Table 14. Distribution of total forest area by ecological zone

Country/area	Tropical						Subtropical					Temperate					Boreal			Polar
	rain forest	Moist	Dry	Shrub	Desert	Mountain	Humid	Dry	Steppe	Desert	Mountain	Oceanic	Continental	Steppe	Desert	Mountain	Coniferous	Tundra	Mountain
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Africa
Algeria					n.s.			96	1		3
Angola	9	65	25	1	n.s.	n.s.
Benin	5	66	29
Botswana			73	27
Burkina Faso		9	90	1
Burundi						100
Cameroon	81	16	2	n.s.		1
Cape Verde				100
Central African Republic	23	53	24
Chad		10	88	2
Comoros		100
Congo	95		5
Côte d'Ivoire	63	37				n.s.
Dem. Rep. of the Congo	82	15	n.s.			3
Djibouti					100
Egypt										100
Equatorial Guinea	100
Eritrea				75	7	18
Ethiopia		3	39	30	n.s.	29
Gabon	99		1
Gambia		24	76
Ghana	47	32	21
Guinea	28	71				1
Guinea-Bissau	23	77
Kenya	1	18	1	28		53
Lesotho											100
Liberia	99	1				n.s.
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya								44	56
Madagascar	34	9		38		18
Malawi		48	37			15
Mali		17	81	3
Mauritania				100
Mauritius		100
Morocco					n.s.			75	3		22
Mozambique	1	18	81			n.s.
Namibia			53	43	1	3
Niger			99	1
Nigeria	22	36	38	2		2
Réunion		100
Rwanda						100
Saint Helena		100
Sao Tome and Principe	100
Senegal		20	70	10
Seychelles		100
Sierra Leone	40	60				1
Somalia		1		97	1	1
South Africa		1	61	3	1	2	15	7			11
Sudan	7	57	26	9		1
Swaziland			86								14
Togo	19	68	12
Tunisia								96			4
Uganda	78	5		1		16
United Republic of Tanzania	1	18	65	13		3
Western Sahara					100
Zambia		49	51			n.s.
Zimbabwe			99			1
Asia
Afghanistan									42	2	56			n.s.		n.s.
Armenia											61		39
Azerbaijan							8				29		42		3	17
Bahrain										100
Bangladesh	63	37
Bhutan	14					55					31
Brunei Darussalam	100					n.s.
Cambodia	7	16	77
China	n.s.	1				3	37				22		17	4	n.s.	9	8		n.s.
Cyprus								100
Dem People's Rep. of Korea													100
East Timor	33	3		59		5
Gaza Strip
Georgia							16				25		11		n.s.	48
India	13	11	56	9	n.s.	7			n.s.		5
Indonesia	88	2	n.s.	1		9
Iran, Islamic Rep.							72		1	1	25		1	1	n.s.
Iraq									62	36	3
Israel								62	38
Japan							40				14		6			40
Jordan									100
Kazakhstan													5	41	15	23			17
Kuwait										100
Kyrgyzstan															n.s.	100
Lao People's Dem. Rep	25	25	35			14
Lebanon								91	9
Malaysia	94					6
Maldives	100
Mongolia														35	n.s.	64
Myanmar	35	37	4			24					1
Nepal	19	21	1			16					42
Oman					100
Pakistan		n.s.		1	1				66		31					n.s.
Philippines	81	10				9
Qatar										100
Republic of Korea							15						85
Saudi Arabia					91					9
Singapore	100
Sri Lanka	18	20	62			n.s.
Syrian Arab Republic								68	32
Tajikistan														5		95
Thailand	23	21	54			2
Turkey							9	33	1		48		7			1
Turkmenistan											4			81	14
United Arab Emirates					100
Uzbekistan														3	45	52
Viet Nam	26	37	16	8		10	2				n.s.
West Bank
Yemen					37	63
Oceania
American Samoa	100
Australia	2		39	14			5	6	23	4		4				4
Cook Islands	100
Fiji	100
French Polynesia	100
Guam	100
Kiribati	100
Marshall Islands	100
Micronesia	100
Nauru	100
New Caledonia	100
New Zealand							51					34				16
Niue	100
Northern Mariana Isl.	100
Palau	100
Papua New Guinea	80	4	5			11
Samoa	100
Solomon Islands	100
Tonga	100
Vanuatu	100
Europe
Albania								76			7		4			13
Andorra																100
Austria												7	12			81
Belarus													100
Belgium & Luxembourg												92				8
Bosnia & Herzegovina								19					31			50
Bulgaria								6					55	n.s.		39
Croatia								28			n.s.		48			24
Czech Republic												n.s.	54			46
Denmark												100
Estonia													100
Finland													2				95		3
France												69				31
Germany												71	9			20
Greece								88			9		2			1
Hungary													100
Iceland																	87		13
Ireland												93				7
Italy								75			9	4				12
Latvia													100
Liechtenstein																100
Lithuania													100
Malta								100
Netherlands												100
Norway												6	1				46	n.s.	47	n.s.
Poland												18	72			10
Portugal								73			8	17				2
Republic of Moldova													95	5
Romania													58	2		40
Russian Federation													9	1	n.s.	4	50	3	33	1
San Marino
Slovakia													44			56
Slovenia								12					40			47
Spain								65	1		14	10				11
Sweden												2	26				67		5
Switzerland												26				74
The FYR of Macedonia								57			7		18			18
Ukraine													78	8		14
United Kingdom												85				2	10		4
Yugoslavia								16			n.s.		65			19
North and Central America
Antigua and Barbuda	22	43	34
Bahamas	29	54				17
Barbados			100
Belize	42	58
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands	26		74
Canada												n.s.	13	n.s.	1	12	40	24	9	1
Cayman Islands		100
Costa Rica	61	24	2			13
Cuba	32	56	4			8
Dominica	79		21
Dominican Republic	59	15				26
El Salvador	7	66	25			2
Greenland
Grenada	71	25	4
Guadeloupe	62	8	30
Guatemala	41	40	2	n.s.		17
Haiti	75	11				14
Honduras	53	26	11	n.s.		9
Jamaica	84	16
Martinique	68	11	21
Mexico	9	32	11			18			4	6	20
Montserrat	26	56	18
Netherlands Antilles		21	7	72
Nicaragua	74	19	6			1
Panama	66	30	1			4
Puerto Rico	93	7
Saint Kitts and Nevis	54	45	2
Saint Lucia	61	37	2
Saint Pierre & Miquelon																	100
Saint Vincent and Grenadines	56	43	1
Trinidad and Tobago	100
United States		n.s.					23	1	3	1	10	1	18	1	1	26		5	8	2
US Virgin Islands	44		56
South America
Argentina	4	22	61			5	3	n.s.	1		1	2		1		2
Bolivia	32	18	40			10
Brazil	76	14	8			1	2
Chile				n.s.	n.s.	n.s.		51	n.s.		4	39		2		5
Colombia	84	3	2	n.s.		11
Ecuador	60	4	3	n.s.		33
Falkland Islands												100
French Guiana	100
Guyana	74	23				4
Paraguay	1	9	89
Peru	86		n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	14
Suriname	58	42
Uruguay							100
Venezuela	51	19	9	3		18