Characteristics of forest and other wooded land 2005
Country/area Forest Other wooded land
Total area Primary Modified natural Semi-natural Productive plantation Protective plantation Total area Primary Modified natural Semi-natural Productive plantation Protective plantation
1000 ha 1000 ha 1000 ha 1000 ha 1000 ha 1000 ha 1000 ha 1000 ha 1000 ha 1000 ha 1000 ha 1000 ha
Angola 59,104 0 58,973 0 131 0 - - - - - -
Botswana 11,943 - - - - - 34,791 - - - - -
British Indian Ocean Territory 3 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Comoros 5 0 4 0 1 - - - - - - -
Kenya 3,522 704 2,616 - 202 - 34,920 - 34,920 - - -
Lesotho 8 1 - - 7 - 31 - 31 - - -
Madagascar 12,838 10,347 2,198 - 234 59 17,054 - - - - -
Malawi 3,402 1,132 2,067 - 204 - - - - - - -
Mauritius 37 0 22 n.s. 11 4 15 0 15 n.s. - -
Mayotte 5 - 5 - n.s. - - - - - - -
Mozambique 19,262 - 19,224 - 38 - 40,919 - 40,919 - - -
Namibia 7,661 - 7,661 - - - 8,473 - 8,473 - - -
Réunion 84 55 6 18 2 2 55 16 8 31 0 0
Seychelles 40 2 33 - 5 - - - - - - -
South Africa 9,203 - 7,777 - 1,426 - 21,409 0 21,409 0 0 0
Swaziland 541 - 395 31 114 - 289 - 289 - - -
Uganda 3,627 - 3,591 - 36 - 1,150 - 1,150 - - -
United Republic of Tanzania 35,257 - 35,107 - 150 - 4,756 - 4,756 - - -
Zambia 42,452 - 42,377 - 75 - 3,161 - 3,161 - - -
Zimbabwe 17,540 - 17,385 - 154 - - - - - - -
Eastern and Southern Africa 226,534 167,023
Algeria 2,277 - 1,206 316 12 742 1,595 - 1,595 - - -
Burkina Faso 6,794 0 5,918 800 71 5 7,427 - 7,427 - - -
Chad 11,921 190 11,716 - - 15 9,152 - 9,152 - - -
Djibouti 6 - - - - - 220 - - - - -
Egypt 67 - - - 1 66 20 - 20 - - -
Eritrea 1,554 - 1,526 - 14 14 7,257 - 7,257 - - -
Ethiopia 13,000 - 12,509 - 491 - 44,650 - 44,650 - - -
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 217 - - - - 217 330 - 330 - - -
Mali 12,572 - - - - - 16,532 - 16,532 - - -
Mauritania 267 - - - - - 3,110 - - - - -
Morocco 4,364 - 3,754 47 563 - 406 - 406 - - -
Niger 1,266 220 936 - - 110 3,740 - 3,740 - - -
Somalia 7,131 - 7,128 - 3 - - - - - - -
Sudan 67,546 13,509 47,282 1,351 4,728 675 - - - - - -
Tunisia 1,056 - 320 238 150 348 170 - 170 - - -
Western Sahara 1,011 - - - - - - - - - - -
Northern Africa 131,048 94,609
Benin 2,351 - 2,237 - 114 - 3,959 - - - - -
Burundi 152 0 67 0 86 0 722 - - - - -
Cameroon 21,245 - - - - - 14,758 - - - - -
Cape Verde 84 - - - 67 17 - - - - - -
Central African Republic 22,755 - 22,750 - 5 - 10,122 - - - - -
Congo 22,471 7,464 14,957 - 51 - 10,547 - 10,547 - - -
Côte d'Ivoire 10,405 625 9,443 0 337 0 2,626 0 2,626 0 0 0
Democratic Republic of the Congo 133,610 - - - - - 83,277 - - - - -
Equatorial Guinea 1,632 - - - - - 31 - - - - -
Gabon 21,775 - - - 36 - - - - - - -
Gambia 471 - 471 - n.s. - 125 - 125 - - -
Ghana 5,517 353 5,004 - 160 - 0 - - - - -
Guinea 6,724 63 6,568 60 30 3 5,850 - - - - -
Guinea-Bissau 2,072 940 1,132 - 0 n.s. 236 - - - - -
Liberia 3,154 129 3,017 - 8 - 0 - - - - -
Nigeria 11,089 326 10,414 0 349 0 5,495 0 5,495 - 0 0
Rwanda 480 0 62 - 367 52 61 - 61 - - -
Saint Helena 2 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Sao Tome and Principe 27 12 16 - - - 29 - - - - -
Senegal 8,673 1,598 6,710 - 332 33 5,001 600 4,352 - 0 49
Sierra Leone 2,754 - 2,751 - 3 - 384 - 198 - - -
Togo 386 0 348 - 30 8 1,246 0 1,246 - - -
Western and Central Africa 277,829 144,468
Africa 635,412 406,100
China 197,290 11,632 114,332 39,957 28,530 2,839 87,615 - 71,421 16,194 - -
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6,187 852 - 5,335 - - - - - - - -
Japan 24,868 4,591 9,955 - - 10,321 - - - - - -
Mongolia 10,252 4,733 5,407 - 112 - 2,388 1,102 1,273 - - 13
Republic of Korea 6,265 - 4,901 - 1,364 - - - - - - -
East Asia 244,862 90,003
Bangladesh 871 - 592 - 195 84 58 - - - - -
Bhutan 3,195 413 2,529 251 2 0 611 98 417 96 0 0
Brunei Darussalam 278 278 - - - - 160 - - 156 3 1
Cambodia 10,447 322 10,066 0 59 - 270 - 270 - - -
India 67,701 - 32,943 31,532 1,053 2,173 4,110 - 2,046 1,745 104 215
Indonesia 88,495 48,702 - 36,394 3,399 - - - - - - -
Lao People's Democratic Republic 16,142 1,490 14,428 - 223 1 4,643 - - - - -
Malaysia 20,890 3,820 - 15,497 1,573 - - - - - - -
Maldives 1 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Myanmar 32,222 - 31,373 - 696 153 10,834 - 10,834 - - -
Nepal 3,636 349 384 2,850 43 10 1,897 - - 1,897 - -
Pakistan 1,902 - 1,584 - 318 - 1,389 - 1,389 - - -
Philippines 7,162 829 5,713 - 304 316 3,611 - - - - -
Singapore 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Sri Lanka 1,933 167 1,571 - 171 24 0 - - - - -
Thailand 14,520 6,451 4,970 - 1,997 1,102 - - - - - -
Timor-Leste 798 - 755 - - 43 - - - - - -
Viet Nam 12,931 85 10,151 - 1,792 903 2,259 - - - - -
South and South-east Asia 283,127 29,842
Afghanistan 867 - 867 - - - - - - - - -
Armenia 283 14 259 0 0 10 45 - 42 0 0 3
Azerbaijan 936 400 516 - - 20 54 15 39 0 0 0
Bahrain n.s. - - - - n.s. 0 - - - - -
Cyprus 174 22 111 36 0 5 214 - 214 - - -
Georgia 2,760 500 2,200 0 0 60 50 0 50 0 0 0
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11,075 200 10,031 228 616 - 5,340 - 5,340 - - -
Iraq 822 0 809 0 0 13 927 0 927 0 0 0
Israel 171 - 70 - - 101 85 - 85 - - -
Jordan 83 0 37 6 0 40 52 0 42 10 0 -
Kazakhstan 3,337 0 2,428 0 0 909 15,622 0 15,561 0 0 61
Kuwait 6 - - - - 6 0 - - - - -
Kyrgyzstan 869 241 562 - 24 42 313 - - - - -
Lebanon 136 0 129 0 8 0 106 0 106 0 0 0
Occupied Palestinian Territory 9 - - - - - - - - - - -
Oman 2 - - - - 2 1,303 - 1,303 - - -
Qatar n.s. - - - - - n.s. - - - - -
Saudi Arabia 2,728 - 2,728 - - - 34,155 - 34,155 - - -
Syrian Arab Republic 461 - 198 - - 264 35 - 35 - - -
Tajikistan 410 297 12 35 22 44 142 0 10 10 0 122
Turkey 10,175 975 5,925 738 1,916 621 10,689 359 2,256 - - -
Turkmenistan 4,127 104 4,023 - 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 312 0 0 0 0 312 4 4 0 0 0 0
Uzbekistan 3,295 57 2,643 534 5 56 904 - 904 - - -
Yemen 549 - 161 388 - - 1,406 - 1,406 - - -
Western and Central Asia 43,588 71,446
Asia 571,577 191,291
Albania 794 85 621 0 3 86 261 0 261 0 n.s. 0
Andorra 16 - - - - - - - - - - -
Austria 3,862 - - - - - 118 - 118 - - -
Belarus 7,894 400 5,712 1,780 2 - 914 0 714 200 0 -
Belgium 667 0 0 392 275 0 27 0 0 27 0 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,185 2 1,184 857 142 - 549 - 549 - - -
Bulgaria 3,625 - - - - - 27 0 0 27 0 0
Channel Islands 1 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Croatia 2,135 10 2,063 0 61 0 346 2 344 0 0 0
Czech Republic 2,648 0 14 2,634 0 0 0 - - - - -
Denmark 500 0 6 179 281 34 136 - - - - -
Estonia 2,284 142 1,390 751 1 0 82 0 82 0 0 0
Faeroe Islands n.s. - - - - - - - - - - -
Finland 22,500 1,419 0 21,081 0 0 802 326 0 476 0 0
France 15,554 30 - 13,556 1,968 - 1,708 - - 1,708 - -
Germany 11,076 0 0 11,076 0 0 - - - - - -
Gibraltar 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Greece 3,752 0 3,618 0 0 134 2,780 0 2,780 0 0 0
Holy See 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Hungary 1,976 0 415 1,016 454 91 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iceland 46 0 17 0 17 12 104 0 104 0 0 0
Ireland 669 0 0 90 579 0 41 1 40 0 0 0
Isle of Man 3 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Italy 9,979 - - - 146 - 1,047 - - - - -
Latvia 2,941 14 2,282 644 1 0 115 - - - - -
Liechtenstein 7 2 5 - n.s. - 0 n.s. n.s. - - -
Lithuania 2,099 26 1,548 384 100 41 77 - 77 - - -
Luxembourg 87 - - 58 28 - 1 - - - - -
Malta n.s. 0 0 0 0 n.s. 0 - - - - -
Monaco 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Netherlands 365 0 0 361 4 0 0 - - - - -
Norway 9,387 250 - 8,875 262 - 2,613 261 2,352 0 0 -
Poland 9,192 53 - 9,107 32 - - - - - - -
Portugal 3,783 55 - 2,494 1,067 167 84 44 40 - 0 -
Republic of Moldova 329 0 328 0 1 0 31 0 31 0 0 0
Romania 6,370 233 651 5,339 92 57 258 - - - - -
Russian Federation 808,790 255,470 536,358 - 11,888 5,075 74,185 73,169 - 0 0 1,016
San Marino n.s. - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Serbia 2,694 4 115 2,536 39 0 808 0 686 122 0 0
Slovakia 1,929 24 946 940 17 2 - - - - - -
Slovenia 1,264 119 1,107 38 0 0 44 - - - - -
Spain 17,915 812 11,582 4,050 1,471 0 10,299 0 10,299 0 0 0
Sweden 27,528 4,726 - 22,135 667 0 3,257 3,166 91 0 0 0
Switzerland 1,221 14 15 1,188 4 0 67 0 0 67 0 0
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 906 0 876 - 30 - 82 0 82 - - -
Ukraine 9,575 59 4,729 4,399 81 307 41 0 20 20 0 0
United Kingdom 2,845 0 646 275 1,902 22 20 0 10 10 0 0
Europe 1,001,394 100,925
Anguilla 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
Antigua and Barbuda 9 - - - - - 16 - - - - -
Aruba n.s. - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Bahamas 515 - 515 - 0 0 36 - 36 - 0 0
Barbados 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - -
Bermuda 1 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
British Virgin Islands 4 - - - - - 2 - - - - -
Cayman Islands 12 - - - - - 4 - - - - -
Cuba 2,713 - 2,319 - 230 164 260 - - - 170 90
Dominica 46 27 19 0 n.s. - n.s. n.s. - - 0 -
Dominican Republic 1,376 - - - - - 678 - - - - -
Grenada 4 1 3 - n.s. - 5 - - - - -
Guadeloupe 80 19 58 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Haiti 105 - 81 - 24 - - - - - - -
Jamaica 339 - 325 - 8 6 188 - 167 - - 21
Martinique 46 - 45 - 1 - - - - - - -
Montserrat 4 - 4 - - - - - - - - -
Netherlands Antilles 1 - - - - - 33 - - - - -
Puerto Rico 408 - - - - - - - - - - -
Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 - - - - - 6 - - - - -
Saint Lucia 17 - - - - - 5 - - - - -
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11 - 10 - n.s. - 2 - 2 - - -
Trinidad and Tobago 226 14 197 0 15 0 74 - 74 - - -
Turks and Caicos Islands 34 - - - - - - - - - - -
United States Virgin Islands 10 - - - - - - - - - - -
Caribbean 5,974 1,310
Belize 1,653 612 1,041 - - - 115 0 115 - - -
Costa Rica 2,391 180 1,319 888 1 3 10 - 10 - - -
El Salvador 298 6 286 - 6 - 201 - 201 - - -
Guatemala 3,938 1,957 1,859 - 122 - 1,672 - - - - -
Honduras 4,648 1,512 2,261 845 - 30 710 - 710 - - -
Nicaragua 5,189 1,849 3,289 - 51 - 1,022 - 1,022 - - -
Panama 4,294 3,023 1,210 0 60 1 1,288 0 1,288 0 0 0
Central America 22,411 5,018
Canada 310,134 165,424 144,710 - - - 91,951 69,855 22,096 - - -
Greenland n.s. - - - - - 8 - - - - -
Mexico 64,238 32,850 30,330 - 72 986 19,908 17,482 2,426 - - -
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3 - 3 - - - - - - - - -
United States of America 303,089 104,182 175,523 6,323 17,061 - - - - - - -
North America 677,464 111,866
North and Central America 705,849 118,194
American Samoa 18 - - - - - - - - - - -
Australia 163,678 5,233 156,679 - 1,766 - 421,590 - - - - -
Cook Islands 16 - 14 - - 1 - - - - - -
Fiji 1,000 894 5 - 101 - - - - - - -
French Polynesia 105 - 95 - 10 - - - - - - -
Guam 26 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Kiribati 2 - - - - - - - - - - -
Marshall Islands - - - - - - - - - - - -
Micronesia (Federated States of) 63 - - - - - - - - - - -
Nauru 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
New Caledonia 717 431 277 - 10 - 787 412 375 - - -
New Zealand 8,309 3,506 2,951 - 1,832 20 2,557 411 2,146 - - -
Niue 14 - 14 - n.s. - - - - - - -
Northern Mariana Islands 33 - - - - - - - - - - -
Palau 40 - - - - - - - - - - -
Papua New Guinea 29,437 25,211 4,134 - 92 - 4,474 - - - - -
Pitcairn 4 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Samoa 171 n.s. 110 29 21 11 22 - 11 4 4 2
Solomon Islands 2,172 - - - - - - - - - - -
Tokelau 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Tonga 4 - 4 - n.s. - 1 - 1 - - -
Tuvalu 1 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Vanuatu 440 - - - - - 476 - - - - -
Wallis and Futuna Islands 5 n.s. 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Oceania 206,254 429,908
Argentina 33,021 - 31,792 - 1,229 - 60,961 - - - - -
Bolivia (plurinational state of) 58,740 29,360 29,360 - 20 - 2,473 - - - - -
Brazil 477,698 415,890 56,424 - 5,384 - - - - - - -
Chile 16,121 4,142 9,292 26 2,661 0 13,241 0 13,185 0 56 0
Colombia 60,728 53,062 7,337 - 312 16 18,202 18,039 163 - - -
Ecuador 10,853 4,794 5,895 - 164 - 1,448 - 1,448 - - -
Falkland Islands 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
French Guiana 8,063 7,701 361 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guyana 15,104 9,314 5,789 - - - 3,580 - 3,580 - - -
Paraguay 18,475 1,850 16,582 - 43 - - - - - - -
Peru 68,742 61,065 6,923 0 754 - 22,132 2,213 19,919 - 0 -
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Suriname 14,776 14,214 550 5 7 0 - - - - - -
Uruguay 1,506 296 444 - 751 15 4 - 4 - - -
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 47,713 - - - - - 7,369 - - - - -
South America 831,540 129,410
World 3,952,025 1,375,829
Data source: FAO, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005.
last updated:  Tuesday, November 8, 2005