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 214 in both
71 · 89rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Burundi10.222 → 10.889+0.667
Sri Lanka33.867 → 34.395+0.528
Cuba30.125 → 30.586+0.461
Vietnam44.443 → 44.871+0.428
United States Virgin Islands54.326 → 54.743+0.417

Fell most

Cambodia52.092 → 50.118−1.974
Paraguay45.087 → 44.045−1.043
São Tomé and Príncipe57.938 → 57.292−0.646
Gambia27.379 → 26.812−0.566
Belize58.945 → 58.432−0.513

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 2015.
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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2015). Forest Area, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2015

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2015?

Suriname, at 95.021, of the 214 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2015 cover?

214.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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