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Total forest cover and changes 1990-1995

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 applicable

2. The total country land areas under FRA may not always match FAOSTAT data but order of magnitude are correct.

SOURCE: FRA FAO


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