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Data for 2009

Forest Area, 2009

2009, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2009 covers 209 countries. Suriname is highest, at 95.3473; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 30.7306. Against 2008, 171 values changed (74 up, 97 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2009

HighestSuriname

95.3473

Lowest4 countries share it

0.0000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Forest Area, 2009, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 209 countries · select a heading to sort

Forest Area, 2009: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1SurinameSURSouth America95.3473
2GuyanaGUYSouth America94.1034
3GabonGABMiddle Africa91.8014
4MicronesiaFSMMicronesia91.5757
5Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa90.5657
6Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia90.4256
7PalauPLWMicronesia87.9609
8American SamoaASMPolynesia87.3000
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa82.5405
10Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia79.9117
11Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa73.7153
12LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia73.6090
13SeychellesSYCEastern Africa73.2609
14FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.2556
15Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean73.1795
16BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia72.4288
17BhutanBTNSouthern Asia70.7128
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe68.9400
19JapanJPNEastern Asia68.4691
20Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia66.2696
21South KoreaKOREastern Asia65.8964
22Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa64.6764
23DominicaDMACaribbean63.8267
24Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia62.9792
25ZambiaZMBEastern Africa62.8631

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Suriname95.3473
  2. 2Guyana94.1034
  3. 3Gabon91.8014
  4. 4Micronesia91.5757
  5. 5Equatorial Guinea90.5657

Lowest

  1. 206Qatarshared0.0000
  2. 206Naurushared0.0000
  3. 206Monacoshared0.0000
  4. 206Gibraltarshared0.0000
  5. 205Greenland0.0005

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.7306. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 171values changed, of 209 in both
  • 74 · 97rose · fell
  • 38unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 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 2009.

  • 206 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 4 countries share 0.0000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    FAO publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 209 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) (2009). Forest Area, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2009

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2009?

Suriname, at 95.3473, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2009 cover?

209.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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