TABLE 2 FOREST AREA AND AREA CHANGE
Country/area	Land area ('000 ha)	Forest area, 2000				Forest cover change, 1990-2000
		Total forest ('000 ha)	% of land area	Area per capita (ha)	Forest plantations ('000 ha)	Annual change ('000 ha)	Annual rate of change (%)
Africa	2 978 394	649 866	21.8	0.8	8 036	-5 262	-0.8
Algeria	238 174	2 145	0.9	0.1	718	27	1.3
Angola	124 670	69 756	56.0	5.6	141	-124	-0.2
Benin	11 063	2 650	24.0	0.4	112	-70	-2.3
Botswana	56 673	12 427	21.9	7.8	1	-118	-0.9
Burkina Faso	27 360	7 089	25.9	0.6	67	-15	-0.2
Burundi	2 568	94	3.7	n.s.	73	-15	-9.0
Cameroon	46 540	23 858	51.3	1.6	80	-222	-0.9
Cape Verde	403	85	21.1	0.2	85	5	9.3
Central African Republic	62 297	22 907	36.8	6.5	4	-30	-0.1
Chad	125 920	12 692	10.1	1.7	14	-82	-0.6
Comoros	186	8	4.3	n.s.	2	n.s.	-4.3
Congo	34 150	22 060	64.6	7.7	83	-17	-0.1
Côte d'Ivoire	31 800	7 117	22.4	0.5	184	-265	-3.1
Dem. Rep. of the Congo	226 705	135 207	59.6	2.7	97	-532	-0.4
Djibouti	2 317	6	0.3	n.s.	-	n.s.	n.s.
Egypt	99 545	72	0.1	n.s.	72	2	3.3
Equatorial Guinea	2 805	1 752	62.5	4.0		-11	-0.6
Eritrea	11 759	1 585	13.5	0.4	22	-5	-0.3
Ethiopia	110 430	4 593	4.2	0.1	216	-40	-0.8
Gabon	25 767	21 826	84.7	18.2	36	-10	n.s.
Gambia	1 000	481	48.1	0.4	2	4	1.0
Ghana	22 754	6 335	27.8	0.3	76	-120	-1.7
Guinea	24 572	6 929	28.2	0.9	25	-35	-0.5
Guinea-Bissau	3 612	2 187	60.5	1.8	2	-22	-0.9
Kenya	56 915	17 096	30.0	0.6	232	-93	-0.5
Lesotho	3 035	14	0.5	n.s.	14	n.s.	n.s.
Liberia	11 137	3 481	31.3	1.2	119	-76	-2.0
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	175 954	358	0.2	0.1	168	5	1.4
Madagascar	58 154	11 727	20.2	0.8	350	-117	-0.9
Malawi	9 409	2 562	27.2	0.2	112	-71	-2.4
Mali	122 019	13 186	10.8	1.2	15	-99	-0.7
Mauritania	102 522	317	0.3	0.1	25	-10	-2.7
Mauritius	202	16	7.9	n.s.	13	n.s.	-0.6
Morocco	44 630	3 025	6.8	0.1	534	-1	n.s.
Mozambique	78 409	30 601	39.0	1.6	50	-64	-0.2
Namibia	82 329	8 040	9.8	4.7	n.s.	-73	-0.9
Niger	126 670	1 328	1.0	0.1	73	-62	-3.7
Nigeria	91 077	13 517	14.8	0.1	693	-398	-2.6
Réunion	250	71	28.4	0.1	3	-1	-0.8
Rwanda	2 466	307	12.4	n.s.	261	-15	-3.9
Saint Helena	31	2	6.5	0.3	2	n.s.	n.s.
Sao Tome and Principe	95	27	28.3	0.2	-	n.s.	n.s.
Senegal	19 252	6 205	32.2	0.7	263	-45	-0.7
Seychelles	45	30	66.7	0.4	5	n.s.	n.s.
Sierra Leone	7 162	1 055	14.7	0.2	6	-36	-2.9
Somalia	62 734	7 515	12.0	0.8	3	-77	-1.0
South Africa	121 758	8 917	7.3	0.2	1 554	-8	-0.1
Sudan	237 600	61 627	25.9	2.1	641	-959	-1.4
Swaziland	1 721	522	30.3	0.5	161	6	1.2
Togo	5 439	510	9.4	0.1	38	-21	-3.4
Tunisia	16 362	510	3.1	0.1	202	1	0.2
Uganda	19 964	4 190	21.0	0.2	43	-91	-2.0
United Republic of Tanzania	88 359	38 811	43.9	1.2	135	-91	-0.2
Western Sahara	26 600	152	0.6	0.5	-	n.s.	n.s.
Zambia	74 339	31 246	42.0	3.5	75	-851	-2.4
Zimbabwe	38 685	19 040	49.2	1.7	141	-320	-1.5
Asia	3 084 746	547 793	17.8	0.2	115 847	-364	-0.1
Afghanistan	64 958	1 351	2.1	0.1	-	n.s.	n.s.
Armenia	2 820	351	12.4	0.1	13	4	1.3
Azerbaijan	8 359	1 094	13.1	0.1	20	13	1.3
Bahrain	69	n.s.	n.s.	-	n.s.	n.s.	14.9
Bangladesh	13 017	1 334	10.2	n.s.	625	17	1.3
Bhutan	4 701	3 016	64.2	1.5	21	n.s.	n.s.
Brunei Darussalam	527	442	83.9	1.4	3	-1	-0.2
Cambodia	17 652	9 335	52.9	0.9	90	-56	-0.6
China	932 743	163 480	17.5	0.1	45 083	1 806	1.2
Cyprus	925	172	18.6	0.2	0	5	3.7
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	12 041	8 210	68.2	0.3	-	n.s.	n.s.
Gaza Strip	38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia	6 831	2 988	43.7	0.6	200	n.s.	n.s.
India	297 319	64 113	21.6	0.1	32 578	38	0.1
Indonesia	181 157	10 4986	58.0	0.5	9 871	-1 312	-1.2
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	162 201	7 299	4.5	0.1	2 284	n.s.	n.s.
Iraq	43 737	799	1.8	n.s.	10	n.s.	n.s.
Israel	2 062	132	6.4	n.s.	91	5	4.9
Japan	37 652	24 081	64.0	0.2	10 682	3	n.s.
Jordan	8 893	86	1.0	n.s.	45	n.s.	n.s.
Kazakhstan	267 074	12 148	4.5	0.7	5	239	2.2
Kuwait	1 782	5	0.3	n.s.	5	n.s.	3.5
Kyrgyzstan	19 180	1 003	5.2	0.2	57	23	2.6
Lao People's Dem. Rep.	23 080	12 561	54.4	2.4	54	-53	-0.4
Lebanon	1 024	36	3.5	n.s.	2	n.s.	-0.4
Malaysia	32 855	19 292	58.7	0.9	1 750	-237	-1.2
Maldives	30	1	3.3	n.s.	-	n.s.	n.s.
Mongolia	156 650	10 645	6.8	4.1	-	-60	-0.5
Myanmar	65 755	34 419	52.3	0.8	821	-517	-1.4
Nepal	14 300	3 900	27.3	0.2	133	-78	-1.8
Oman	21 246	1	0.0	n.s.	1	n.s.	5.3
Pakistan	77 087	2 361	3.1	n.s.	980	-39	-1.5
Philippines	29 817	5 789	19.4	0.1	753	-89	-1.4
Qatar	1 100	1	0.1	n.s.	1	n.s.	9.6
Republic of Korea	9 873	6 248	63.3	0.1	-	-5	-0.1
Saudi Arabia	214 969	1 504	0.7	0.1	4	n.s.	n.s.
Singapore	61	2	3.3	n.s.	-	n.s.	n.s.
Sri Lanka	6 463	1 940	30.0	0.1	316	-35	-1.6
Syrian Arab Republic	18 377	461	2.5	n.s.	229	n.s.	n.s.
Tajikistan	14 087	400	2.8	0.1	10	2	0.5
Thailand	51 089	14 762	28.9	0.2	4 920	-112	-0.7
Timor-Leste	1 479	507	34.3	0.6	-	-3	-0.6
Turkey	76 963	10 225	13.3	0.2	1 854	22	0.2
Turkmenistan	46 992	3 755	8.0	0.9	12	n.s.	n.s.
United Arab Emirates	8 360	321	3.8	0.1	314	8	2.8
Uzbekistan	41 424	1 969	4.8	0.1	300	5	0.2
Viet Nam	32 550	9 819	30.2	0.1	1 711	52	0.5
West Bank	580	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yemen	52 797	449	0.9	n.s.	-	-9	-1.9
Europe	2 259 957	1 039 251	46.0	1.4	32 015	881	0.1
Albania	2 740	991	36.2	0.3	102	-8	-0.8
Andorra	45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austria	8 273	3 886	47.0	0.5	0	8	0.2
Belarus	20 748	9 402	45.3	0.9	195	256	3.2
Belgium and Luxembourg	3 282	728	22.2	0.1	0	-1	-0.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5 100	2 273	44.6	0.6	57	n.s.	n.s.
Bulgaria	11 055	3 690	33.4	0.4	969	20	0.6
Croatia	5 592	1 783	31.9	0.4	47	2	0.1
Czech Republic	7 728	2 632	34.1	0.3	0	1	n.s.
Denmark	4 243	455	10.7	0.1	341	1	0.2
Estonia	4 227	2 060	48.7	1.5	305	13	0.6
Finland	30 459	21 935	72.0	4.2	0	8	n.s.
France	55 010	15 341	27.9	0.3	961	62	0.4
Germany	34 927	10 740	30.7	0.1	0	n.s.	n.s.
Greece	12 890	3 599	27.9	0.3	120	30	0.9
Hungary	9 234	1 840	19.9	0.2	136	7	0.4
Iceland	10 025	31	0.3	0.1	12	1	2.2
Ireland	6 889	659	9.6	0.2	590	17	3.0
Italy	29 406	10 003	34.0	0.2	133	30	0.3
Latvia	6 205	2 923	47.1	1.2	143	13	0.4
Liechtenstein	15	7	46.7	0.2	0	n.s.	1.2
Lithuania	6 258	1 994	31.9	0.5	284	5	0.2
Malta	32	n.s.	n.s.	-	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Netherlands	3 392	375	11.1	n.s.	100	1	0.3
Norway	30 683	8 868	28.9	2.0	300	31	0.4
Poland	30 442	9 047	29.7	0.2	39	18	0.2
Portugal	9 150	3 666	40.1	0.4	834	57	1.7
Republic of Moldova	3 296	325	9.9	0.1	1	1	0.2
Romania	23 034	6 448	28.0	0.3	91	15	0.2
Russian Federation	1 688 851	851 392	50.4	5.8	17 340	135	n.s.
San Marino	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovakia	4 808	2 177	45.3	0.4	15	18	0.9
Slovenia	2 012	1 107	55.0	0.6	1	2	0.2
Spain	49 945	14 370	28.8	0.4	1 904	86	0.6
Sweden	41 162	27 134	65.9	3.1	569	1	n.s.
Switzerland	3 955	1 199	30.3	0.2	4	4	0.4
The FYR of Macedonia	2 543	906	35.6	0.5	30	n.s.	n.s.
Ukraine	57 935	9 584	16.5	0.2	4 425	31	0.3
United Kingdom	24 160	2 794	11.6	n.s.	1 928	17	0.6
Yugoslavia	10 200	2 887	28.3	0.3	39	-1	-0.1
North and Central America	2 136 966	549 304	25.7	1.1	17 533	-570	-0.1
Antigua and Barbuda	44	9	20.5	0.1	0	n.s.	n.s.
Bahamas	1 001	842	84.1	2.8	-	n.s.	n.s.
Barbados	43	2	4.7	n.s.	0	n.s.	n.s.
Belize	2 280	1348	59.1	5.7	3	-36	-2.3
Bermuda	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
British Virgin Islands	15	3	20.0	0.1	-	n.s.	n.s.
Canada	922 097	244 571	26.5	7.9	0	n.s.	n.s.
Cayman Islands	26	13	-	0.4	-	n.s.	n.s.
Costa Rica	5 106	1 968	38.5	0.5	178	-16	-0.8
Cuba	10 982	2 348	21.4	0.2	482	28	1.3
Dominica	75	46	61.3	0.6	n.s.	n.s.	-0.7
Dominican Republic	4 838	1 376	28.4	0.2	30	n.s.	n.s.
El Salvador	2 072	121	5.8	n.s.	14	-7	-4.6
Greenland	34 170	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grenada	34	5	14.7	0.1	n.s.	n.s.	0.9
Guadeloupe	169	82	48.5	0.2	4	2	2.1
Guatemala	10 843	2 850	26.3	0.3	133	-54	-1.7
Haiti	2 756	88	3.2	n.s.	20	-7	-5.7
Honduras	11 189	5 383	48.1	0.9	48	-59	-1.0
Jamaica	1 083	325	30.0	0.1	9	-5	-1.5
Martinique	107	47	43.9	0.1	2	n.s.	n.s.
Mexico	190 869	55 205	28.9	0.6	267	-631	-1.1
Montserrat	11	3	27.3	0.3	-	n.s.	n.s.
Netherlands Antilles	80	1	n.s.	n.s.	-	n.s.	n.s.
Nicaragua	12 140	3 278	27.0	0.7	46	-117	-3.0
Panama	7 443	2 876	38.6	1.0	40	-52	-1.6
Puerto Rico	887	229	25.8	0.1	4	-1	-0.2
Saint Kitts and Nevis	36	4	11.1	0.1	0	n.s.	-0.6
Saint Lucia	61	9	14.8	0.1	1	-1	-4.9
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Vincent and Grenadines	39	6	15.4	0.1	0	n.s.	-1.4
Trinidad and Tobago	513	259	50.5	0.2	15	-2	-0.8
United States	915 895	225 993	24.7	0.8	16 238	388	0.2
United States Virgin Islands	34	14	41.2	0.1	-	n.s.	n.s.
Oceania	849 096	197 623	23.3	6.6	2 848	-365	-0.2
American Samoa	20	12	60.1	0.2	0	n.s.	n.s.
Australia	768 230	154 539	20.1	8.3	1 043	-282	-0.2
Cook Islands	23	22	95.7	1.2	1	n.s.	n.s.
Fiji	1 827	815	44.6	1.0	97	-2	-0.2
French Polynesia	366	105	28.7	0.5	5	n.s.	n.s.
Guam	55	21	38.2	0.1	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Kiribati	73	28	38.4	0.3	0	n.s.	n.s.
Marshall Islands	18	n.s.	-	-	-	n.s.	n.s.
Micronesia	69	15	21.7	0.1	n.s.	-1	-4.5
Nauru	2	n.s.	-	-	-	n.s.	n.s.
New Caledonia	1 828	372	20.4	1.8	10	n.s.	n.s.
New Zealand	26 799	7 946	29.7	2.1	1 542	39	0.5
Niue	26	6	-	3.0	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Northern Mariana Isl.	46	14	30.4	0.2	-	n.s.	n.s.
Palau	46	35	76.1	1.8	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Papua New Guinea	45 239	30 601	67.6	6.5	90	-113	-0.4
Samoa	282	105	37.2	0.6	5	-3	-2.1
Solomon Islands	2 856	2 536	88.8	5.9	50	-4	-0.2
Tonga	73	4	5.5	n.s.	1	n.s.	n.s.
Vanuatu	1 218	447	36.7	2.4	3	1	0.1
South America	1 754 741	885 618	50.5	2.6	10 455	-3 711	-0.4
Argentina	273 669	34 648	12.7	0.9	926	-285	-0.8
Bolivia	108 438	53 068	48.9	6.5	46	-161	-0.3
Brazil	845 651	543 905	64.3	3.2	4 982	-2 309	-0.4
Chile	74 881	15 536	20.7	1.0	2 017	-20	-0.1
Colombia	103 871	49 601	47.8	1.2	141	-190	-0.4
Ecuador	27 684	10 557	38.1	0.9	167	-137	-1.2
Falkland Islands	1 217	-	-	-	-	-	-
French Guiana	8 815	7 926	89.9	45.6	1	n.s.	n.s.
Guyana	21 498	16 879	78.5	19.7	12	-49	-0.3
Paraguay	39 730	23 372	58.8	4.4	27	-123	-0.5
Peru	128 000	65 215	50.9	2.6	640	-269	-0.4
Suriname	15 600	14 113	90.5	34.0	13	n.s.	n.s.
Uruguay	17 481	1 292	7.4	0.4	622	50	5.0
Venezuela	88 206	49 506	56.1	2.1	863	-218	-0.4
World	13 063 900	3 869 455	29.6	0.6	186 733	-9 391	-0.2

Note: The regional breakdown reflects geographic rather than economic or political groupings.