Data for 2020

Forest Area, 2020

Name: Forest Area, 2020
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2020 covers 214 countries. Suriname is highest, at 94.676; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 30.624. Against 2019, 138 values changed (57 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2020

HighestSuriname

94.676

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

214countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	94.676
2	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	92.029
3	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.321
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.138
5	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	90.022
6	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	87.288
7	Guyana`GUY`South America	87.219
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	85.650
9	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.176
10	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79.085
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.728
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	71.904
16	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.447
17	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	70.413
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.700
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.409
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.416
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.264
22	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
23	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62.398
24	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.944
25	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.487
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.472
27	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	60.283
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	59.437
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.417
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.177
31	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	58.155
32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.039
33	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56.886
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	56.835
35	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.806
36	Peru`PER`South America	56.508
37	Belize`BLZ`Central America	55.986
38	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.956
39	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	55.647
40	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	55.114
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.809
42	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	54.063
43	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	53.427
44	Colombia`COL`South America	53.305
45	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	53.000
46	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	52.957
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	52.413
48	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
50	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.852
51	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	51.643
52	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.321
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	50.079
55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.784
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.072
57	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	47.138
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	46.925
59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	46.725
60	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	46.719
61	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.844
62	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	45.708
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.094
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.485
65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.481
66	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	43.734
67	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	43.194
68	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.060
69	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.030
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.733
71	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.906
73	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.875
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.591
75	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.616
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	40.529
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	40.056
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.710
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	38.899
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.696
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.570
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.177
83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.155
85	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35.860
86	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	35.801
87	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.149
88	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	35.119
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.097
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.678
91	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.652
92	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.454
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.158
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	33.793
98	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.435
99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
100	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	32.921
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.683
102	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	32.378
103	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	32.349
104	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	32.122
105	France`FRA`Western Europe	32.012
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.233
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.977
108	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.116
110	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.928
111	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.871
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.792
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	28.316
114	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	28.180
115	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	27.804
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.917
117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.187
118	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	24.800
119	Chile`CHL`South America	24.515
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.270
121	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.133
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.109
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	23.979
124	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	23.777
125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.746
126	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	23.431
127	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.721
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.604
129	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.496
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.233
131	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	21.685
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.364
133	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.414
134	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.672
135	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
136	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	18.455
137	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	17.689
138	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.421
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.724
140	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
141	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.711
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.124
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.469
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.055
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.011
147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.694
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.186
149	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.867
150	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.602
151	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
152	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.753
153	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.659
154	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.649
155	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.604
156	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.352
157	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.345
158	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.326
159	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.188
160	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
161	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.974
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	10.441
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.829
167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9.532
168	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.100
169	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.920
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.718
172	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.373
173	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.064
174	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.858
175	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.627
176	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.470
177	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.217
178	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
179	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.152
180	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4.833
181	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.523
182	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.468
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.425
184	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.054
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	1.280
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	0.892
198	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.852
199	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.818
200	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.509
201	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
202	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.351
203	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.303
204	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.250
205	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0.158
206	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
207	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.059
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 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname94.676
2Micronesia92.029
3Gabon91.321
4Solomon Islands90.138
5Palau90.022

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

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 214 in both
57 · 81rose · fell
76unchanged

Rose most

Serbia31.125 → 32.378+1.252
United States Virgin Islands56.457 → 56.886+0.429
Fiji62.033 → 62.398+0.366
Jamaica54.755 → 55.114+0.359
Costa Rica59.117 → 59.437+0.321

Fell most

Guyana93.597 → 87.219−6.378
Cambodia46.590 → 45.708−0.882
Nicaragua29.147 → 28.316−0.831
Paraguay41.232 → 40.529−0.703
São Tomé and Príncipe54.708 → 54.063−0.646

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

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 2020.
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) (2020). Forest Area, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2020

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2020?

Suriname, at 94.676, of the 214 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2020 cover?

214.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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