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Forest Area, 2019

2019, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2019 covers 214 countries. Suriname is highest, at 94.753; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 30.605. Against 2018, 144 values changed (54 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2019

HighestSuriname

94.753

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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, 2019, 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 214 countries · select a heading to sort

Forest Area, 2019: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1SurinameSURSouth America94.753
2GuyanaGUYSouth America93.597
3MicronesiaFSMMicronesia91.986
4GabonGABMiddle Africa91.367
5Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia90.164
6PalauPLWMicronesia89.848
7Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa87.586
8American SamoaASMPolynesia85.800
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa79.399
10Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia79.250
11FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.731
12SeychellesSYCEastern Africa73.261
13Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean73.179
14BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia72.106
15LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia72.054
16BhutanBTNSouthern Asia71.395
17Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa70.713
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe68.700
19JapanJPNEastern Asia68.409
20South KoreaKOREastern Asia64.518
21Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa64.307
22DominicaDMACaribbean63.827
23Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia62.038
24FijiFJIMelanesia62.033
25SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe61.573

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Suriname94.753
  2. 2Guyana93.597
  3. 3Micronesia91.986
  4. 4Gabon91.367
  5. 5Solomon Islands90.164

Lowest

  1. 211Qatarshared0.000
  2. 211Naurushared0.000
  3. 211Monacoshared0.000
  4. 211Gibraltarshared0.000
  5. 210Greenland0.001

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.605. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 144values changed, of 214 in both
  • 54 · 90rose · fell
  • 70unchanged

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 2019.

  • 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 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 214 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) (2019). Forest Area, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2019

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2019?

Suriname, at 94.753, of the 214 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2019 cover?

214.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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