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Land area | Forest | Forest | Forest | Forest | |
Total | Total | % of land area | Change | Annual rate of change | |
1999 | 2000 | 2000 | 1990-2000 | 1990-2000 | |
Country/area | (‘000 ha) | (‘000 ha) | % of land | (‘000 ha) | (%) |
Africa | 2,978,394 | 649,866 | 21.8 | -5,262 | -0.8 |
Algeria | 238,174 | 2,145 | 0.9 | 27 | 1.3 |
Angola | 124,670 | 69,756 | 56.0 | -124 | -0.2 |
Benin | 11,063 | 2,650 | 24.0 | -70 | -2.3 |
Botswana | 56,673 | 12,427 | 21.9 | -118 | -0.9 |
Burkina Faso | 27,360 | 7,089 | 25.9 | -15 | -0.2 |
Burundi | 2,568 | 94 | 3.7 | -15 | -9.0 |
Cameroon | 46,540 | 23,858 | 51.3 | -222 | -0.9 |
Cape Verde | 403 | 85 | 21.1 | 5 | 9.3 |
Central African Republic | 62,297 | 22,907 | 36.8 | -30 | -0.1 |
Chad | 125,920 | 12,692 | 10.1 | -82 | -0.6 |
Comoros | 186 | 8 | 4.3 | n.s. | -4.3 |
Congo | 34,150 | 22,060 | 64.6 | -17 | -0.1 |
Cote d’Ivoire | 31,800 | 7,117 | 22.4 | -265 | -3.1 |
Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 226,705 | 135,207 | 59.6 | -532 | -0.4 |
Djibouti | 2,317 | 6 | 0.3 | n.s. | n.s. |
Egypt | 99,545 | 72 | 0.1 | 2 | 3.3 |
Equatorial Guinea | 2,805 | 1,752 | 62.5 | -11 | -0.6 |
Eritrea | 11,759 | 1,585 | 13.5 | -5 | -0.3 |
Ethiopia | 110,430 | 4,593 | 4.2 | -40 | -0.8 |
Gabon | 25,767 | 21,826 | 84.7 | -10 | n.s. |
Gambia | 1,000 | 481 | 48.1 | 4 | 1.0 |
Ghana | 22,754 | 6,335 | 27.8 | -120 | -1.7 |
Guinea | 24,572 | 6,929 | 28.2 | -35 | -0.5 |
Guinea-Bissau | 3,612 | 2,187 | 60.5 | -22 | -0.9 |
Kenya | 56,915 | 17,096 | 30.0 | -93 | -0.5 |
Lesotho | 3,035 | 14 | 0.5 | n.s. | n.s. |
Liberia | 11,137 | 3,481 | 31.3 | -76 | -2.0 |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 175,954 | 358 | 0.2 | 5 | 1.4 |
Madagascar | 58,154 | 11,727 | 20.2 | -117 | -0.9 |
Malawi | 9,409 | 2,562 | 27.2 | -71 | -2.4 |
Mali | 122,019 | 13,186 | 10.8 | -99 | -0.7 |
Mauritania | 102,522 | 317 | 0.3 | -10 | -2.7 |
Mauritius | 202 | 16 | 7.9 | n.s. | -0.6 |
Morocco | 44,630 | 3,025 | 6.8 | -1 | n.s. |
Mozambique | 78,409 | 30,601 | 39.0 | -64 | -0.2 |
Namibia | 82,329 | 8,040 | 9.8 | -73 | -0.9 |
Niger | 126,670 | 1,328 | 1.0 | -62 | -3.7 |
Nigeria | 91,077 | 13,517 | 14.8 | -398 | -2.6 |
Réunion | 250 | 71 | 28.4 | -1 | -0.8 |
Rwanda | 2,466 | 307 | 12.4 | -15 | -3.9 |
Saint Helena | 31 | 2 | 6.5 | n.s. | n.s. |
Sao Tome and Principe | 95 | 27 | 28.3 | n.s. | n.s. |
Senegal | 19,252 | 6,205 | 32.2 | -45 | -0.7 |
Seychelles | 45 | 30 | 66.7 | n.s. | n.s. |
Sierra Leone | 7,162 | 1,055 | 14.7 | -36 | -2.9 |
Somalia | 62,734 | 7,515 | 12.0 | -77 | -1.0 |
South Africa | 121,758 | 8,917 | 7.3 | -8 | -0.1 |
Sudan | 237,600 | 61,627 | 25.9 | -959 | -1.4 |
Swaziland | 1,721 | 522 | 30.3 | 6 | 1.2 |
Togo | 5,439 | 510 | 9.4 | -21 | -3.4 |
Tunisia | 16,362 | 510 | 3.1 | 1 | 0.2 |
Uganda | 19,964 | 4,190 | 21.0 | -91 | -2.0 |
United Republic of Tanzania | 88,359 | 38,811 | 43.9 | -91 | -0.2 |
Western Sahara | 26,600 | 152 | 0.6 | n.s. | n.s. |
Zambia | 74,339 | 31,246 | 42.0 | -851 | -2.4 |
Zimbabwe | 38,685 | 19,040 | 49.2 | -320 | -1.5 |
Asia | 3,084,746 | 547,793 | 17.8 | -364 | -0.1 |
Afghanistan | 64,958 | 1,351 | 2.1 | n.s. | n.s. |
Armenia | 2,820 | 351 | 12.4 | 4 | 1.3 |
Azerbaijan | 8,359 | 1,094 | 13.1 | 13 | 1.3 |
Bahrain | 69 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | 14.9 |
Bangladesh | 13,017 | 1,334 | 10.2 | 17 | 1.3 |
Bhutan | 4,701 | 3,016 | 64.2 | n.s. | n.s. |
Brunei Darussalam | 527 | 442 | 83.9 | -1 | -0.2 |
Cambodia | 17,652 | 9,335 | 52.9 | -56 | -0.6 |
China | 932,743 | 163,480 | 17.5 | 1,806 | 1.2 |
Cyprus | 925 | 172 | 18.6 | 5 | 3.7 |
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea | 12,041 | 8210 | 68.2 | n.s. | n.s. |
Gaza Strip | 38 | - | - | - | - |
Georgia | 6,831 | 2,988 | 43.7 | n.s. | n.s. |
India | 297,319 | 64,113 | 21.6 | 38 | 0.1 |
Indonesia | 181,157 | 104,986 | 58.0 | -1,312 | -1.2 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 162,201 | 7,299 | 4.5 | n.s. | n.s. |
Iraq | 43,737 | 799 | 1.8 | n.s. | n.s. |
Israel | 2,062 | 132 | 6.4 | 5 | 4.9 |
Japan | 37,652 | 24,081 | 64.0 | 3 | n.s. |
Jordan | 8,893 | 86 | 1.0 | n.s. | n.s. |
Kazakhstan | 267,074 | 12,148 | 4.5 | 239 | 2.2 |
Kuwait | 1,782 | 5 | 0.3 | n.s. | 3.5 |
Kyrgyzstan | 19,180 | 1,003 | 5.2 | 23 | 2.6 |
Lao People's Dem. Rep. | 23,080 | 12561 | 54.4 | -53 | -0.4 |
Lebanon | 1,024 | 36 | 3.5 | n.s. | -0.4 |
Malaysia | 32,855 | 19,292 | 58.7 | -237 | -1.2 |
Maldives | 30 | 1 | 3.3 | n.s. | 54.4 |
Mongolia | 156,650 | 10,645 | 6.8 | -60 | -0.5 |
Myanmar | 65,755 | 34,419 | 52.3 | -517 | -1.4 |
Nepal | 14,300 | 3,900 | 27.3 | -78 | -1.8 |
Oman | 21,246 | 1 | 0.0 | n.s. | 5.3 |
Pakistan | 77,087 | 2,361 | 3.1 | -39 | -1.5 |
Philippines | 29,817 | 5,789 | 19.4 | -89 | -1.4 |
Qatar | 1,100 | 1 | 0.1 | n.s. | 9.6 |
Republic of Korea | 9,873 | 6,248 | 63.3 | -5 | -0.1 |
Saudi Arabia | 214,969 | 1,504 | 0.7 | n.s. | n.s. |
Singapore | 61 | 2 | 3.3 | n.s. | n.s. |
Sri Lanka | 6,463 | 1,940 | 30.0 | -35 | -1.6 |
Syrian Arab Republic | 18,377 | 461 | 2.5 | n.s. | n.s. |
Tajikistan | 14,087 | 400 | 2.8 | 2 | 0.5 |
Thailand | 51,089 | 14,762 | 28.9 | -112 | -0.7 |
Timor-Leste | 1,479 | 507 | 34.3 | -3 | -0.6 |
Turkey | 76,963 | 10,225 | 13.3 | 22 | 0.2 |
Turkmenistan | 46,992 | 3,755 | 8.0 | n.s. | n.s. |
United Arab Emirates | 8,360 | 321 | 3.8 | 8 | 2.8 |
Uzbekistan | 41,424 | 1,969 | 4.8 | 5 | 0.2 |
Viet Nam | 32,550 | 9,819 | 30.2 | 52 | 0.5 |
West Bank | 580 | - | - | - | - |
Yemen | 449 | 0.9 | -9 | -1.9 | |
Europe | 2,259,957 | 1,039,251 | 46.0 | 881 | 0.1 |
Albania | 2,740 | 991 | 36.2 | -8 | -0.8 |
Andorra | 45 | - | - | - | - |
Austria | 8,273 | 3,886 | 47.0 | 8 | 0.2 |
Belarus | 20,748 | 9,402 | 45.3 | 256 | 3.2 |
Belgium and Luxembourg | 3,282 | 728 | 22.2 | -1 | -0.2 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,100 | 2,273 | 44.6 | n.s. | n.s. |
Bulgaria | 11,055 | 3,690 | 33.4 | 20 | 0.6 |
Croatia | 5,592 | 1,783 | 31.9 | 2 | 0.1 |
Czech Republic | 7,728 | 2,632 | 34.1 | 1 | n.s. |
Denmark | 4,243 | 455 | 10.7 | 1 | 0.2 |
Estonia | 4,227 | 2,060 | 48.7 | 13 | 0.6 |
Finland | 30,459 | 21,935 | 72.0 | 8 | n.s. |
France | 55,010 | 15,341 | 27.9 | 62 | 0.4 |
Germany | 34,927 | 10,740 | 30.7 | n.s. | n.s. |
Greece | 12,890 | 3,599 | 27.9 | 30 | 0.9 |
Hungary | 9,234 | 1,840 | 19.9 | 7 | 0.4 |
Iceland | 10,025 | 31 | 0.3 | 1 | 2.2 |
Ireland | 6,889 | 659 | 9.6 | 17 | 3.0 |
Italy | 29,406 | 10,003 | 34.0 | 30 | 0.3 |
Latvia | 6,205 | 2,923 | 47.1 | 13 | 0.4 |
Liechtenstein | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | n.s. | 1.2 |
Lithuania | 6,258 | 1,994 | 31.9 | 5 | 0.2 |
Malta | 32 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
Netherlands | 3,392 | 375 | 11.1 | 1 | 0.3 |
Norway | 30,683 | 8,868 | 28.9 | 31 | 0.4 |
Poland | 30,442 | 9,047 | 29.7 | 18 | 0.2 |
Portugal | 9,150 | 3,666 | 40.1 | 57 | 1.7 |
Republic of Moldova | 3,296 | 325 | 9.9 | 1 | 0.2 |
Romania | 23,034 | 6,448 | 28.0 | 15 | 0.2 |
Russian Federation | 1,688,851 | 851,392 | 50.4 | 135 | n.s. |
San Marino | 6 | - | - | - | - |
Slovakia | 4,808 | 2,177 | 45.3 | 18 | 0.9 |
Slovenia | 2,012 | 1,107 | 55.0 | 2 | 0.2 |
Spain | 49,945 | 14,370 | 28.8 | 86 | 0.6 |
Sweden | 41,162 | 27,134 | 65.9 | 1 | n.s. |
Switzerland | 3,955 | 1,199 | 30.3 | 4 | 0.4 |
The FYR of Macedonia | 2,543 | 906 | 35.6 | n.s. | n.s. |
Ukraine | 57,935 | 9,584 | 16.5 | 31 | 0.3 |
United Kingdom | 24,160 | 2,794 | 11.6 | 17 | 0.6 |
Yugoslavia | 10,200 | 2,887 | 28.3 | -1 | -0.1 |
North and Central America | 2,136,966 | 549,304 | 25.7 | -570 | -0.1 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 44 | 9 | 20.5 | n.s. | n.s. |
Bahamas | 1,001 | 842 | 84.1 | n.s. | n.s. |
Barbados | 43 | 2 | 4.7 | n.s. | n.s. |
Belize | 2,280 | 1348 | 59.1 | -36 | -2.3 |
Bermuda | 5 | - | - | - | - |
British Virgin Islands | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | n.s. | n.s. |
Canada | 922,097 | 244,571 | 26.5 | n.s. | n.s. |
Cayman Islands | 26 | 13 | - | n.s. | n.s. |
Costa Rica | 5,106 | 1,968 | 38.5 | -16 | -0.8 |
Cuba | 10,982 | 2,348 | 21.4 | 28 | 1.3 |
Dominica | 75 | 46 | 61.3 | n.s. | -0.7 |
Dominican Republic | 4,838 | 1,376 | 28.4 | n.s. | n.s. |
El Salvador | 2,072 | 121 | 5.8 | -7 | -4.6 |
Greenland | 34,170 | - | - | - | - |
Grenada | 34 | 5 | 14.7 | n.s. | 0.9 |
Guadeloupe | 169 | 82 | 48.5 | 2 | 2.1 |
Guatemala | 10,843 | 2,850 | 26.3 | -54 | -1.7 |
Haiti | 2,756 | 88 | 3.2 | -7 | -5.7 |
Honduras | 11,189 | 5,383 | 48.1 | -59 | -1.0 |
Jamaica | 1,083 | 325 | 30.0 | -5 | -1.5 |
Martinique | 107 | 47 | 43.9 | n.s. | n.s. |
Mexico | 190,869 | 55,205 | 28.9 | -631 | -1.1 |
Montserrat | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | n.s. | n.s. |
Netherlands Antilles | 80 | 1 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
Nicaragua | 12,140 | 3,278 | 27.0 | -117 | -3.0 |
Panama | 7,443 | 2,876 | 38.6 | -52 | -1.6 |
Puerto Rico | 887 | 229 | 25.8 | -1 | -0.2 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 36 | 4 | 11.1 | n.s. | -0.6 |
Saint Lucia | 61 | 9 | 14.8 | -1 | -4.9 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 23 | - | - | - | - |
Saint Vincent and Grenadines | 39 | 6 | 15.4 | n.s. | -1.4 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 513 | 259 | 50.5 | -2 | -0.8 |
United States | 915,895 | 225,993 | 24.7 | 388 | 0.2 |
United States Virgin Islands | 34 | 14 | 41.2 | n.s. | n.s. |
Oceania | 849,096 | 197,623 | 23.3 | -365 | -0.2 |
American Samoa | 20 | 12 | 60.1 | n.s. | n.s. |
Australia | 768,230 | 154,539 | 20.1 | -282 | -0.2 |
Cook Islands | 23 | 22 | 95.7 | n.s. | n.s. |
Fiji | 1,827 | 815 | 44.6 | -2 | -0.2 |
French Polynesia | 366 | 105 | 28.7 | n.s. | n.s. |
Guam | 55 | 21 | 38.2 | n.s. | n.s. |
Kiribati | 73 | 28 | 38.4 | n.s. | n.s. |
Marshall Islands | 18 | n.s. | - | n.s. | n.s. |
Micronesia | 69 | 15 | 21.7 | -1 | -4.5 |
Nauru | 2 | n.s. | - | n.s. | n.s. |
New Caledonia | 1,828 | 372 | 20.4 | n.s. | n.s. |
New Zealand | 26,799 | 7,946 | 29.7 | 39 | 0.5 |
Niue | 26 | 6 | - | n.s. | n.s. |
Northern Mariana Islands | 46 | 14 | 30.4 | n.s. | n.s. |
Palau | 46 | 35 | 76.1 | n.s. | n.s. |
Papua New Guinea | 45,239 | 30,601 | 67.6 | -113 | -0.4 |
Samoa | 282 | 105 | 37.2 | -3 | -2.1 |
Solomon Islands | 2,856 | 2,536 | 88.8 | -4 | -0.2 |
Tonga | 73 | 4 | 5.5 | n.s. | n.s. |
Vanuatu | 1,218 | 447 | 36.7 | 1 | 0.1 |
South America | 1,754,741 | 885,618 | 50.5 | -3,711 | -0.4 |
Argentina | 273,669 | 34,648 | 12.7 | -285 | -0.8 |
Bolivia | 108,438 | 53,068 | 48.9 | -161 | -0.3 |
Brazil | 845,651 | 543,905 | 64.3 | -2,309 | -0.4 |
Chile | 74,881 | 15,536 | 20.7 | -20 | -0.1 |
Colombia | 103,871 | 49,601 | 47.8 | -190 | -0.4 |
Ecuador | 27,684 | 10,557 | 38.1 | -137 | -1.2 |
Falkland Islands | 1,217 | - | - | - | - |
French Guiana | 8,815 | 7,926 | 89.9 | n.s. | n.s. |
Guyana | 21,498 | 16,879 | 78.5 | -49 | -0.3 |
Paraguay | 39,730 | 23,372 | 58.8 | -123 | -0.5 |
Peru | 128,000 | 65,215 | 50.9 | -269 | -0.4 |
Suriname | 15,600 | 14,113 | 90.5 | n.s. | n.s. |
Uruguay | 17,481 | 1,292 | 7.4 | 50 | 5.0 |
Venezuela | 88,206 | 49,506 | 56.1 | -218 | -0.4 |
World | 13,063,900 | 3,869,455 | 29.6 | -9,391 | -0.2 |