Change in extent of primary forest 1990-2005
Country/area Area of primary forest % of total forest area Annual change rate
1990 2000 2005 1990 2000 2005 1990-2000 2000-2005
1000 ha 1000 ha 1000 ha % % % ha/yr ha/yr
Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Botswana - - - - - - - -
British Indian Ocean Territory - - - - - - - -
Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenya 742 716 704 20.0 20.0 20.0 -2,520 -2,400
Lesotho 1 1 1 12.0 8.6 7.5 0 0
Madagascar 10,503 10,381 10,347 76.7 79.7 80.6 -12,200 -6,800
Malawi 1,727 1,330 1,132 44.3 37.3 33.3 -39,700 -39,600
Mauritius 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mayotte - - - - - - - -
Mozambique - - - - - - - -
Namibia - - - - - - - -
Réunion 55 55 55 63.0 63.0 65.0 -30 -20
Seychelles 2 2 2 5.0 5.0 5.0 0 0
South Africa - - - - - - - -
Swaziland - - - - - - - -
Uganda - - - - - - - -
United Republic of Tanzania - - - - - - - -
Zambia - - - - - - - -
Zimbabwe - - - - - - - -
Total Eastern and Southern Africa
Algeria - - - - - - - -
Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chad 209 196 190 1.6 1.6 1.6 -1,300 -1,200
Djibouti - - - - - - - -
Egypt - - - - - - - -
Eritrea - - - - - - - -
Ethiopia - - - - - - - -
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - - - - - - - -
Mali - - - - - - - -
Mauritania - - - - - - - -
Morocco - - - - - - - -
Niger 220 220 220 11.3 16.6 17.4 0 0
Somalia - - - - - - - -
Sudan 15,276 14,098 13,509 20.0 20.0 20.0 -117,807 -117,807
Tunisia - - - - - - - -
Western Sahara - - - - - - - -
Total Northern Africa
Benin - - - - - - - -
Burundi - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0
Cameroon - - - - - - - -
Cape Verde - - - - - - - -
Central African Republic - - - - - - - -
Congo 7,548 7,492 7,464 33.2 33.2 33.2 -5,647 -5,647
Côte d'Ivoire 625 625 625 6.1 6.1 6.0 0 0
Democratic Republic of the Congo - - - - - - - -
Equatorial Guinea - - - - - - - -
Gabon - - - - - - - -
Gambia - - - - - - - -
Ghana 353 353 353 4.7 5.8 6.4 0 0
Guinea 63 63 63 0.9 0.9 0.9 0 0
Guinea-Bissau 940 940 940 42.4 44.3 45.4 0 0
Liberia 129 129 129 3.2 3.7 4.1 0 0
Nigeria 1,556 736 326 9.0 5.6 2.9 -82,000 -82,000
Rwanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Helena - - - - - - - -
Sao Tome and Principe 12 12 12 43.8 43.8 43.8 0 0
Senegal 1,759 1,653 1,598 18.8 18.6 18.4 -10,600 -11,000
Sierra Leone - - - - - - - -
Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Western and Central Africa
Total Africa
China 11,632 11,632 11,632 7.4 6.6 5.9 0 0
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,129 939 852 13.8 13.8 13.8 -19,000 -17,400
Japan 3,764 4,054 4,591 15.1 16.3 18.5 29,000 107,400
Mongolia 5,540 4,923 4,733 48.2 46.2 46.2 -61,700 -38,000
Republic of Korea - - - - - - - -
Total East Asia
Bangladesh - - - - - - - -
Bhutan 413 413 413 13.6 13.1 12.9 0 0
Brunei Darussalam 313 288 278 100.0 100.0 100.0 -2,500 -2,000
Cambodia 766 456 322 5.9 4.0 3.1 -31,000 -26,800
India - - - - - - - -
Indonesia 70,419 55,941 48,702 60.4 57.2 55.0 -1,447,800 -1,447,800
Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,490 1,490 1,490 8.6 9.0 9.2 0 0
Malaysia 3,820 3,820 3,820 17.1 17.7 18.3 0 0
Maldives - - - - - - - -
Myanmar - - - - - - - -
Nepal 391 384 349 8.1 9.8 9.6 -700 -7,000
Pakistan - - - - - - - -
Philippines 829 829 829 7.8 10.4 11.6 0 0
Singapore 2 2 2 100.0 100.0 100.0 0 0
Sri Lanka 257 197 167 10.9 9.5 8.6 -6,000 -6,000
Thailand 6,451 6,451 6,451 40.4 43.5 44.4 0 0
Timor-Leste - - - - - - - -
Viet Nam 384 187 85 4.1 1.6 0.7 -19,700 -20,400
Total South and South-east Asia
Afghanistan - - - - - - - -
Armenia 17 15 14 4.9 4.9 4.9 -200 -200
Azerbaijan 400 400 400 42.7 42.7 42.7 0 0
Bahrain - - - - - - - -
Cyprus 22 22 22 13.7 12.7 12.6 0 0
Georgia 500 500 500 18.1 18.1 18.1 0 0
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 200 200 200 1.8 1.8 1.8 0 0
Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Israel - - - - - - - -
Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kuwait - - - - - - - -
Kyrgyzstan 237 240 241 28.4 27.9 27.7 250 260
Lebanon - - 0 - - 0 - -
Occupied Palestinian Territory - - - - - - - -
Oman - - - - - - - -
Qatar - - - - - - - -
Saudi Arabia - - - - - - - -
Syrian Arab Republic - - - - - - - -
Tajikistan 297 297 297 72.8 72.4 72.4 0 0
Turkey 739 897 975 7.6 8.9 9.6 15,800 15,600
Turkmenistan 104 104 104 2.5 2.5 2.5 0 0
United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbekistan 57 57 57 1.9 1.8 1.7 0 0
Yemen - - - - - - - -
Total Western and Central Asia
Total Asia
Albania 85 85 85 10.7 11.0 10.7 0 0
Andorra - - - - - - - -
Austria 117 119 - 3.1 3.1 - 200 -
Belarus 400 400 400 5.4 5.1 5.1 0 0
Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2 2 - 0.1 0.1 - 0
Bulgaria 267 396 - 8.0 11.7 - 12,900 -
Channel Islands - - - - - - - -
Croatia 10 10 10 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 0
Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonia - 137 142 - 6.1 6.2 - 1,000
Faeroe Islands - - - - - - - -
Finland 1,491 1,418 1,419 6.7 6.3 6.3 -7,300 200
France 30 30 30 0.2 0.2 0.2 0 0
Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar - - - - - - - -
Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holy See - - - - - - - -
Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ireland 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 -100 0
Isle of Man - - - - - - - -
Italy 160 160 - 1.9 1.7 - 0 -
Latvia - 15 14 - 0.5 0.5 - -280
Liechtenstein 2 2 2 23.1 21.7 21.7 0 0
Lithuania 20 21 26 1.0 1.0 1.2 100 1,000
Luxembourg - - - - - - - -
Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moldova, Republic of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monaco - - - - - - - -
Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 250 250 250 2.7 2.7 2.7 0 0
Poland 30 51 53 0.3 0.6 0.6 2,100 400
Portugal 55 55 55 1.8 1.5 1.5 0 0
Romania 233 233 233 3.7 3.7 3.7 0 0
Russian Federation 241,726 258,131 255,470 29.9 31.9 31.6 1,640,510 -532,200
San Marino - - - - - - - -
Serbia 4 4 4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0 0
Slovakia 24 24 24 1.2 1.2 1.2 0 0
Slovenia 63 95 119 5.3 7.7 9.4 3,200 4,800
Spain 621 748 812 4.6 4.6 4.5 12,700 12,800
Sweden 4,348 4,600 4,726 15.9 16.7 17.2 25,200 25,200
Switzerland 3 6 14 0.3 0.5 1.1 300 1,600
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 59 59 59 0.6 0.6 0.6 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Europe
Anguilla - - - - - - - -
Antigua and Barbuda - - - - - - - -
Aruba - - - - - - - -
Bahamas - - - - - - - -
Barbados - - - - - - - -
Bermuda - - - - - - - -
British Virgin Islands - - - - - - - -
Cayman Islands - - - - - - - -
Cuba - - - - - - - -
Dominica 28 28 27 56.8 58.2 59.0 -86 -84
Dominican Republic - - - - - - - -
Grenada 1 1 1 24.1 18.7 16.0 -22 -23
Guadeloupe 19 19 19 22.3 23.0 23.3 0 0
Haiti - - - - - - - -
Jamaica - - - - - - - -
Martinique - - - - - - - -
Montserrat - - - - - - - -
Netherlands Antilles - - - - - - - -
Puerto Rico - - - - - - - -
Saint Kitts and Nevis - - - - - - - -
Saint Lucia - - - - - - - -
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - - - - - - - -
Trinidad and Tobago 14 14 14 6.0 6.1 6.2 0 0
Turks and Caicos Islands - - - - - - - -
United States Virgin Islands - - - - - - - -
Total Caribbean
Belize 612 612 612 37.0 37.0 37.0 0 0
Costa Rica 255 180 180 9.9 7.6 7.5 -7,500 0
El Salvador 6 6 6 1.7 2.0 2.2 0 0
Guatemala 2,359 2,091 1,957 49.7 49.7 49.7 -26,789 -26,834
Honduras 1,512 1,512 1,512 20.5 27.8 32.5 0 0
Nicaragua 1,849 1,849 1,849 28.3 33.4 35.6 0 0
Panama 3,706 3,239 3,023 84.7 75.2 70.4 -46,700 -43,200
Total Central America
Canada 165,424 165,424 165,424 53.3 53.3 53.3 0 0
Greenland - - - - - - - -
Mexico 38,775 34,825 32,850 56.2 53.1 51.1 -395,000 -395,000
Saint Pierre and Miquelon - - - - - - - -
United States of America 105,268 105,258 104,182 35.2 34.8 34.4 -1,000 -215,200
Total North America
Total North and Central America
American Samoa - - - - - - - -
Australia - 5,233 5,233 - 3.2 3.2 - 0
Cook Islands - - - - - - - -
Fiji 895 894 894 91.4 89.4 89.4 -100 0
French Polynesia - - - - - - - -
Guam - - - - - - - -
Kiribati - - - - - - - -
Marshall Islands - - - - - - - -
Micronesia (Federated States of) - - - - - - - -
Nauru - - - - - - - -
New Caledonia 431 431 431 60.1 60.1 60.1 0 0
New Zealand 3,506 3,506 3,506 45.4 42.6 42.2 0 0
Niue - - - - - - - -
Northern Mariana Islands - - - - - - - -
Palau - - - - - - - -
Papua New Guinea 29,210 26,462 25,211 92.7 87.8 85.6 -274,800 -250,200
Pitcairn - - - - - - - -
Samoa - n.s. n.s. - n.s. n.s. - 0
Solomon Islands - - - - - - - -
Tokelau - - - - - - - -
Tonga - - - - - - - -
Tuvalu - - - - - - - -
Vanuatu - - - - - - - -
Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 n.s. n.s. 8.5 8.8 9.1 -2 -6
Total Oceania
Argentina - - - - - - - -
Bolivia 31,388 30,036 29,360 50.0 50.0 50.0 -135,200 -135,200
Brazil 460,513 433,220 415,890 88.6 87.8 87.1 -2,729,300 -3,466,000
Chile 4,152 4,145 4,142 27.2 26.2 25.7 -700 -600
Colombia 53,854 53,343 53,062 87.7 87.5 87.4 -51,050 -56,160
Ecuador 4,794 4,794 4,794 34.7 40.5 44.2 20 -40
Falkland Islands - - - - - - - -
French Guiana 7,909 7,761 7,701 97.8 96.3 95.5 -14,800 -12,000
Guyana - 9,314 9,314 - 61.7 61.7 - 0
Paraguay 1,850 1,850 1,850 8.7 9.6 10.0 0 0
Peru 62,910 62,188 61,065 89.7 89.9 88.8 -72,200 -224,600
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - - - - - - - -
Suriname 14,214 14,214 14,214 96.2 96.2 96.2 0 0
Uruguay 239 296 296 26.4 21.0 19.7 5,700 0
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - - - - - - - -
Total South America
Total World
Data source: FAO, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005.
last updated: Tuesday, November 8, 2005