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Table 3. Forest cover 2000

Country/area

Land area

Total forest 2000

Area

Percentage of land area

Area per capita

000 ha

000 ha

%

ha

Algeria

238 174

2 145

0.9

0.1

Angola

124 670

69 756

56.0

5.6

Benin

11 063

2 650

24.0

0.4

Botswana

56 673

12 427

21.9

7.8

Burkina Faso

27 360

7 089

25.9

0.6

Burundi

2 568

94

3.7

n.s.

Cameroon

46 540

23 858

51.3

1.6

Cape Verde

403

85

21.1

0.2

Central African Republic

62 297

22 907

36.8

6.5

Chad

125 920

12 692

10.1

1.7

Comoros

186

8

4.3

n.s.

Congo

34 150

22 060

64.6

7.7

Côte d'Ivoire

31 800

7 117

22.4

0.5

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

226 705

135 207

59.6

2.7

Djibouti

2 317

6

0.3

n.s.

Egypt

99 545

72

0.1

n.s.

Equatorial Guinea

2 805

1 752

62.5

4.0

Eritrea

11 759

1 585

13.5

0.4

Ethiopia

110 430

4 593

4.2

0.1

Gabon

25 767

21 826

84.7

18.2

Gambia

1 000

481

48.1

0.4

Ghana

22 754

6 335

27.8

0.3

Guinea

24 572

6 929

28.2

0.9

Guinea-Bissau

3 612

2 187

60.5

1.8

Kenya

56 915

17 096

30.0

0.6

Lesotho

3 035

14

0.5

n.s.

Liberia

11 137

3 481

31.3

1.2

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

175 954

358

0.2

0.1

Madagascar

58 154

11 727

20.2

0.8

Malawi

9 409

2 562

27.2

0.2

Mali

122 019

13 186

10.8

1.2

Mauritania

102 522

317

0.3

0.1

Mauritius

202

16

7.9

n.s.

Morocco

44 630

3 025

6.8

0.1

Mozambique

78 409

30 601

39.0

1.6

Namibia

82 329

8 040

9.8

4.7

Niger

126 670

1 328

1.0

0.1

Nigeria

91 077

13 517

14.8

0.1

Réunion

250

71

28.4

0.1

Rwanda

2 466

307

12.4

n.s.

Saint Helena

31

2

6.5

0.3

Sao Tome and Principe

95

27

28.3

0.2

Senegal

19 252

6 205

32.2

0.7

Seychelles

45

30

66.7

0.4

Sierra Leone

7 162

1 055

14.7

0.2

Somalia

62 734

7 515

12.0

0.8

South Africa

121 758

8 917

7.3

0.2

Sudan

237 600

61 627

25.9

2.1

Swaziland

1 721

522

30.3

0.5

Togo

5 439

510

9.4

0.1

Tunisia

16 362

510

3.1

0.1

Uganda

19 964

4 190

21.0

0.2

United Republic of Tanzania

88 359

38 811

43.9

1.2

Western Sahara

26 600

152

0.6

0.5

Zambia

74 339

31 246

42.0

3.5

Zimbabwe

38 685

19 040

49.2

1.7

Total Africa

2 978 394

649 866

21.8

0.85

Afghanistan

64 958

1 351

2.1

0.1

Armenia

2 820

351

12.4

0.1

Azerbaijan

8 359

1 094

13.1

0.1

Bahrain

69

n.s.

n.s.

-

Bangladesh

13 017

1 334

10.2

n.s.

Bhutan

4 701

3 016

64.2

1.5

Brunei Darussalam

527

442

83.9

1.4

Cambodia

17 652

9 335

52.9

0.9

China

932 743

163 480

17.5

0.1

Cyprus

925

172

18.6

0.2

Dem People's Rep. of Korea

12 041

8 210

68.2

0.3

East Timor

1 479

507

34.3

0.6

Gaza Strip

38

-

-

-

Georgia

6 831

2 988

43.7

0.6

India

297 319

64 113

21.6

0.1

Indonesia

181 157

104 986

58.0

0.5

Iran, Islamic Rep.

162 201

7 299

4.5

0.1

Iraq

43 737

799

1.8

n.s.

Israel

2 062

132

6.4

n.s.

Japan

37 652

24 081

64.0

0.2

Jordan

8 893

86

1.0

n.s.

Kazakhstan

267 074

12 148

4.5

0.7

Kuwait

1 782

5

0.3

n.s.

Kyrgyzstan

19 180

1 003

5.2

0.2

Lao People's Dem. Rep

23 080

12 561

54.4

2.4

Lebanon

1 024

36

3.5

n.s.

Malaysia

32 855

19 292

58.7

0.9

Maldives

30

1

3.3

n.s.

Mongolia

156 650

10 645

6.8

4.1

Myanmar

65 755

34 419

52.3

0.8

Nepal

14 300

3 900

27.3

0.2

Oman

21 246

1

0.0

n.s.

Pakistan

77 087

2 361

3.1

n.s.

Philippines

29 817

5 789

19.4

0.1

Qatar

1 100

1

0.1

n.s.

Republic of Korea

9 873

6 248

63.3

0.1

Saudi Arabia

214 969

1 504

0.7

0.1

Singapore

61

2

3.3

n.s.

Sri Lanka

6 463

1 940

30.0

0.1

Syrian Arab Republic

18 377

461

2.5

n.s.

Tajikistan

14 087

400

2.8

0.1

Thailand

51 089

14 762

28.9

0.2

Turkey

76 963

10 225

13.3

0.2

Turkmenistan

46 992

3 755

8.0

0.9

United Arab Emirates

8 360

321

3.8

0.1

Uzbekistan

41 424

1 969

4.8

0.1

Viet Nam

32 550

9 819

30.2

0.1

West Bank

580

-

-

-

Yemen

52 797

449

0.9

n.s.

Total Asia

3 084 746

547 793

17.8

0.15

American Samoa

20

12

60.1

0.2

Australia

768 230

154 539

20.1

8.3

Cook Islands

23

22

95.7

1.2

Fiji

1 827

815

44.6

1.0

French Polynesia

366

105

28.7

0.5

Guam

55

21

38.2

0.1

Kiribati

73

28

38.4

0.3

Marshall Islands

18

n.s.

-

-

Micronesia

69

15

21.7

0.1

Nauru

2

n.s.

-

-

New Caledonia

1 828

372

20.4

1.8

New Zealand

26 799

7 946

29.7

2.1

Niue

26

6

-

3.0

Northern Mariana Isl.

46

14

30.4

0.2

Palau

46

35

76.1

1.8

Papua New Guinea

45 239

30 601

67.6

6.5

Samoa

282

105

37.2

0.6

Solomon Islands

2 856

2 536

88.8

5.9

Tonga

73

4

5.5

n.s.

Vanuatu

1 218

447

36.7

2.4

Total Oceania

849 096

197 623

23.3

6.58

Albania

2 740

991

36.2

0.3

Andorra

45

-

-

-

Austria

8 273

3 886

47.0

0.5

Belarus

20 748

9 402

45.3

0.9

Belgium & Luxembourg

3 282

728

22.2

0.1

Bosnia & Herzegovina

5 100

2 273

44.6

0.6

Bulgaria

11 055

3 690

33.4

0.4

Croatia

5 592

1 783

31.9

0.4

Czech Republic

7 728

2 632

34.1

0.3

Denmark

4 243

455

10.7

0.1

Estonia

4 227

2 060

48.7

1.5

Finland

30 459

21 935

72.0

4.2

France

55 010

15 341

27.9

0.3

Germany

34 927

10 740

30.7

0.1

Greece

12 890

3 599

27.9

0.3

Hungary

9 234

1 840

19.9

0.2

Iceland

10 025

31

0.3

0.1

Ireland

6 889

659

9.6

0.2

Italy

29 406

10 003

34.0

0.2

Latvia

6 205

2 923

47.1

1.2

Liechtenstein

15

7

46.7

0.2

Lithuania

6 258

1 994

31.9

0.5

Malta

32

n.s.

n.s.

-

Netherlands

3 392

375

11.1

n.s.

Norway

30 683

8 868

28.9

2.0

Poland

30 442

9 047

29.7

0.2

Portugal

9 150

3 666

40.1

0.4

Republic of Moldova

3 296

325

9.9

0.1

Romania

23 034

6 448

28.0

0.3

Russian Federation

1 688 851

851 392

50.4

5.8

San Marino

6

-

-

-

Slovakia

4 808

2 177

45.3

0.4

Slovenia

2 012

1 107

55.0

0.6

Spain

49 945

14 370

28.8

0.4

Sweden

41 162

27 134

65.9

3.1

Switzerland

3 955

1 199

30.3

0.2

The FYR of Macedonia

2 543

906

35.6

0.5

Ukraine

57 935

9 584

16.5

0.2

United Kingdom

24 160

2 794

11.6

n.s.

Yugoslavia

10 200

2 887

28.3

0.3

Total Europe

2 259 957

1 039 251

46.0

1.43

Antigua and Barbuda

44

9

20.5

0.1

Bahamas

1 001

842

84.1

2.8

Barbados

43

2

4.7

n.s.

Belize

2 280

1 348

59.1

5.7

Bermuda

5

-

-

-

British Virgin Islands

15

3

20.0

0.1

Canada

922 097

244 571

26.5

7.9

Cayman Islands

26

13

-

0.4

Costa Rica

5 106

1 968

38.5

0.5

Cuba

10 982

2 348

21.4

0.2

Dominica

75

46

61.3

0.6

Dominican Republic

4 838

1 376

28.4

0.2

El Salvador

2 072

121

5.8

n.s.

Greenland

34 170

-

-

-

Grenada

34

5

14.7

0.1

Guadeloupe

169

82

48.5

0.2

Guatemala

10 843

2 850

26.3

0.3

Haiti

2 756

88

3.2

n.s.

Honduras

11 189

5 383

48.1

0.9

Jamaica

1 083

325

30.0

0.1

Martinique

107

47

43.9

0.1

Mexico

190 869

55 205

28.9

0.6

Montserrat

11

3

27.3

0.3

Netherlands Antilles

80

1

n.s.

n.s.

Nicaragua

12 140

3 278

27.0

0.7

Panama

7 443

2 876

38.6

1.0

Puerto Rico

887

229

25.8

0.1

Saint Kitts and Nevis

36

4

11.1

0.1

Saint Lucia

61

9

14.8

0.1

Saint Pierre & Miquelon

23

-

-

-

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

39

6

15.4

0.1

Trinidad and Tobago

513

259

50.5

0.2

United States

915 895

225 993

24.7

0.8

US Virgin Islands

34

14

41.2

0.1

Total North and Central America

2 136 966

549 304

25.7

1.15

Argentina

273 669

34 648

12.7

0.9

Bolivia

108 438

53 068

48.9

6.5

Brazil

845 651

543 905

64.3

3.2

Chile

74 881

15 536

20.7

1.0

Colombia

103 871

49 601

47.8

1.2

Ecuador

27 684

10 557

38.1

0.9

Falkland Islands

1 217

-

-

-

French Guiana

8 815

7 926

89.9

45.6

Guyana

21 498

16 879

78.5

19.7

Paraguay

39 730

23 372

58.8

4.4

Peru

128 000

65 215

50.9

2.6

Suriname

15 600

14 113

90.5

34.0

Uruguay

17 481

1 292

7.4

0.4

Venezuela

88 206

49 506

56.1

2.1

Total South America

1 754 741

885 618

50.5

2.60

TOTAL WORLD

13 063 900

3 869 455

29.6

0.65


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