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Forest area (% of land area) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators

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Target 7.A: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources

Forest area (% of land area) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators (2007) Rank Country Value 1 Suriname 94.72 2 Micronesia 90.57 3 American Samoa 89 4 Palau 88.26 5 Seychelles 86.96 6 Gabon 84.43 7 Bhutan 83.78 8 Guyana 76.73 9 Solomon Islands 74.76 10 Finland 74.02 11 Guinea-Bissau 72.98 12 Belize 72.47 13 Northern Mariana Islands 72.17 14 Laos 69.26 15 Japan 68.22 16 Sweden 67.14 17 Republic of the Congo 65.70 18 North Korea 64.50 19 South Korea 64.50 20 Papua New Guinea 64.39 21 Slovenia 63.28 22 Malaysia 62.73 23 Dominica 60.67 24 Western Samoa 60.42 25 Democratic Republic of the Congo 58.65 26 Panama 57.69 27 Equatorial Guinea 57.09 28 Cambodia 56.70 29 Zambia 55.91 30 Brazil 55.74 31 Fiji 54.73 32 Colombia 54.65 33 Estonia 54.27 34 Bolivia 53.72 35 Peru 53.56 36 Venezuela 53.44 37 Timor-Leste 52.16 38 Brunei Darussalam 51.99 39 Bahamas 51.45 40 Russia 49.37 41 Guam 47.96 42 Burma 47.88 43 Cayman Islands 47.69 44 Latvia 47.60 45 Gambia 47.50 46 Angola 47.21 47 Austria 46.96 48 Costa Rica 46.94 49 Indonesia 46.78 50 Montenegro 46.48 51 Puerto Rico 46.04 52 Paraguay 45.60 53 Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) 44.93 54 Senegal 44.58 55 Cameroon 44.01 56 Trinidad and Tobago 43.90 57 Zimbabwe 43.72 58 Vietnam 43.26 59 Liechtenstein 43.13 60 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.68 61 Portugal 42.22 62 Nicaragua 41.50 63 Kosovo 41.33 64 Slovakia 40.17 65 Georgia 39.72 66 Croatia 39.65 67 New Caledonia 39.22 68 Belarus 39 69 Tanzania 38.87 70 Honduras 38.75 71 Europe & Central Asia (developing only) 38.43 72 Sierra Leone 37.92 73 Ecuador 37.78 74 Euro area 37.72 75 Spain 37.09 76 Central African Republic 36.43 77 Upper middle income 36.28 78 Turks and Caicos Islands 36.21 79 Vanuatu 36.05 80 Guatemala 35.74 81 Macedonia 35.63 82 Malawi 35.46 83 Italy 34.65 84 Czech Republic 34.34 85 Bulgaria 34.30 86 Canada 34.10 87 Andorra 34.04 88 Lithuania 33.99 89 Luxembourg 33.51 90 Tuvalu 33.33 91 United States 33.12 92 Ivory Coast 32.82 93 Mexico 32.78 94 Swaziland 32 95 Middle income 31.99 96 Germany 31.76 97 Liberia 31.50 98 High income: OECD 31.38 99 Jamaica 31.23 100 New Zealand 31.16 101 Norway 30.96 102 Low & middle income 30.80 103 Switzerland 30.75 104 Poland 30.39 105 Greece 29.58 106 Albania 29.34 107 Sri Lanka 28.99 108 High income 28.96 109 French Polynesia 28.69 110 France 28.55 111 East Asia & Pacific (developing only) 28.54 112 Sao Tome and Principe 28.54 113 Dominican Republic 28.48 114 Thailand 28.19 115 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 28.11 116 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 27.95 117 Sudan 27.93 118 St. Lucia 27.87 119 Romania 27.72 120 Least developed countries: UN classification 27.15 121 Guinea 27.07 122 Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) 26.14 123 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 26 124 Cuba 25.72 125 Low income 25.41 126 Lower middle income 25.39 127 Burkina Faso 24.66 128 Nepal 24.63 129 Mozambique 24.37 130 Serbia 23.62 131 Ghana 23.23 132 Philippines 22.96 133 India 22.79 134 Hungary 22.36 135 Belgium 22.03 136 China 22.02 137 Madagascar 21.95 138 Chile 21.83 139 Rwanda 21.66 140 Antigua and Barbuda 21.36 141 Australia 21.26 142 Cape Verde 20.97 143 Botswana 20.66 144 St. Kitts and Nevis 20.38 145 Benin 20.08 146 Bermuda 20 147 Cyprus 18.94 148 Mauritius 18.03 149 Uganda 17.53 150 South Asia 16.73 151 Ukraine 16.57 152 Eritrea 15.34 153 Mayotte 14.44 154 El Salvador 13.88 155 Lebanon 13.56 156 Turkey 13.28 157 Ethiopia 12.72 158 Grenada 12.06 159 Argentina 11.96 160 Denmark 11.92 161 United Kingdom 11.85 162 Azerbaijan 11.33 163 Nigeria 11.28 164 Somalia 11.12 165 Netherlands 10.87 166 Mali 10.14 167 Ireland 10.06 168 Moldova 10.04 169 Morocco 9.81 170 Armenia 9.72 171 Chad 9.34 172 Namibia 9.12 173 Uruguay 8.83 174 Turkmenistan 8.78 175 Israel 8.03 176 Uzbekistan 7.82 177 South Africa 7.58 178 Tunisia 7.05 179 Iran 6.80 180 Bangladesh 6.66 181 Mongolia 6.49 182 Togo 6.36 183 Kenya 6.15 184 Isle of Man 6.14 185 Burundi 5.20 186 Tonga 5 187 High income: nonOECD 4.75 188 Kyrgyzstan 4.56 189 Channel Islands 4.21 190 Barbados 3.95 191 Haiti 3.75 192 United Arab Emirates 3.74 193 Singapore 3.30 194 Maldives 3 195 Tajikistan 2.93 196 Kiribati 2.72 197 Syria 2.57 198 Middle East & North Africa (developing only) 2.46 199 Comoros 2.37 200 Pakistan 2.36 201 Aruba 2.22 202 Iraq 1.88 203 San Marino 1.67 204 Netherlands Antilles 1.50 205 West Bank and Gaza 1.50 206 Saudi Arabia 1.36 207 Afghanistan 1.24 208 Kazakhstan 1.23 209 Yemen 1.04 210 Algeria 0.98 211 Niger 0.98 212 Malta 0.94 213 Jordan 0.94 214 Bahrain 0.70 215 Iceland 0.49 216 Kuwait 0.33 217 Lesotho 0.28 218 Djibouti 0.24 219 Mauritania 0.24 220 Libya 0.12 221 Faroe Islands 0.07 222 Egypt 0.07 223 Oman 0.01 224 Greenland 0

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