Designated functions of forest – primary function 2005
Country/area Forest
Total area Production Protection Conservation Social services Multiple purpose None or unknown
1000 ha % % % % % %
Angola 59,104 4.0 - 3.2 - - 92.9
Botswana 11,943 - - - - - -
British Indian Ocean Territory 3 - - - - - -
Comoros 5 26.6 73.4 0 0 0 0
Kenya 3,522 n.s. 100.0 - - - -
Lesotho 8 92.5 - - - - 7.5
Madagascar 12,838 26.3 1.4 39.4 - 32.9 -
Malawi 3,402 - - - - - -
Mauritius 37 29.7 43.2 21.6 8.1 - -
Mayotte 5 - - - - - -
Mozambique 19,262 17.5 - 2.3 - 80.2 -
Namibia 7,661 - - 35.9 - 16.5 47.5
Réunion 84 6.2 14.9 72.0 0.8 0 6.1
Seychelles 40 2.5 15.0 5.0 20.0 15.0 42.5
South Africa 9,203 15.5 - 10.3 - 74.2 -
Swaziland 541 26.8 - - - - 73.0
Uganda 3,627 14.9 - 14.8 - - 70.2
United Republic of Tanzania 35,257 71.0 - 6.0 - 22.9 -
Zambia 42,452 7.1 4.2 15.0 - 73.7 -
Zimbabwe 17,540 10.1 2.8 - - 87.1 -
Total Eastern and Southern Africa 226,534 19.4 2.8 9.5 n.s. 39.0 29.1
Algeria 2,277 32.9 63.0 4.0 0.1 - -
Burkina Faso 6,794 8.2 - 0.3 n.s. - 91.5
Chad 11,921 90.3 0.1 9.6 - - -
Djibouti 6 - - - - - -
Egypt 67 1.9 50.0 - - 48.1 -
Eritrea 1,554 1.9 0.9 4.9 - 0.7 91.5
Ethiopia 13,000 3.8 - - - 96.2 -
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 217 - 100.0 - - - -
Mali 12,572 8.0 69.0 23.0 - - -
Mauritania 267 - - - - - 100.0
Morocco 4,364 - - - - - -
Niger 1,266 - 0.2 17.4 - 82.4 -
Somalia 7,131 n.s. - - - 100.0 -
Sudan 67,546 44.9 2.6 12.7 - - 39.9
Tunisia 1,056 23.0 42.0 3.7 - 31.3 -
Western Sahara 1,011 - - - - - -
Total Northern Africa 131,048 35.2 10.0 10.4 n.s. 16.8 27.7
Benin 2,351 - - - - - -
Burundi 152 - - - - - -
Cameroon 21,245 29.3 2.7 48.6 1.0 18.4 -
Cape Verde 84 80.0 8.8 11.2 - - -
Central African Republic 22,755 21.2 - 78.8 - - -
Congo 22,471 88.2 - 4.4 - 7.4 -
Côte d'Ivoire 10,405 88.7 3.3 7.8 0.2 - -
Democratic Republic of the Congo 133,610 - - - - - -
Equatorial Guinea 1,632 - - - - - -
Gabon 21,775 - - - - - -
Gambia 471 - - - - 100.0 -
Ghana 5,517 22.7 6.4 0.8 1.2 - 68.9
Guinea 6,724 1.5 7.3 44.7 - - 46.5
Guinea-Bissau 2,072 39.6 11.7 45.4 3.4 - -
Liberia 3,154 41.5 - 4.1 - 48.3 6.2
Nigeria 11,089 27.6 0 49.6 0 0 22.7
Rwanda 480 76.2 10.8 0 0 12.9 0
Saint Helena 2 - - - - - -
Sao Tome and Principe 27 - - - - - -
Senegal 8,673 59.6 0.4 18.1 n.s. 21.9 -
Sierra Leone 2,754 10.3 1.2 2.8 - - 85.7
Togo 386 68.0 16.0 16.0 - - -
Total Western and Central Africa 277,829 44.6 1.9 35.0 0.3 8.1 10.1
Total Africa 635,412 30.3 4.6 16.4 0.1 24.8 23.8
China 197,290 58.0 31.3 2.7 1.2 6.8 -
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6,187 86.2 - 13.8 - - -
Japan 24,868 0 0 0 0 100.0 0
Mongolia 10,252 8.9 44.0 46.2 0.9 - -
Republic of Korea 6,265 77.8 11.4 7.5 3.3 - 0
Total East Asia 244,862 51.2 27.4 4.7 1.1 15.6 0
Bangladesh 871 31.7 7.8 20.9 1.1 38.5 0
Bhutan 3,195 15.9 45.8 27.2 - - 11.1
Brunei Darussalam 278 62.6 6.8 29.1 1.4 - -
Cambodia 10,447 32.3 3.9 21.3 0.9 3.9 37.8
India 67,701 21.2 14.8 21.7 - 42.4 -
Indonesia 88,495 53.9 27.5 18.6 - - -
Lao People's Democratic Republic 16,142 21.6 54.7 23.5 0.2 - -
Malaysia 20,890 56.6 18.2 5.4 - 19.8 -
Maldives 1 - - - - - -
Myanmar 32,222 77.0 4.7 15.2 - 3.2 -
Nepal 3,636 5.1 12.1 21.4 - 14.7 46.8
Pakistan 1,902 32.0 - 11.4 - 56.7 -
Philippines 7,162 75.0 11.0 12.0 - - 2.0
Singapore 2 - - 100.0 - - -
Sri Lanka 1,933 8.8 1.0 28.9 - 61.3 -
Thailand 14,520 13.8 7.6 58.3 - 1.1 19.3
Timor-Leste 798 17.3 59.3 23.4 - - -
Viet Nam 12,931 39.8 45.5 14.7 - - -
Total South and South-east Asia 283,127 42.4 20.9 20.2 0.1 13.3 3.2
Afghanistan 867 - - - - 100.0 -
Armenia 283 0 61.8 17.0 21.2 0 0
Azerbaijan 936 0 92.3 7.7 - 0 0
Bahrain n.s. - 100.0 - - - -
Cyprus 174 24.7 - 2.9 10.3 55.6 5.7
Georgia 2,760 0 78.4 8.2 13.4 0 0
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11,075 13.5 - 1.4 - 85.1 -
Iraq 822 - 80.0 20.0 - - -
Israel 171 - 12.9 4.1 - 83.0 -
Jordan 83 0 6.0 1.2 1.2 91.6 0
Kazakhstan 3,337 0 0 15.9 12.8 71.3 0
Kuwait 6 - 100.0 - - - -
Kyrgyzstan 869 0 78.0 7.4 1.5 13.1 0
Lebanon 136 97.4 - 2.6 - - -
Occupied Palestinian Territory 9 - - - - - -
Oman 2 100.0 - - - - -
Qatar n.s. - - - - - -
Saudi Arabia 2,728 - - - - 100.0 -
Syrian Arab Republic 461 - - - - 100.0 -
Tajikistan 410 5.4 10.7 83.9 0 0 0
Turkey 10,175 78.3 13.9 7.6 0.2 0 0
Turkmenistan 4,127 0 97.5 2.5 - 0 0
United Arab Emirates 312 - - - - 100.0 -
Uzbekistan 3,295 0.2 91.5 8.3 - - -
Yemen 549 - - - - 100.0 -
Total Western and Central Asia 43,588 22.2 30.0 6.4 2.1 39.3 n.s.
Total Asia 571,577 44.7 24.3 12.5 0.6 16.3 1.6
Albania 794 68.3 22.7 9.0 - - -
Andorra 16 - - - - - -
Austria 3,862 - - - - - -
Belarus 7,894 50.6 28.3 5.9 15.2 0 0
Belgium 667 - - - - 100.0 -
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,185 56.1 - - - - 43.9
Bulgaria 3,625 - - - - - -
Channel Islands 1 - - - - - -
Croatia 2,135 94.7 2.3 0.3 0.3 2.4 0
Czech Republic 2,648 75.2 6.3 7.0 11.5 - 0
Denmark 500 38.6 6.8 16.2 - 38.6 -
Estonia 2,284 71.8 22.0 6.2 0 0 0
Faeroe Islands n.s. - - - - - -
Finland 22,500 91.2 0 7.2 0.2 1.5 0
France 15,554 96.9 1.5 1.2 0.3 - -
Germany 11,076 - 21.9 19.3 42.3 - 16.5
Gibraltar 0 - - - - - -
Greece 3,752 92.1 - 4.2 - - 3.7
Holy See 0 - - - - - -
Hungary 1,976 64.5 13.3 20.6 1.5 0 n.s.
Iceland 46 19.8 10.4 0 14.8 54.1 0
Ireland 669 90.1 0 0.9 - - 9.0
Isle of Man 3 - - - - - -
Italy 9,979 - - 29.9 - - 70.1
Latvia 2,941 n.s. 5.9 13.6 1.5 79.0 0
Liechtenstein 7 40.0 32.0 20.0 8.0 - -
Lithuania 2,099 70.3 9.8 8.9 3.2 7.8 -
Luxembourg 87 32.6 - - - 67.4 -
Malta n.s. - - - - 100.0 -
Moldova, Republic of 329 64.1 6.7 13.4 - - 15.8
Monaco 0 - - - - - -
Netherlands 365 1.1 0 24.7 - 74.2 -
Norway 9,387 62.9 27.6 1.5 - 8.0 0
Poland 9,192 63.5 20.7 4.8 11.0 0 0
Portugal 3,783 78.0 5.7 16.3 - - 0
Romania 6,370 51.3 38.9 4.4 5.4 0 0
Russian Federation 808,790 76.9 8.7 2.0 1.5 10.8 -
San Marino n.s. - - - - - -
Serbia 2,694 - - - - - -
Slovakia 1,929 9.5 17.8 5.0 12.6 55.1 0
Slovenia 1,264 54.3 12.7 6.7 13.9 12.3 0
Spain 17,915 9.4 13.1 37.3 0.1 40.2 0
Sweden 27,528 73.1 0.1 12.2 - 14.5 -
Switzerland 1,221 62.7 35.0 2.4 0 0 -
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 906 82.2 - - - - 17.8
Ukraine 9,575 47.9 30.4 2.6 19.0 0 0
United Kingdom 2,845 33.7 0.2 5.1 3.7 53.1 4.2
Total Europe 1,001,394 73.1 9.1 3.8 2.3 10.7 1.0
Anguilla 6 - - - - - -
Antigua and Barbuda 9 - - - - - -
Aruba n.s. - - - - - -
Bahamas 515 - - - - - -
Barbados 2 - - 17.6 - - 82.4
Bermuda 1 - - - - - -
British Virgin Islands 4 - - - - - -
Cayman Islands 12 - - - - - -
Cuba 2,713 32.1 45.9 22.0 - - -
Dominica 46 - - - - - -
Dominican Republic 1,376 - - - - - -
Grenada 4 5.1 13.5 56.0 - - 25.1
Guadeloupe 80 3.5 - 18.5 - 22.7 55.3
Haiti 105 49.8 - 4.1 - - 46.7
Jamaica 339 2.4 4.5 21.3 0 6.0 65.8
Martinique 46 - - - - - -
Montserrat 4 - - - - - 100.0
Netherlands Antilles 1 - - - - - -
Puerto Rico 408 - - - - - -
Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 - - - - - -
Saint Lucia 17 - - - - 58.8 41.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11 - - - - - -
Trinidad and Tobago 226 19.5 13.3 6.2 1.3 0 59.7
Turks and Caicos Islands 34 - - - - - -
United States Virgin Islands 10 - - - - - -
Total Caribbean 5,974 28.1 37.0 20.2 0.1 1.4 13.3
Belize 1,653 - - 37.0 - - 63.0
Costa Rica 2,391 0.1 1.9 24.5 - 73.5 -
El Salvador 298 2.0 - 2.3 - - 95.6
Guatemala 3,938 26.8 - 62.3 - - 10.9
Honduras 4,648 41.7 1.7 32.5 0.8 23.3 0
Nicaragua 5,189 - - 35.6 - 64.4 -
Panama 4,294 7.2 21.9 34.0 0 36.8 -
Total Central America 22,411 14.8 4.8 37.8 0.2 34.6 7.8
Canada 310,134 1.3 - 4.9 - 86.7 7.1
Greenland n.s. - - - - - -
Mexico 64,238 0.1 1.5 6.8 - 91.5 -
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3 - - - - 100.0 -
United States of America 303,089 12.0 - 19.8 - 68.1 -
Total North America 677,464 6.0 0.1 11.8 0 78.9 3.3
Total North and Central America 705,849 6.4 0.5 12.6 n.s. 77.1 3.4
American Samoa 18 - - - - 100.0 -
Australia 163,678 8.0 - 13.1 - 77.6 1.3
Cook Islands 16 - 7.1 - - 92.9 -
Fiji 1,000 10.1 33.9 7.4 0 48.7 0
French Polynesia 105 - - - - - -
Guam 26 - - - - 100.0 -
Kiribati 2 - - - - - -
Marshall Islands - - - - - - -
Micronesia (Federated States of) 63 - - - - - -
Nauru 0 - - - - - -
New Caledonia 717 2.8 14.4 9.9 8.4 2.8 61.8
New Zealand 8,309 22.0 0.2 77.7 - - -
Niue 14 - - - - - 100.0
Northern Mariana Islands 33 - - - - 100.0 -
Palau 40 - - - - 100.0 -
Papua New Guinea 29,437 24.8 - 4.6 - 4.9 65.7
Pitcairn 4 - - - - - -
Samoa 171 47.1 20.4 16.7 4.2 5.0 6.7
Solomon Islands 2,172 - - - - - -
Tokelau 0 - - - - - -
Tonga 4 0.6 - - - - 99.4
Tuvalu 1 - - - - - -
Vanuatu 440 - - - - - -
Wallis and Futuna Islands 5 10.8 80.1 9.1 - - -
Total Oceania 206,254 11.0 0.2 14.4 n.s. 63.5 10.8
Argentina 33,021 3.7 - 3.4 - 6.3 86.5
Bolivia 58,740 0 0 20.0 0 80.0 0
Brazil 477,698 5.5 17.8 8.1 23.8 44.8 -
Chile 16,121 45.3 30.0 13.7 0 11.1 -
Colombia 60,728 12.7 1.0 14.1 0 - 72.2
Ecuador 10,853 1.5 21.5 44.2 - 18.9 13.8
Falkland Islands 0 - - - - - -
French Guiana 8,063 0 0 4.0 0 31.5 64.4
Guyana 15,104 34.9 - 1.0 2.4 - 61.7
Paraguay 18,475 0.2 n.s. 10.0 n.s. 0 89.8
Peru 68,742 36.7 0.5 26.9 n.s. 26.0 9.9
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 - - - - - -
Suriname 14,776 27.1 - 12.8 - 3.3 56.8
Uruguay 1,506 59.7 23.0 17.2 - - -
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 47,713 38.1 0 61.9 0 0 -
Total South America 831,540 11.6 11.3 14.4 13.7 34.6 14.5
Total World 3,952,025 34.1 9.3 11.2 3.7 33.8 7.8
Data source: FAO, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005.

Note:
Austria, Cyprus, Georgia and Namibia provided information for this table for forest and other wooded land combined. For the purposes of data display and analysis, FAO has distributed these values to the categories forest and other wooded land respectively.
last updated: Thursday, November 10, 2005