Data for 2016

Forest Area, 2016

Name: Forest Area, 2016
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2016 covers 214 countries. Suriname is highest, at 94.951; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 30.958. Against 2015, 150 values changed (61 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2016

HighestSuriname

94.951

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

214countries
1measure
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	94.951
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	93.737
3	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.857
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.505
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.243
6	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	89.304
7	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	88.480
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	86.250
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	80.341
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.472
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	72.502
15	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.106
16	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	71.613
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.234
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.694
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.422
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.879
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.430
22	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
23	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.320
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.859
25	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.487
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	61.296
27	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.936
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.071
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.788
30	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	58.155
31	Belize`BLZ`Central America	57.943
32	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	57.806
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	57.591
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	57.584
35	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.468
36	Peru`PER`South America	57.039
37	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	56.646
38	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.735
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.699
40	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	55.208
41	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	55.171
42	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.563
43	Colombia`COL`South America	54.042
44	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	53.760
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	53.679
46	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.000
47	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	52.957
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	52.767
49	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
51	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.852
52	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.357
53	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	50.785
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	50.743
56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.773
57	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	49.236
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	47.850
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	47.771
60	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	47.077
61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	45.878
62	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.865
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.570
64	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45.502
65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.809
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.712
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	43.627
68	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.503
69	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.060
70	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	42.907
71	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.737
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.510
73	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
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	40.004
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.717
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.181
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.712
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.396
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.143
83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
84	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.212
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.155
86	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	35.993
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35.381
88	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	34.961
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.817
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.579
91	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.454
92	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.381
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.344
94	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.056
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	33.354
99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
100	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.271
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.685
102	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	31.773
103	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.640
104	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	31.621
105	France`FRA`Western Europe	31.393
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.151
107	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.102
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.814
109	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.116
111	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	29.577
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.048
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.802
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.647
115	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.105
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.752
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	26.245
118	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.838
119	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	25.559
120	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	24.800
121	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.463
122	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.133
123	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.912
124	Chile`CHL`South America	23.871
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.641
126	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23.452
127	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	22.970
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.724
129	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	22.631
130	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.559
131	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.451
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.455
133	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.174
134	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	19.045
135	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.681
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	18.630
137	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
138	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.425
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.682
140	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
141	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.617
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.383
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.469
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.175
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.776
147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.154
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.057
149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.053
150	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.771
151	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	12.482
152	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
153	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.755
154	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.567
155	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.326
156	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.124
157	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
158	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.066
159	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.047
160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.026
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	10.863
165	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.600
166	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10.340
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.197
168	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10.022
169	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.104
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.820
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
172	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.409
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.140
174	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.571
175	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.550
176	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.470
177	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.198
178	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
179	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.152
180	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.018
181	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.484
182	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.468
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.787
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	1.236
193	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.188
194	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
195	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.098
196	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
197	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.892
198	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.821
199	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.796
200	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.485
201	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
202	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.351
203	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.325
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	0.045
209	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.009
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 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname94.951
2Guyana93.737
3Micronesia91.857
4Gabon91.505
5Solomon Islands90.243

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

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 214 in both
61 · 89rose · fell
64unchanged

Rose most

Guam46.296 → 51.852+5.556
Vietnam44.871 → 45.878+1.007
Cuba30.586 → 31.151+0.566
United States Virgin Islands54.743 → 55.171+0.429
Belarus42.534 → 42.907+0.373

Fell most

Northern Mariana Islands64.109 → 52.957−11.152
Israel7.625 → 6.470−1.155
Cambodia50.118 → 49.236−0.882
Nicaragua32.471 → 31.640−0.831
São Tomé and Príncipe57.292 → 56.646−0.646

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 2016.
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) (2016). Forest Area, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2016

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2016?

Suriname, at 94.951, of the 214 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2016 cover?

214.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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