The Most Forested Countries In The World

The large rise in the Human population around the World has led to many governments deciding to do away with huge chunks of their natural forested habitat, in order to make way for new towns and cities, and for cheap farmland to service large multi-national corporations. There are still many areas of all continents which are densely forested, but the overall rate of de-forestation continues to rise globally, with the biggest forests in the World continually being eaten away from all angles.

The Amazon Basin feeds the rain forests

image: NASA / Public Domain

Data released by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations - August.2009
- Next data release unconfirmed, possibly late 2010 or early 2011

	Country	Continent(s)	Forest area [km2] [1]	% of land area forested [1]

1	Suriname	South America	147,760	94.7
2	French Guiana	South America	80,630	91.5
3	Fed. States of Micronesia	Oceania	634	90.6
4	American Samoa	Oceania	178	89.0
5	Palau	Oceania	406	88.3
6	Seychelles	Africa	400	87.0
7	Gabon	Africa	217,546	84.4
8	Bhutan	Asia	32,166	83.8
9	Guyana	South America	151,035	76.7
10	Solomon Islands	Oceania	20,924	74.8
11	Pitcairn Islands	Oceania	35	74.5
12	Finland	Europe	225,100	74.0
13	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	20,523	73.0
14	Belize	North America	16,530	72.5
15	Northern Mariana Islands	Oceania	332	72.2
16	Laos	Asia	159,860	69.3
17	Japan	Asia	248,648	68.2
18	Sweden	Europe	275,496	67.1
19	Republic of the Congo	Africa	224,373	65.7
20	Cook Islands	Oceania	155	64.6
21	South Korea	Asia	62, 510	64.5
22	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	291,588	64.4
23	Slovenia	Europe	12,745	63.3
24	Malaysia	Asia	206,096	62.7
25	Anguilla	North America	55	61.1
26	Dominica	North America	455	60.7
27	Samoa	Oceania	1,710	60.4
28	DR Congo	Africa	1,329,707	58.7
29	Panama	North America	42,888	57.7
30	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	16,015	57.1
31	Cambodia	Asia	100,094	56.7
32	Zambia	Africa	415,624	55.9
33	Brazil	South America	4,714,920	55.7
34	Fiji	Oceania	10,000	54.7
35	Colombia	South America	606,340	54.6
36	Estonia	Europe	23,004	54.3
37	Bolivia	South America	581,996	53.7
38	Peru	South America	685,536	53.6
39	Venezuela	South America	471,378	53.4
40	Niue	Oceania	137	52.7
41	East Timor	Asia / Oceania	7,756	52.2
42	Brunei	Asia	2,740	52.0
43	Bahamas	North America	5,150	51.4
44	Russia	Asia / Europe	8,085,986	49.4
45	North Korea	Asia	59,334	49.3
46	Guam	Oceania	259	48.0
47	Burma	Asia	312,892	47.9
48	Cayman Islands	North America	124	47.7
49	Latvia	Europe	29,634	47.6
50	Gambia	Africa	4,750	47.5
51	Angola	Africa	588,544	47.2
52	Austria	Europe	38,716	47.0
53	Costa Rica	North America	23,970	46.9
54	Guadeloupe	North America	793	46.9
55	Indonesia	Asia / Oceania	847,522	46.8
56	Montenegro	Europe	6,252	46.5
57	Puerto Rico	North America	4,084	46.0
58	Paraguay	South America	181,178	45.6
59	Senegal	Africa	85,832	44.6
60	Cameroon	Africa	208,050	44.0
61	Trinidad & Tobago	North America	2,252	43.9
62	Martinique	North America	465	43.9
63	Zimbabwe	Africa	169,140	43.7
64	Vietnam	Asia	134,134	43.3
65	Liechtenstein	Europe	69	43.1
66	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	21,850	42.7
67	Portugal	Europe	38,630	42.2
68	Nicaragua	North America	49,790	41.5
69	Slovakia	Europe	19,322	40.2
70	Georgia	Asia / Europe	27,601	39.7
71	Croatia	Europe	21,374	39.6
72	New Caledonia	Oceania	7,170	39.2
73	Belarus	Europe	79,124	39.0
74	Tanzania	Africa	344,326	38.9
75	Honduras	North America	43,352	38.7
76	Sierra Leone	Africa	27,158	37.9
77	Ecuador	South America	104,582	37.8
78	Spain	Europe	185,066	37.1
79	Central African Republic	Africa	226,958	36.4
80	Turks & Caicos Islands	North America	344	36.2
81	Vanuatu	Oceania	4,395	36.1
82	Guatemala	North America	38,300	35.7
83	Macedonia	Europe	9,060	35.6
84	Malawi	Africa	33,360	35.5
85	Montserrat	North America	35	35.0
86	Italy	Europe	101,918	34.6
87	Czech Republic	Europe	26,524	34.3
88	Bulgaria	Europe	37,250	34.3
89	Canada	North America	3,101,340	34.1
90	Andorra	Europe	160	34.0
91	Lithuania	Europe	21,306	34.0
92	Wallis & Futuna Islands	Oceania	47	33.6
93	Luxembourg	Europe	868	33.5
94	Tuvalu	Oceania	10	33.3
95	Réunion	Africa	829	33.2
96	United States	North America	3,034,070	33.1
97	Ivory Coast	Africa	104,358	32.8
98	Mexico	North America	637,172	32.8
99	Swaziland	Africa	5,504	32.0
100	Germany	Europe	110,760	31.8
101	Liberia	Africa	30,336	31.5
102	Jamaica	North America	3,382	31.2
103	New Zealand	Oceania	83,422	31.2
104	Norway	Europe	94,214	31.0
105	Switzerland	Europe	12,298	30.7
106	Poland	Europe	92,452	30.4
107	Greece	Europe	38,124	29.6
108	Albania	Europe	8,040	29.3
109	Sri Lanka	Asia	18,734	29.0
110	French Polynesia	Oceania	1,050	28.7
111	France	Europe	156,352	28.5
112	Sao Tome & Principe	Africa	274	28.5
113	Dominican Republic	North America	13,760	28.5
114	Thailand	Asia	144,024	28.2
115	St. Vincent & the Grenadines	North America	109	27.9
116	Sudan	Africa	663,677	27.9
117	Saint Lucia	North America	170	27.9
118	Romania	Europe	63,716	27.7
119	Guinea	Africa	66,522	27.1
120	US Virgin Islands	North America	91	26.0
121	Cuba	North America	28,242	25.7
122	British Virgin Islands	North America	37	24.7
123	Burkina Faso	Africa	67,464	24.7
124	Nepal	Asia	35,304	24.6
125	Mozambique	Africa	191,620	24.4
126	Serbia	Europe	20,868	23.6
127	Ghana	Africa	52,862	23.2
128	Philippines	Asia	68,472	23.0
129	India	Asia	677,598	22.8
130	Hungary	Europe	20,036	22.4
131	Belgium	Europe	6,670	22.0
132	China	Asia	2,054,056	22.0
133	Madagascar	Africa	127,637	21.9
134	Chile	South America	162,358	21.8
135	Rwanda	Africa	5,344	21.7
136	Antigua & Barbuda	North America	94	21.4
137	Australia	Oceania	1,632,912	21.3
138	Cape Verde	Africa	845	21.0
139	Botswana	Africa	117,062	20.7
140	Saint Kitts & Nevis	North America	53	20.4
141	Benin	Africa	22,214	20.1
142	Bermuda	North America	10	20.0
143	Cyprus, Republic of	Asia / Europe	1,750	18.9
144	Mauritius	Africa	366	18.0
145	Uganda	Africa	34,542	17.5
146	Ukraine	Europe	96,010	16.6
147	Eritrea	Africa	15,496	15.3
148	Mayotte	Africa	54	14.4
149	El Salvador	North America	2,876	13.9
150	Lebanon	Asia	1,387	13.6
151	Turkey	Asia / Europe	102,242	13.3
152	Saint Pierre & Miquelon	North America	30	13.0
153	Ethiopia	Africa	127,180	12.7
154	Grenada	North America	41	12.1
155	Argentina	South America	327,214	12.0
156	Denmark	Europe	5,056	11.9
157	United Kingdom	Europe	28,658	11.8
158	Azerbaijan	Asia / Europe	9,360	11.3
159	Nigeria	Africa	102,698	11.3
160	Somalia	Africa	69,774	11.1
161	Netherlands	Europe	3,670	10.9
162	Mali	Africa	123,715	10.1
163	Ireland, Republic of	Europe	6,930	10.1
164	Moldova	Europe	3,302	10.0
165	Morocco	Europe	43,784	9.8
166	Armenia	Asia / Europe	2,742	9.7
167	Chad	Africa	117,626	9.3
168	Namibia	Africa	75,122	9.1
169	Uruguay	South America	15,448	8.8
170	Turkmenistan	Asia	41,270	8.8
171	Israel	Asia	1,738	8.0
172	Uzbekistan	Asia	33,282	7.8
173	South Africa	Africa	92,030	7.6
174	Tunisia	Africa	10,948	7.0
175	Iran	Asia	110,750	6.8
176	Bangladesh	Asia	8,664	6.7
177	Mongolia	Asia	100,868	6.5
178	Togo	Africa	3,460	6.4
179	Kenya	Africa	34,980	6.1
180	Isle of Man	Europe	35	6.1
181	Burundi	Africa	1,336	5.2
182	Saint Helena	Africa	20	5.1
183	Tonga	Oceania	36	5.0
184	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	8,737	4.6
185	Channel Islands	Europe	8	4.2
186	Barbados	North America	17	4.0
187	Western Sahara	Africa	10,110	3.8
188	Haiti	North America	1,034	3.8
189	United Arab Emirates	Asia	3,128	3.7
190	Singapore	Asia	23	3.3
191	Maldives	Asia	9	3.0
192	Tajikistan	Asia	4,100	2.9
193	Kiribati	Oceania	22	2.7
194	Syria	Asia	4,726	2.6
195	Comoros	Africa	44	2.4
196	Pakistan	Asia	18,164	2.4
197	Aruba	North America	4	2.2
198	Iraq	Asia	8,236	1.9
199	San Marino	Europe	1	1.7
200	Netherlands Antilles	North America	12	1.5
201	Palestine	Asia	90	1.5
202	Saudi Arabia	Asia	27,280	1.3
203	Kazakhstan	Asia / Europe	33,258	1.2
204	Yemen	Asia	5,490	1.0
205	Niger	Africa	12,411	1.0
206	Algeria	Africa	23,299	1.0
207	Jordan	Asia	830	0.9
208	Malta	Europe	3	0.9
209	Bahrain	Asia	5	0.7
210	Iceland	Europe	492	0.5
211	Kuwait	Asia	58	0.3
212	Lesotho	Africa	84	0.3
213	Djibouti	Africa	56	0.2
214	Mauritania	Africa	2,470	0.2
215	Libya	Africa	2,170	0.1
216	Faroe Islands	Europe	1	0.1
217	Egypt	Africa	702	0.1
218	Oman	Asia	20	0.0
219	Greenland	North America	2	0.0
220	Falkland Islands	South America	0	0.0
221	Gibraltar	Europe	0	0.0
222	Nauru	Oceania	0	0.0
223	Qatar	Asia	0	0.0
224	Tokelau	Oceania	0	0.0
225	Vatican City	Europe	0	0.0
226	Marshall Islands	Oceania	0	0.0
227	Monaco	Europe	0	0.0
	Afghanistan	Asia	8,078 (est)	??

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References

[1] "ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS: Forests" United Nations Statistics Division - Statistics compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The figures above relate to 2007, the latest year which the FAO have released figures for. last updated by the United Nations in August 2009, last retrieved by BlatantWorld.com on April.17.2010
The UN/FAO use this as a definition of the term 'Forest': Forest includes natural forests and forest plantations. It is used to refer to land with a tree canopy cover of more than 10 per cent and area of more than 0.5 ha. Forests are determined both by the presence of trees and the absence of other predominant land uses. The trees should be able to reach a minimum height of 5 m. Young stands that have not yet but are expected to reach a crown density of 10 percent and tree height of 5 m are included under forest, as are temporarily unstocked areas. The term includes forests used for purposes of production, protection, multiple-use or conservation (i.e. forest in national parks, nature reserves and other protected areas), as well as forests stands on agricultral lands (e.g. windbreaks and shelterbelts of trees with a width of more than 20 m), and rubberwood plantations and cork oak stands. The term specifically excludes stands of trees established primarily for agricultural production, for example fruit tree plantations. It also excludes trees planted in agroforestry systems.

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