Data for 2022

Forest Area, 2022

Name: Forest Area, 2022
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2022, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2022 covers 213 countries. Suriname is highest, at 94.524; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 31.059. Against 2021, 141 values changed (57 up, 84 down), 1 left.

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Forest Area · Data for 2022

HighestSuriname

94.524

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

213countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
210distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	94.524
2	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	92.114
3	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.228
4	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	90.370
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.086
6	Guyana`GUY`South America	87.131
7	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	86.692
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	85.350
9	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.028
10	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	78.456
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.726
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	71.605
16	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.552
17	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	69.813
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.700
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.409
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.211
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.176
22	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
23	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	63.130
24	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.755
25	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.487
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.270
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.079
28	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.777
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.128
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.872
31	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	57.809
32	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	57.743
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.065
34	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.498
35	Honduras`HND`Central America	56.460
36	Peru`PER`South America	56.238
37	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	56.067
38	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	55.832
39	Belize`BLZ`Central America	55.008
40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.934
41	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	54.675
42	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	52.957
43	Colombia`COL`South America	52.946
44	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	52.771
45	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	52.667
46	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	52.536
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	52.295
48	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
50	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.852
51	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
52	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	50.584
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.804
54	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.784
55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	49.730
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.042
57	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	47.206
58	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	47.203
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	46.540
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	46.119
61	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.833
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.856
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.821
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.318
65	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	43.944
66	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	43.335
67	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.060
68	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42.846
69	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.793
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.733
71	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
72	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.875
73	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.591
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.490
75	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.616
76	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	40.056
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.710
78	Canada`CAN`Northern America	39.466
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	39.250
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	38.758
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.719
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.183
83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.155
85	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	36.100
86	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	35.704
87	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.204
88	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.160
89	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.741
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.737
91	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	34.572
92	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.454
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.056
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	33.662
98	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.480
99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
100	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	32.713
101	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	32.704
102	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.685
103	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	32.386
104	France`FRA`Western Europe	32.322
105	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	32.296
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.233
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	31.059
108	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.116
110	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.277
111	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	29.069
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.792
113	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.745
114	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	26.917
115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	26.654
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.500
117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	24.862
118	Chile`CHL`South America	24.846
119	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	24.800
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.449
121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.343
122	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.133
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	23.832
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.387
125	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	22.886
126	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	22.846
127	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.604
128	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.464
129	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.355
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.124
131	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.319
132	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	21.184
133	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.454
134	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.668
135	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
136	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	18.162
137	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.421
138	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	17.217
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.745
140	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
141	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.758
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	14.996
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.459
145	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.128
146	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.995
147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.972
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.255
149	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.914
150	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.376
152	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.844
153	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.755
154	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.634
155	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.494
156	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.468
157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.326
158	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.269
159	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.248
160	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
161	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.030
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	10.361
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.644
167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9.288
168	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.098
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.656
171	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.490
172	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.210
173	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7.891
174	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7.048
175	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.642
176	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.470
177	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.217
178	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
179	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4.726
180	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.543
181	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.468
182	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.249
183	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.068
184	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.843
185	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
186	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
187	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.900
188	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
189	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.683
190	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
191	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.438
192	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.301
193	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
194	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.098
195	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
196	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.937
197	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.833
198	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.826
199	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.522
200	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
201	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.351
202	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.293
203	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.257
204	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0.158
205	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
206	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.058
207	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.045
208	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.008
209	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.001
=210	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.000
=210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000
=210	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000
=210	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname94.524
2Micronesia92.114
3Gabon91.228
4Palau90.370
5Solomon Islands90.086

Lowest

210Qatarshared0.000
210Naurushared0.000
210Monacoshared0.000
210Gibraltarshared0.000
209Greenland0.001

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.059. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
141values changed, of 213 in both
57 · 84rose · fell
72unchanged

Rose most

United States Virgin Islands57.314 → 57.743+0.429
Fiji62.764 → 63.130+0.366
Jamaica55.473 → 55.832+0.359
Costa Rica59.758 → 60.079+0.321
Vietnam46.961 → 47.203+0.242

Fell most

Cambodia44.826 → 43.944−0.882
Nicaragua27.485 → 26.654−0.831
São Tomé and Príncipe53.417 → 52.771−0.646
Paraguay39.826 → 39.250−0.576
Gambia23.412 → 22.846−0.566

− Channel Islands

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 2022.
210 distinct values among 213
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 213 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2022). Forest Area, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2022

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2022?

Suriname, at 94.524, of the 213 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2022 cover?

213.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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