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Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2000

2000, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2000 covers 156 countries. Saudi Arabia is highest, at 100.00; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 12.06. Against 1990, 77 values changed (66 up, 11 down), 9 countries joined.

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Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas · Data for 2000

HighestSaudi Arabia

100.00

Lowest6 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 156 countries · select a heading to sort

Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2000: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia100.00
VenezuelaVENSouth America83.43
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa69.57
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia62.04
GuatemalaGTMCentral America59.49
GuineaGINWestern Africa54.38
BelizeBLZCentral America53.34
KenyaKENEastern Africa52.01
UgandaUGAEastern Africa50.83
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia49.65
NepalNPLSouthern Asia48.47
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa48.33
RwandaRWAEastern Africa45.80
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia41.28
BurundiBDIEastern Africa41.12
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia40.67
BahrainBHRWestern Asia39.42
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa38.73
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa37.94
DominicaDMACaribbean37.02
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia36.14
BeninBENWestern Africa36.01
ChadTCDMiddle Africa35.48
SyriaSYRWestern Asia35.35
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand34.79

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Saudi Arabia100.00
  2. Venezuela83.43
  3. Zambia69.57
  4. Uzbekistan62.04
  5. Guatemala59.49

Lowest

  1. Uruguayshared0.00
  2. Eswatinishared0.00
  3. São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.00
  4. Omanshared0.00
  5. Djiboutishared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 12.06. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 2000

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +9 / −0countries joined / left
  • 77values changed, of 147 in both
  • 66 · 11rose · fell
  • 70unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Belgium+ Belize+ Chile+ Czechia+ Germany+ Dominican Republic+ Lithuania+ Netherlands+ Papua New Guinea

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.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2000.

  • 148 distinct values among 156

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 156 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2000). Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/protected-forest/2000

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07Questions

Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest protected forest in Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2000?

Saudi Arabia, at 100.00, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2000 cover?

156.

Where can I download Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2000?

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 within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2000 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2025.

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