country |
land area |
total forest 1995 |
natural forest 1995 |
total forest 1990 |
total change 1991-95 |
annual change |
annual change rate |
||
1 000 ha |
1 000 ha |
% of land area |
Per cap ha |
1 000 ha |
1 000 ha |
1 000 ha |
1 000 ha |
% |
|
WORLD TOTAL |
12981018 |
3454382 |
26.6 |
0.6 |
n.ap |
3510728 |
-56346 |
-11269 |
-0.3 |
ASIA-PACI (APFSOS) |
2841095 |
552132 |
19.4 |
0.2 |
n.ap |
568425 |
-16293 |
-3259 |
-0.6 |
ASIA |
1995797 |
461437 |
23.1 |
0.1 |
375606 |
477276 |
-15839 |
-3168 |
-0.7 |
Bangladesh |
13017 |
1010 |
7.8 |
n.s |
700 |
1054 |
-44 |
-9 |
-0.8 |
Bhutan |
4700 |
2756 |
58.6 |
1.7 |
2748 |
2803 |
-47 |
-9 |
-0.3 |
Brunei Darussalam |
527 |
434 |
82.4 |
1.5 |
434 |
448 |
-14 |
-3 |
-0.6 |
Cambodia |
17652 |
9830 |
55.7 |
1.0 |
9823 |
10649 |
-819 |
-164 |
-1.6 |
China |
932641 |
133323 |
14.3 |
0.1 |
99523 |
133756 |
-433 |
-87 |
-0.1 |
Hong Kong |
99 |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
India |
297319 |
65005 |
21.9 |
0.1 |
50385 |
64969 |
36 |
7 |
n.s |
Indonesia |
181157 |
109791 |
60.6 |
0.6 |
103666 |
115213 |
-5422 |
-1084 |
-1.0 |
Japan |
37652 |
25146 |
66.8 |
0.2 |
n.ap |
25212 |
-66 |
-13 |
-0.1 |
Korea, D.P.R |
12041 |
6170 |
51.2 |
0.3 |
4700 |
6170 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Korea, Rep |
9873 |
7626 |
77.2 |
0.2 |
6226 |
7691 |
-65 |
-13 |
-02 |
Laos |
23080 |
12435 |
53.9 |
2.5 |
12431 |
13177 |
-742 |
-148 |
-1.2 |
Macau |
2 |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
Malaysia |
32855 |
15471 |
47.1 |
0.8 |
15371 |
17472 |
-2001 |
-400 |
-2.4 |
Maldives |
30 |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
Mongolia |
156650 |
9406 |
6.0 |
3.9 |
9406 |
9406 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Myanmar |
65755 |
27151 |
41.3 |
0.6 |
26875 |
29088 |
-1937 |
-387 |
-1.4 |
Nepal |
13680 |
4822 |
35.2 |
0.2 |
4766 |
5096 |
-274 |
-55 |
-1.1 |
Pakistan |
77088 |
1748 |
2.3 |
n.s |
1580 |
2023 |
-275 |
-55 |
-2.9 |
Philippines |
29817 |
6766 |
22.7 |
0.1 |
6563 |
8078 |
-1312 |
-262 |
-3.5 |
Singapore |
61 |
4 |
6.6 |
n.s |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Sri Lanka |
6463 |
1796 |
27.8 |
0.1 |
1657 |
1897 |
-101 |
-20 |
-1.1 |
Thailand |
51089 |
11630 |
22.8 |
0.2 |
11101 |
13277 |
-1647 |
-329 |
-2.6 |
Viet Nam |
32549 |
9117 |
28.0 |
0.1 |
7647 |
9793 |
-676 |
-135 |
-1.4 |
PACIFIC/OCEANIA |
845298 |
90695 |
10.7 |
3.2 |
n.ap. |
91149 |
-454 |
-91 |
-0.1 |
American Samoa |
20 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
00 |
Australia |
764444 |
40908 |
5.4 |
2.3 |
n.ap |
40823 |
85 |
17 |
n.s |
Cook Islands |
23 |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
Fiji |
1827 |
835 |
45.7 |
1.1 |
757 |
853 |
-18 |
-4 |
-0.4 |
French Polynesia |
366 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Guam |
55 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Kiribati |
73 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
New Caledonia |
1828 |
698 |
38.2 |
3.9 |
689 |
701 |
-3 |
-1 |
-0.1 |
New Zealand |
26799 |
7884 |
29.4 |
2.2 |
n.ap |
7667 |
217 |
43 |
0.6 |
Niue Island |
26 |
6 |
23.1 |
3.0 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Pacific Is (Trust Terr) |
178 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Papua New Guinea |
45286 |
36939 |
81.6 |
8.6 |
36909 |
37605 |
-666 |
-133 |
-0.4 |
Samoa |
283 |
136 |
48.1 |
0.8 |
127 |
144 |
-8 |
-2 |
-1.1 |
Solomon Islands |
2799 |
2389 |
85.4 |
6.3 |
2371 |
2412 |
-23 |
-5 |
-0.2 |
Tonga |
72 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Vanuatu |
1219 |
900 |
73.8 |
5.3 |
893 |
938 |
-38 |
-8 |
-0.8 |
Notes:
1. Numbers may not tally due to rounding:n.s - not significant; indicating a very small value
n.a - not available
n.ap - not applicable2. The total country land areas under FRA may not always match FAOSTAT data but order of magnitude are correct.
SOURCE: FRA FAO