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Forest area (sq. km) - Land use - Environment - World Development Indicators

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Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Forest area (sq. km) - Land use - Environment - World Development Indicators (2007) Rank Country Value 1 Low & middle income 29,590,895 2 Middle income 24,955,481 3 Upper middle income 17,230,310 4 High income 9,688,610 5 High income: OECD 9,557,802 6 Latin America & Caribbean 9,051,869 7 Europe & Central Asia 8,837,442 8 Russia 8,085,986 9 Lower middle income 7,725,171 10 Sub-Saharan Africa 6,165,398 11 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 5,605,045 12 Least developed countries: UN classification 5,474,487 13 Brazil 4,714,920 14 Low income 4,635,414 15 East Asia & Pacific 4,525,001 16 Canada 3,101,340 17 United States 3,034,070 18 China 2,054,056 19 Australia 1,632,912 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,329,707 21 Euro area 946,624 22 Indonesia 847,522 23 South Asia 798,717 24 Peru 685,536 25 India 677,598 26 Sudan 663,677 27 Mexico 637,172 28 Colombia 606,340 29 Angola 588,544 30 Bolivia 581,996 31 Venezuela 471,378 32 Zambia 415,624 33 Tanzania 344,326 34 Argentina 327,214 35 Burma 312,892 36 Papua New Guinea 291,588 37 Sweden 275,496 38 Japan 248,648 39 Central African Republic 226,958 40 Finland 225,100 41 Republic of the Congo 224,373 42 Gabon 217,546 43 Middle East & North Africa 212,468 44 Cameroon 208,050 45 Malaysia 206,096 46 Mozambique 191,620 47 Spain 185,066 48 Paraguay 181,178 49 Zimbabwe 169,140 50 Chile 162,358 51 Laos 159,860 52 France 156,352 53 Guyana 151,035 54 Suriname 147,760 55 Thailand 144,024 56 Vietnam 134,134 57 High income: nonOECD 130,808 58 Madagascar 127,637 59 Ethiopia 127,180 60 Mali 123,715 61 Chad 117,626 62 Botswana 117,062 63 Germany 110,760 64 Iran 110,750 65 Ecuador 104,582 66 Ivory Coast 104,358 67 Nigeria 102,698 68 Turkey 102,242 69 Italy 101,918 70 Mongolia 100,868 71 Cambodia 100,094 72 Ukraine 96,010 73 Norway 94,214 74 Poland 92,452 75 South Africa 92,030 76 Senegal 85,832 77 New Zealand 83,422 78 Belarus 79,124 79 Namibia 75,122 80 Somalia 69,774 81 Philippines 68,472 82 Burkina Faso 67,464 83 Guinea 66,522 84 Romania 63,716 85 South Korea 62,510 86 North Korea 62,510 87 Ghana 52,862 88 Nicaragua 49,790 89 Morocco 43,784 90 Honduras 43,352 91 Panama 42,888 92 Turkmenistan 41,270 93 Austria 38,716 94 Portugal 38,630 95 Guatemala 38,300 96 Greece 38,124 97 Bulgaria 37,250 98 Nepal 35,304 99 Kenya 34,980 100 Uganda 34,542 101 Malawi 33,360 102 Uzbekistan 33,282 103 Kazakhstan 33,258 104 Bhutan 32,166 105 Liberia 30,336 106 Latvia 29,634 107 United Kingdom 28,658 108 Cuba 28,242 109 Georgia 27,601 110 Saudi Arabia 27,280 111 Sierra Leone 27,158 112 Czech Republic 26,524 113 Costa Rica 23,970 114 Algeria 23,299 115 Estonia 23,004 116 Benin 22,214 117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21,850 118 Croatia 21,374 119 Lithuania 21,306 120 Solomon Islands 20,924 121 Serbia 20,868 122 Guinea-Bissau 20,523 123 Hungary 20,036 124 Slovakia 19,322 125 Sri Lanka 18,734 126 Pakistan 18,164 127 Belize 16,530 128 Equatorial Guinea 16,015 129 Eritrea 15,496 130 Uruguay 15,448 131 Dominican Republic 13,760 132 Slovenia 12,745 133 Niger 12,411 134 Switzerland 12,298 135 Tunisia 10,948 136 Fiji 10,000 137 Azerbaijan 9,360 138 Macedonia 9,060 139 Kyrgyzstan 8,737 140 Bangladesh 8,664 141 Iraq 8,236 142 Afghanistan 8,078 143 Albania 8,040 144 Timor-Leste 7,756 145 New Caledonia 7,170 146 Ireland 6,930 147 Belgium 6,670 148 Montenegro 6,252 149 Swaziland 5,504 150 Yemen 5,490 151 Rwanda 5,344 152 Bahamas 5,150 153 Denmark 5,056 154 Gambia 4,750 155 Syria 4,726 156 Kosovo 4,500 157 Vanuatu 4,395 158 Tajikistan 4,100 159 Puerto Rico 4,084 160 Netherlands 3,670 161 Togo 3,460 162 Jamaica 3,382 163 Moldova 3,302 164 United Arab Emirates 3,128 165 El Salvador 2,876 166 Armenia 2,742 167 Brunei Darussalam 2,740 168 Mauritania 2,470 169 Trinidad and Tobago 2,252 170 Libya 2,170 171 Cyprus 1,750 172 Israel 1,738 173 Samoa 1,710 174 Lebanon 1,387 175 Burundi 1,336 176 French Polynesia 1,050 177 Haiti 1,034 178 Luxembourg 868 179 Cape Verde 845 180 Jordan 830 181 Egypt 702 182 Micronesia 634 183 Iceland 492 184 Dominica 455 185 Palau 406 186 Seychelles 400 187 Mauritius 366 188 Northern Mariana Islands 332 189 Sao Tome and Principe 274 190 Guam 259 191 American Samoa 178 192 St. Lucia 170 193 Andorra 160 194 Cayman Islands 124 195 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 109 196 Antigua and Barbuda 94 197 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 91 198 West Bank and Gaza 90 199 Lesotho 84 200 Liechtenstein 69 201 Kuwait 58 202 Djibouti 56 203 Mayotte 54 204 St. Kitts and Nevis 53 205 Comoros 44 206 Grenada 41 207 Tonga 36 208 Isle of Man 35 209 Singapore 23 210 Kiribati 22 211 Oman 20 212 Barbados 17 213 Netherlands Antilles 12 214 Bermuda 10 215 Maldives 9 216 Channel Islands 8 217 Bahrain 5 218 Aruba 4 219 Malta 3 220 Greenland 2 221 San Marino 1 222 Faroe Islands 1

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