Data for 2017

Forest Area, 2017

Name: Forest Area, 2017
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2017, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2017 covers 214 countries. Suriname is highest, at 94.905; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 30.831. Against 2016, 149 values changed (60 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2017

HighestSuriname

94.905

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

214countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	94.905
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	93.690
3	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.900
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.459
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.217
6	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	89.478
7	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	88.182
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	86.100
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	80.027
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.398
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.733
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.179
14	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	72.353
15	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.106
16	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	71.313
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.286
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.694
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.409
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.783
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.395
22	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
23	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.246
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.770
25	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.487
26	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	61.302
27	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	61.043
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.833
29	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	58.673
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.635
31	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	58.476
32	Belize`BLZ`Central America	57.454
33	Honduras`HND`Central America	57.397
34	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.314
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	57.105
36	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.039
37	Peru`PER`South America	56.902
38	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	56.000
39	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.790
40	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	55.600
41	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	54.763
42	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.625
43	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	54.038
44	Colombia`COL`South America	53.844
45	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	53.231
46	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.000
47	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	52.957
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	52.637
49	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
51	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.852
52	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.098
53	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	50.610
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	50.039
56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.784
57	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	48.354
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	47.568
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	47.533
60	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	47.120
61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	45.996
62	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.860
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.451
64	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45.060
65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.727
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.880
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.385
68	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.060
69	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	42.978
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.733
71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	42.638
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.529
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	40.056
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.710
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.110
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.708
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.412
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.152
83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.155
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	35.945
86	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	35.939
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35.501
88	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.057
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.001
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.603
91	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.515
92	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.454
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.293
94	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.049
95	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
96	Mexico`MEX`Central America	33.990
97	United States`USA`Northern America	33.867
98	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
99	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.295
100	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	33.246
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.685
102	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	31.860
103	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	31.803
104	France`FRA`Western Europe	31.548
105	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.233
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.121
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.853
108	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30.809
109	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.116
111	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	29.134
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	28.831
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.792
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.717
115	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.264
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.543
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	25.679
118	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.676
119	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	25.113
120	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	24.800
121	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.284
122	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.133
123	Chile`CHL`South America	24.036
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.001
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.758
126	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23.269
127	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	22.831
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.724
129	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	22.626
130	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.543
131	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.397
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.433
133	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.354
134	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	18.909
135	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.679
136	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
137	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	18.393
138	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.423
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.694
140	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
141	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.640
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.318
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.469
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.145
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.835
147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.273
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.078
149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.940
150	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.798
151	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
152	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	12.276
153	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.751
154	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.560
155	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.326
156	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.244
157	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.178
158	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.122
159	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.066
161	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
162	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.891
163	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.889
164	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	10.882
165	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.560
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.105
167	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9.985
168	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9.899
169	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.103
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.794
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
172	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.323
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.198
174	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.602
175	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.573
176	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.470
177	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.229
178	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
179	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.152
180	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4.994
181	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.494
182	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.468
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.694
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	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.313
193	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.247
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	0.882
198	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.821
199	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.816
200	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.493
201	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
202	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.351
203	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.319
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 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname94.905
2Guyana93.690
3Micronesia91.900
4Gabon91.459
5Solomon Islands90.217

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

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 214 in both
60 · 89rose · fell
65unchanged

Rose most

Estonia55.699 → 57.039+1.339
Samoa57.806 → 58.673+0.867
United States Virgin Islands55.171 → 55.600+0.429
Fiji60.936 → 61.302+0.366
Jamaica53.679 → 54.038+0.359

Fell most

Paraguay43.627 → 42.638−0.989
Cambodia49.236 → 48.354−0.882
Nicaragua31.640 → 30.809−0.831
Indonesia50.743 → 50.039−0.704
São Tomé and Príncipe56.646 → 56.000−0.646

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 2017.
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) (2017). Forest Area, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2017

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2017?

Suriname, at 94.905, of the 214 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2017 cover?

214.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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