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

R�union

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