Data for 2019

Forest Area, 2019

Name: Forest Area, 2019
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2019, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2019 covers 214 countries. Suriname is highest, at 94.753; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 30.605. Against 2018, 144 values changed (54 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2019

HighestSuriname

94.753

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

214countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	94.753
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	93.597
3	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	91.986
4	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.367
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.164
6	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	89.848
7	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	87.586
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	85.800
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79.399
10	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.250
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.731
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.179
14	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.106
15	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	72.054
16	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.395
17	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	70.713
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.700
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.409
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.518
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.307
22	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
23	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.038
24	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62.033
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.573
26	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.487
27	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	60.537
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.559
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	59.117
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.330
31	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	58.327
32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.039
33	Honduras`HND`Central America	57.022
34	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.959
35	Peru`PER`South America	56.643
36	Belize`BLZ`Central America	56.476
37	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56.457
38	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	56.133
39	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.901
40	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	54.755
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.750
42	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	54.708
43	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	53.872
44	Colombia`COL`South America	53.485
45	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.000
46	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	52.957
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	52.460
48	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
49	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	52.172
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
51	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.852
52	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.580
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	50.253
55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.784
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.394
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	47.110
58	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	47.104
59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	47.008
60	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	46.590
61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	46.477
62	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.849
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.213
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.563
65	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.317
66	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	44.176
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.148
68	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	43.126
69	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.060
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.733
71	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.114
73	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.875
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.591
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	41.232
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	38.969
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.700
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.467
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.168
83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.155
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	35.849
86	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35.741
87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	35.392
88	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.133
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.065
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.651
91	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.605
92	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.454
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.207
94	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.049
95	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
96	United States`USA`Northern America	33.867
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	33.859
98	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.340
99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
100	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	33.029
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.683
102	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	32.167
103	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	32.034
104	France`FRA`Western Europe	31.858
105	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.233
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.125
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.940
108	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.116
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.147
111	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.858
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.792
113	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.669
114	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	28.397
115	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	28.247
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.126
117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.350
118	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	24.800
119	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	24.545
120	Chile`CHL`South America	24.350
121	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	24.223
122	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.181
123	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.133
124	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.992
125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.925
126	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	23.231
127	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.904
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.604
129	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.512
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.288
131	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	21.997
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.387
133	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.394
134	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.674
135	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	18.591
136	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
137	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	17.926
138	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.421
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.714
140	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
141	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.688
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.189
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.469
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.085
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.952
147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.553
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.153
149	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.844
150	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.714
151	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
152	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.865
153	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.753
154	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.545
155	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.484
156	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.326
157	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.294
158	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.270
159	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.147
160	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
161	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.947
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	10.480
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.921
167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9.655
168	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9.275
169	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.102
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.741
172	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.316
173	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.150
174	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.763
175	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.621
176	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.470
177	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.238
178	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
179	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.152
180	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4.887
181	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.513
182	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.468
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.512
184	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.046
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	1.269
194	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
195	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.098
196	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
197	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.872
198	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.862
199	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.814
200	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.503
201	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
202	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.351
203	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.309
204	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.246
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 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname94.753
2Guyana93.597
3Micronesia91.986
4Gabon91.367
5Solomon Islands90.164

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

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 214 in both
54 · 90rose · fell
70unchanged

Rose most

United States Virgin Islands56.029 → 56.457+0.429
Fiji61.667 → 62.033+0.366
Jamaica54.397 → 54.755+0.358
Costa Rica58.796 → 59.117+0.321
Dominican Republic44.047 → 44.317+0.270

Fell most

Cambodia47.472 → 46.590−0.882
Nicaragua29.978 → 29.147−0.831
Paraguay41.935 → 41.232−0.703
São Tomé and Príncipe55.354 → 54.708−0.646
Gambia25.113 → 24.545−0.567

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 2019.
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) (2019). Forest Area, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2019

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2019?

Suriname, at 94.753, of the 214 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2019 cover?

214.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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