Data for 2018

Forest Area, 2018

Name: Forest Area, 2018
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2018, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2018 covers 214 countries. Suriname is highest, at 94.829; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 30.582. Against 2017, 142 values changed (56 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2018

HighestSuriname

94.829

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

214countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	94.829
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	93.644
3	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.943
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.413
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.190
6	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	89.674
7	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	87.884
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	85.950
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79.713
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.324
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	72.203
15	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.106
16	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.346
17	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	71.013
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.694
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.409
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.674
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.351
22	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
23	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.132
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.674
25	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	61.667
26	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.487
27	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	60.790
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.708
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	58.796
30	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	58.500
31	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.482
32	Honduras`HND`Central America	57.209
33	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.113
34	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.039
35	Belize`BLZ`Central America	56.965
36	Peru`PER`South America	56.778
37	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	56.619
38	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56.029
39	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.846
40	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	55.354
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.688
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	54.397
43	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	54.317
44	Colombia`COL`South America	53.664
45	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.375
46	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	52.957
47	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	52.702
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	52.534
49	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
51	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.852
52	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.839
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	50.436
55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.784
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.717
57	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	47.472
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	47.336
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	47.312
60	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	47.164
61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	46.235
62	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.854
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.332
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.645
65	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	44.620
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.047
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.266
68	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.060
69	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	43.052
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.733
71	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.322
72	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	41.935
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	39.040
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.704
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.428
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.157
83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.155
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	35.897
86	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	35.666
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35.621
88	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.095
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.032
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.626
91	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.560
92	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.454
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.258
94	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.049
95	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
96	Mexico`MEX`Central America	33.925
97	United States`USA`Northern America	33.867
98	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
99	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.317
100	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	33.137
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.684
102	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	31.985
103	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	31.947
104	France`FRA`Western Europe	31.703
105	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.233
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.123
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.895
108	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.116
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.978
111	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.792
112	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.787
113	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	28.691
114	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	28.614
115	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.466
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.335
117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.513
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	25.113
119	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	24.800
120	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	24.668
121	Chile`CHL`South America	24.202
122	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.133
123	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.104
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.091
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.875
126	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23.086
127	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	23.031
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.605
129	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.528
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.342
131	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	22.311
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.410
133	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.374
134	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	18.750
135	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.676
136	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
137	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	18.162
138	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.421
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.703
140	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
141	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.664
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.253
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.469
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.115
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.893
147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.414
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.115
149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.827
150	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.820
151	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
152	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	12.071
153	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.753
154	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.552
155	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.364
156	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.326
157	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.236
158	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.196
159	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.107
160	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
161	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.919
162	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
163	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.889
164	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	10.882
165	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.520
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.013
167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9.777
168	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9.630
169	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.103
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.768
172	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.257
173	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.236
174	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.668
175	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.611
176	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.470
177	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.259
178	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
179	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.152
180	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4.941
181	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.504
182	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.468
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.601
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	1.438
193	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.258
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	0.872
198	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.848
199	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.810
200	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.496
201	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
202	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.351
203	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.314
204	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.243
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	0.008
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 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname94.829
2Guyana93.644
3Micronesia91.943
4Gabon91.413
5Solomon Islands90.190

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

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
142values changed, of 214 in both
56 · 86rose · fell
72unchanged

Rose most

United States Virgin Islands55.600 → 56.029+0.429
Cayman Islands53.000 → 53.375+0.375
Fiji61.302 → 61.667+0.366
Jamaica54.038 → 54.397+0.359
Costa Rica58.476 → 58.796+0.320

Fell most

Cambodia48.354 → 47.472−0.882
Nicaragua30.809 → 29.978−0.831
Paraguay42.638 → 41.935−0.703
São Tomé and Príncipe56.000 → 55.354−0.646
Gambia25.679 → 25.113−0.566

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 2018.
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) (2018). Forest Area, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2018

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2018?

Suriname, at 94.829, of the 214 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2018 cover?

214.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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