Country/area |
Ref. year
|
Total area |
Land area |
Inland water |
|||||
Forest |
Other wooded land |
Other land |
|||||||
Closed |
Open |
Plantation |
Shrubs/ trees |
Forest fallow |
|||||
year |
000 ha |
000 ha |
000 ha |
000 ha |
000 ha |
000 ha |
000 ha |
000 ha |
|
Algeria |
2000 |
238 174 |
673 |
754 |
717 |
1 662 |
|
234 368 |
|
Angola |
1983 |
124 671 |
859 |
6 350 |
|
5 095 |
123 |
112 243 |
1 |
Benin |
1996 |
11 263 |
546 |
2 277 |
106 |
3 731 |
|
4 403 |
200 |
Botswana |
1990 |
58 174 |
675 |
12 936 |
|
34 517 |
|
8 545 |
1 501 |
Burkina Faso |
1991 |
27 400 |
2 233 |
4 993 |
|
7 430 |
238 |
12 466 |
40 |
Burundi |
1998 |
2 783 |
55 |
|
69 |
|
|
2 444 |
215 |
Cameroon |
1999 |
47 544 |
19 985 |
4 015 |
|
2 000 |
|
20 540 |
1 004 |
Cape Verde |
1999 |
403 |
|
|
80 |
|
|
323 |
|
Central African Rep. |
1994 |
62 297 |
4 826 |
18 347 |
|
10 021 |
|
29 103 |
|
Chad |
1988 |
128 400 |
211 |
13 451 |
|
9 698 |
|
102 560 |
2 480 |
Comoros |
1984 |
186 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
172 |
|
Congo |
1999 |
34 200 |
22 000 |
|
|
3 000 |
|
9 150 |
50 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
1987 |
32 246 |
3 248 |
8 475 |
|
6 536 |
84 |
13 457 |
446 |
Dem. Rep. of the Congo |
1989 |
234 486 |
126 236 |
14 440 |
|
14 877 |
10 282 |
60 870 |
7 781 |
Djibouti |
1985 |
2 319 |
2 |
3 |
|
220 |
|
2 092 |
2 |
Egypt |
1996 |
100 145 |
|
|
|
|
|
99 545 |
600 |
Equatorial Guinea |
1998 |
2 805 |
1 774 |
|
|
19 |
|
1 012 |
|
Eritrea |
1997 |
11 759 |
659 |
930 |
|
5 032 |
|
5 138 |
|
Ethiopia |
1997 |
110 430 |
1 680 |
4 075 |
|
31 554 |
|
73 121 |
|
Gabon |
1999 |
26 767 |
21 800 |
|
30 |
|
|
3 937 |
1 000 |
Gambia |
1993 |
1 130 |
80 |
368 |
|
72 |
89 |
391 |
130 |
Ghana |
1996 |
23 854 |
1 634 |
5 001 |
|
|
|
16 119 |
1 100 |
Guinea |
1988 |
24 586 |
1 750 |
5 586 |
|
5 850 |
|
11 386 |
14 |
Guinea-Bissau |
1990 |
3 612 |
742 |
1 659 |
|
|
|
1 211 |
|
Kenya |
1993 |
58 038 |
5 038 |
13 099 |
148 |
20 584 |
|
18 046 |
1 123 |
Lesotho |
1994 |
3 035 |
|
|
2 |
822 |
|
2 211 |
|
Liberia |
1990 |
11 137 |
4 124 |
|
|
|
|
7 013 |
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
1980 |
175 954 |
78 |
112 |
|
446 |
|
175 318 |
|
Madagascar |
1996 |
58 704 |
11 550 |
|
319 |
1 472 |
|
44 813 |
550 |
Malawi |
1991 |
11 849 |
338 |
2 763 |
169 |
48 |
3 010 |
3 081 |
2 440 |
Mali |
1991 |
124 019 |
7 500 |
6 580 |
|
17 020 |
|
90 919 |
2 000 |
Mauritania |
1991 |
102 552 |
|
410 |
|
3 110 |
|
99 002 |
30 |
Mauritius |
1979 |
203 |
6 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
176 |
1 |
Morocco |
1995 |
44 655 |
1 455 |
1 091 |
490 |
1 265 |
|
40 329 |
25 |
Mozambique |
1995 |
80 159 |
7 710 |
23 163 |
39 |
22 688 |
19 461 |
5 348 |
1 750 |
Namibia |
1992 |
82 429 |
3 965 |
4 662 |
|
8 950 |
1 012 |
63 740 |
100 |
Niger |
1992 |
126 700 |
1 101 |
669 |
|
334 |
|
124 566 |
30 |
Nigeria |
1994 |
92 377 |
4 456 |
10 897 |
277 |
9 645 |
|
65 802 |
1 300 |
Réunion |
1997 |
251 |
70 |
|
1 |
23 |
|
156 |
1 |
Rwanda |
1999 |
2 633 |
58 |
4 |
|
77 |
|
2 327 |
167 |
Saint Helena |
1980 |
31 |
2 |
|
|
8 |
|
21 |
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
1989 |
96 |
27 |
|
|
|
37 |
31 |
1 |
Senegal |
1985 |
19 671 |
324 |
6 457 |
|
8 086 |
3 957 |
428 |
419 |
Seychelles |
1993 |
45 |
25 |
|
5 |
7 |
|
8 |
|
Sierra Leone |
1986 |
7 174 |
725 |
829 |
2 |
499 |
3 879 |
1 228 |
12 |
Somalia |
1980 |
63 766 |
1 540 |
7 510 |
|
|
|
53 684 |
1 032 |
South Africa |
1994 |
122 102 |
5 013 |
2 469 |
1 614 |
63 679 |
|
48 983 |
344 |
Sudan |
1990 |
250 581 |
17 622 |
52 300 |
|
52 088 |
|
115 590 |
12 981 |
Swaziland |
1999 |
1 737 |
71 |
285 |
123 |
311 |
|
931 |
16 |
Togo |
1991 |
5 679 |
272 |
393 |
|
348 |
|
4 426 |
240 |
Tunisia |
1994 |
16 362 |
275 |
127 |
|
328 |
|
15 632 |
|
Uganda |
1992 |
24 103 |
1 443 |
3 445 |
35 |
1 419 |
|
13 622 |
4 139 |
United Republic of Tanzania |
1995 |
94 509 |
8 305 |
30 842 |
135 |
12 964 |
9 232 |
26 881 |
6 150 |
Western Sahara |
1995 |
26 600 |
|
152 |
|
859 |
|
25 589 |
|
Zambia |
1978 |
75 261 |
43 984 |
9 452 |
44 |
4 090 |
679 |
16 090 |
922 |
Zimbabwe |
1992 |
39 076 |
13 941 |
7 535 |
156 |
5 502 |
|
11 551 |
391 |
Total Africa |
1991 |
3 031 122 |
352 700 |
288 906 |
4 571 |
377 996 |
52 083 |
1 902 138 |
52 728 |
Afghanistan |
1993 |
65 209 |
1 077 |
274 |
|
29 470 |
|
34 137 |
251 |
Armenia |
1996 |
2 980 |
322 |
|
13 |
58 |
|
2 427 |
160 |
Azerbaijan |
1988 |
8 660 |
918 |
|
20 |
54 |
|
7 367 |
301 |
Bahrain |
1999 |
69 |
|
|
|
|
|
69 |
|
Bangladesh |
1996 |
14 400 |
720 |
|
232 |
105 |
17 |
11 943 |
1 383 |
Bhutan |
1990 |
4 701 |
2 807 |
209 |
8 |
382 |
103 |
1 192 |
|
Brunei Darussalam |
1998 |
577 |
442 |
|
2 |
|
|
83 |
50 |
Cambodia |
1997 |
18 104 |
5 500 |
3 921 |
82 |
2 448 |
746 |
4 955 |
452 |
China |
1996 |
959 806 |
110 172 |
5 616 |
39 876 |
34 446 |
|
742 633 |
27 063 |
Cyprus |
1999 |
926 |
172 |
|
|
214 |
|
539 |
1 |
Dem People's Rep. of Korea |
1993 |
12 054 |
8 210 |
|
|
|
|
3 831 |
13 |
East Timor |
1985 |
1 489 |
387 |
171 |
|
388 |
99 |
434 |
10 |
Gaza Strip |
|
38 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Georgia |
1995 |
6 970 |
2 788 |
|
200 |
|
|
3 843 |
139 |
India |
1997 |
328 759 |
38 223 |
25 506 |
|
5 190 |
|
228 400 |
31 440 |
Indonesia |
1997 |
190 457 |
100 382 |
|
|
|
|
80 775 |
9 300 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. |
1999 |
163 320 |
2 488 |
2 527 |
|
1 760 |
5 626 |
149 800 |
1 119 |
Iraq |
1990 |
43 832 |
552 |
237 |
|
259 |
986 |
41 703 |
95 |
Israel |
1997 |
2 106 |
26 |
|
91 |
46 |
|
1 899 |
44 |
Japan |
1995 |
37 780 |
13 382 |
|
10 682 |
1 082 |
|
12 506 |
128 |
Jordan |
2000 |
8 921 |
|
40 |
|
1 |
68 |
8 784 |
28 |
Kazakhstan |
1993 |
271 731 |
10 470 |
|
5 |
6 152 |
|
250 447 |
4 657 |
Kuwait |
2000 |
1 782 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 782 |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
1993 |
19 850 |
786 |
|
57 |
|
|
18 337 |
670 |
Lao People's Dem. Rep |
1989 |
23 680 |
11 493 |
1 663 |
|
760 |
7 417 |
1 747 |
600 |
Lebanon |
1996 |
1 041 |
20 |
15 |
|
35 |
|
954 |
17 |
Malaysia |
1995 |
32 975 |
19 148 |
|
91 |
684 |
560 |
12 372 |
120 |
Maldives |
1999 |
30 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
29 |
|
Mongolia |
1987 |
156 650 |
10 481 |
944 |
|
4 896 |
|
140 329 |
|
Myanmar |
1997 |
67 658 |
25 177 |
10 081 |
91 |
10 723 |
1 196 |
18 487 |
1 903 |
Nepal |
1994 |
14 718 |
3 201 |
1 067 |
|
1 560 |
|
8 472 |
418 |
Oman |
2000 |
21 246 |
|
|
|
|
|
21 246 |
|
Pakistan |
1990 |
79 609 |
1 217 |
857 |
93 |
1 078 |
|
73 842 |
2 522 |
Philippines |
1997 |
30 000 |
5 288 |
104 |
|
2 232 |
|
22 193 |
183 |
Qatar |
2000 |
1 100 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 100 |
|
Republic of Korea |
1999 |
9 926 |
6 253 |
|
|
|
|
3 620 |
53 |
Saudi Arabia |
1994 |
214 969 |
1 100 |
400 |
|
905 |
300 |
212 264 |
|
Singapore |
1990 |
62 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
59 |
1 |
Sri Lanka |
1992 |
6 561 |
1 569 |
368 |
72 |
92 |
|
4 362 |
98 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
1992 |
18 517 |
164 |
33 |
|
35 |
|
18 145 |
140 |
Tajikistan |
1995 |
14 310 |
390 |
|
10 |
330 |
|
13 357 |
223 |
Thailand |
1998 |
51 312 |
10 127 |
2 845 |
|
|
|
38 117 |
223 |
Turkey |
1985 |
77 482 |
8 041 |
|
1 854 |
10 695 |
|
56 373 |
519 |
Turkmenistan |
1995 |
48 809 |
3 742 |
|
12 |
|
|
43 238 |
1 817 |
United Arab Emirates |
2000 |
8 360 |
|
|
|
|
|
8 360 |
|
Uzbekistan |
1995 |
44 740 |
1 646 |
|
300 |
|
|
39 478 |
3 316 |
Viet Nam |
1995 |
33 170 |
7 312 |
940 |
|
4 951 |
2 659 |
16 688 |
620 |
West Bank |
|
580 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Yemen |
1993 |
52 797 |
11 |
503 |
|
1 277 |
254 |
50 752 |
|
Total Asia |
1995 |
3 174 823 |
416 207 |
58 321 |
53 791 |
122 308 |
20 031 |
2 413 470 |
90 077 |
American Samoa |
1999 |
20 |
12 |
|
|
1 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
Australia |
1992 |
774 122 |
155 834 |
|
1 043 |
421 590 |
|
189 763 |
5 892 |
Cook Islands |
1998 |
23 |
22 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Fiji |
1995 |
1 827 |
747 |
|
93 |
|
153 |
834 |
|
French Polynesia |
1991 |
400 |
95 |
|
10 |
|
|
261 |
34 |
Guam |
1999 |
55 |
21 |
|
|
|
|
34 |
|
Kiribati |
1997 |
73 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
71 |
|
Marshall Islands |
1999 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
Micronesia |
1983 |
69 |
30 |
|
|
4 |
20 |
15 |
|
Nauru |
1993 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
New Caledonia |
1993 |
1 858 |
372 |
|
|
|
|
1 456 |
30 |
New Zealand |
1996 |
27 053 |
6 248 |
|
1 542 |
1 079 |
|
17 930 |
254 |
Niue |
1981 |
26 |
6 |
|
|
|
12 |
8 |
|
Northern Mariana Isl. |
1984 |
46 |
14 |
|
|
20 |
|
12 |
|
Palau |
1985 |
46 |
35 |
|
|
|
2 |
9 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
1996 |
46 283 |
30 150 |
829 |
|
585 |
|
13 675 |
1 044 |
Samoa |
1992 |
283 |
103 |
|
3 |
|
|
176 |
1 |
Solomon Islands |
1993 |
2 890 |
2 208 |
316 |
|
|
|
332 |
34 |
Tonga |
1990 |
76 |
4 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
66 |
3 |
Vanuatu |
1993 |
1 218 |
442 |
|
|
239 |
239 |
298 |
|
Total Oceania |
1992 |
856 388 |
196 345 |
1 145 |
2 691 |
423 519 |
451 |
224 945 |
7 292 |
Albania |
1995 |
2 875 |
928 |
|
102 |
|
|
1 710 |
135 |
Andorra |
|
45 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Austria |
1994 |
8 386 |
3 840 |
|
|
84 |
|
4 349 |
113 |
Belarus |
1994 |
20 760 |
7 670 |
|
195 |
1 071 |
|
11 812 |
12 |
Belgium & Luxemb. |
1997 |
3 310 |
732 |
|
|
29 |
|
2 521 |
28 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
1995 |
5 113 |
2 216 |
|
57 |
433 |
|
2 394 |
13 |
Bulgaria |
1995 |
11 091 |
2 619 |
|
969 |
314 |
|
7 153 |
36 |
Croatia |
1996 |
5 654 |
1 728 |
|
47 |
330 |
|
3 487 |
62 |
Czech Republic |
1995 |
7 886 |
2 630 |
|
|
|
|
5 098 |
158 |
Denmark |
1990 |
4 309 |
104 |
|
341 |
93 |
|
3 705 |
66 |
Estonia |
1996 |
4 510 |
1 705 |
|
305 |
146 |
|
2 071 |
283 |
Finland |
1994 |
33 815 |
21 884 |
|
|
885 |
|
7 690 |
3 356 |
France |
1997 |
55 150 |
14 195 |
|
961 |
1 833 |
|
38 021 |
140 |
Germany |
1987 |
35 698 |
10 740 |
|
|
|
|
24 187 |
771 |
Greece |
1992 |
13 196 |
3 239 |
|
120 |
3 154 |
|
6 377 |
306 |
Hungary |
1996 |
9 303 |
1 675 |
|
136 |
|
|
7 423 |
69 |
Iceland |
1998 |
10 300 |
18 |
|
12 |
100 |
|
9 895 |
275 |
Ireland |
1996 |
7 028 |
1 |
|
590 |
|
|
6 298 |
139 |
Italy |
1995 |
30 127 |
9 722 |
|
133 |
985 |
|
18 566 |
721 |
Latvia |
1997 |
6 460 |
2 741 |
|
143 |
111 |
|
3 210 |
255 |
Liechtenstein |
1995 |
15 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
Lithuania |
1996 |
6 521 |
1 691 |
|
284 |
72 |
|
4 211 |
263 |
Malta |
1996 |
32 |
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
|
Netherlands |
1994 |
4 084 |
261 |
|
100 |
|
|
3 031 |
692 |
Norway |
1995 |
32 388 |
8 413 |
|
300 |
3 291 |
|
18 679 |
1 705 |
Poland |
2000 |
32 325 |
9 008 |
|
39 |
|
|
21 395 |
1 883 |
Portugal |
1995 |
9 198 |
2 547 |
|
834 |
84 |
|
5 685 |
48 |
Republic of Moldova |
1997 |
3 369 |
321 |
|
1 |
31 |
|
2 943 |
73 |
Romania |
1990 |
23 839 |
6 210 |
|
91 |
|
|
16 733 |
805 |
Russian Federation |
1998 |
1 707 541 |
833 783 |
|
17 340 |
|
|
837 728 |
18 690 |
San Marino |
|
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Slovakia |
2000 |
4 901 |
2 162 |
|
15 |
15 |
|
2 616 |
93 |
Slovenia |
1996 |
2 025 |
1 097 |
|
1 |
67 |
|
847 |
13 |
Spain |
1990 |
50 600 |
11 731 |
|
1 925 |
12 611 |
|
23 678 |
655 |
Sweden |
1994 |
44 996 |
26 561 |
|
569 |
2 980 |
|
11 052 |
3 834 |
Switzerland |
1994 |
4 129 |
1 169 |
|
4 |
61 |
|
2 721 |
174 |
The FYR of Macedonia |
1995 |
2 571 |
876 |
|
30 |
82 |
|
1 555 |
28 |
Ukraine |
1996 |
60 370 |
5 035 |
|
4 425 |
36 |
|
48 439 |
2 435 |
United Kingdom |
2000 |
24 488 |
866 |
|
1 928 |
|
|
21 366 |
328 |
Yugoslavia |
1995 |
10 217 |
2 855 |
|
39 |
586 |
|
6 720 |
17 |
Total Europe |
1997 |
2 298 631 |
1 002 979 |
|
32 036 |
29 484 |
|
1 195 407 |
38 674 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
1983 |
44 |
8 |
1 |
|
10 |
|
25 |
|
Bahamas |
1986 |
1 388 |
528 |
32 |
|
|
|
441 |
387 |
Barbados |
1998 |
43 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
41 |
|
Belize |
1993 |
2 296 |
1 575 |
19 |
|
|
85 |
601 |
16 |
Bermuda |
|
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
British Virgin Islands |
1980 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
Canada |
1994 |
997 061 |
244 571 |
|
|
173 013 |
|
504 513 |
74 964 |
Cayman Islands |
1998 |
26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costa Rica |
1997 |
5 110 |
2 058 |
|
|
8 |
|
3 040 |
4 |
Cuba |
1998 |
11 086 |
1 981 |
251 |
353 |
21 |
|
8 376 |
104 |
Dominica |
1984 |
75 |
52 |
|
|
|
|
23 |
|
Dominican Republic |
1998 |
4 873 |
1 346 |
|
|
|
683 |
2 809 |
35 |
El Salvador |
1990 |
2 104 |
101 |
|
5 |
|
52 |
1 914 |
32 |
Greenland |
|
34 170 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Grenada |
1992 |
34 |
5 |
|
|
3 |
|
26 |
|
Guadeloupe |
1991 |
171 |
65 |
|
|
|
|
104 |
2 |
Guatemala |
1999 |
10 889 |
2 824 |
|
|
949 |
2 297 |
4 773 |
46 |
Haiti |
1995 |
2 775 |
107 |
|
|
|
|
2 649 |
19 |
Honduras |
1995 |
11 209 |
3 811 |
2 157 |
|
|
|
5 221 |
20 |
Jamaica |
1997 |
1 099 |
293 |
57 |
5 |
|
638 |
90 |
16 |
Martinique |
1998 |
111 |
46 |
|
2 |
|
|
59 |
4 |
Mexico |
1993 |
195 820 |
33 613 |
24 835 |
63 |
56 836 |
22 235 |
53 287 |
4 951 |
Montserrat |
1983 |
11 |
3 |
|
|
1 |
|
7 |
|
Netherlands Antilles |
1991 |
80 |
|
1 |
|
|
33 |
46 |
|
Nicaragua |
1999 |
13 000 |
3 156 |
|
|
240 |
20 |
8 724 |
860 |
Panama |
1998 |
7 552 |
3 052 |
|
|
|
|
4 391 |
109 |
Puerto Rico |
1990 |
895 |
231 |
|
|
29 |
8 |
619 |
8 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1992 |
36 |
4 |
|
|
|
2 |
30 |
|
Saint Lucia |
1992 |
62 |
|
12 |
|
8 |
|
41 |
1 |
Saint Pierre & Miquelon |
|
23 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Saint Vincent and Grenadines |
1993 |
39 |
8 |
|
|
3 |
2 |
26 |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
1997 |
513 |
250 |
|
15 |
|
|
248 |
|
United States |
1997 |
962 908 |
208 591 |
|
16 238 |
77 464 |
|
613 602 |
47 013 |
US Virgin Islands |
1976 |
34 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
Total North and Central America |
1995 |
2 265 557 |
508 298 |
27 367 |
16 681 |
308 585 |
26 055 |
1 215 756 |
128 591 |
Argentina |
1993 |
278 040 |
9 000 |
27 600 |
|
|
|
237 069 |
4 371 |
Bolivia |
1993 |
109 858 |
47 999 |
6 589 |
|
4 205 |
|
49 645 |
1 420 |
Brazil |
1989 |
854 740 |
564 581 |
1 335 |
|
57 |
|
279 678 |
9 089 |
Chile |
1995 |
75 664 |
12 298 |
1 133 |
2 153 |
14 670 |
|
44 627 |
783 |
Colombia |
1996 |
113 892 |
51 437 |
14 075 |
16 |
|
|
38 343 |
10 021 |
Ecuador |
1992 |
28 356 |
10 854 |
558 |
72 |
1 215 |
|
14 985 |
672 |
Falkland Islands |
2000 |
1 217 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 217 |
|
French Guiana |
1990 |
9 000 |
7 925 |
|
|
|
|
890 |
185 |
Guyana |
1999 |
21 498 |
16 916 |
|
|
|
3 580 |
1 002 |
|
Paraguay |
1991 |
40 675 |
8 354 |
15 125 |
|
2 309 |
1 077 |
12 865 |
945 |
Peru |
1990 |
128 522 |
64 204 |
2 431 |
|
10 946 |
4 864 |
45 555 |
522 |
Suriname |
1995 |
16 327 |
14 100 |
|
|
|
|
1 500 |
727 |
Uruguay |
1998 |
17 741 |
667 |
|
170 |
|
|
16 644 |
260 |
Venezuela |
1995 |
91 206 |
49 926 |
|
663 |
7 474 |
18 682 |
11 461 |
3 000 |
Total South America |
1991 |
1 786 736 |
858 261 |
68 846 |
3 074 |
40 876 |
28 203 |
755 481 |
31 995 |
TOTAL WORLD |
1994 |
13 413 257 |
3 334 790 |
444 585 |
112 844 |
1 302 768 |
126 823 |
7 707 198 |
349 357 |