Country | Forests — Forêts | Non-forested land — Terres non boisées | |||||||||
Year | Accessible | Inaccessible | Total | Agricultural land | Brush land | Other | Total | ||||
Année | Accessibles | Inaccessibles | Terres agricoles | Terres broussailleuses | Autres | ||||||
1 000 hectares | |||||||||||
1 | Grand Total § | 2 732 300 | 1 672 600 | 4 404 900 | 3 204 480 | (..................... | ......5 568 200..) | 8 772 680 | 1 | ||
2 | Europe § | 138 200 | 2 780 | 140 980 | 225 340 | (..................... | .........106 630..) | 331 970 | 2 | ||
3 | Albania ‡ | 1950 | 1 000 * | 130 * | 1 130 * | 1 203 | (..................... | ...............407 *) | 1 610 * | 3 | |
4 | Andorra | 1947 | - | - | - | (..................... | ..................... | ..................46..) | 46 | 4 | |
5 | Austria | 1952–56 | 3 352 | - | 3 352 | 3 931 | - | 987 | 4 918 | 5 | |
6 | Belgium | 1950 | 601 | - | 601 | 1 826 | (..................... | ................597..) | 2 423 | 6 | |
7 | Bulgaria | 1958 | 3 259 | - | 3 259 | 5 548 | (..................... | .............2 283..) | a 7 831 | 7 | |
8 | Czechoslovakia | 1948–53 | 4 237 | - | 4 237 | 7 455 | - | 937 | 8 392 | 8 | |
9 | Denmark | 1950 | 444 | - | 444 | 3 162 | - | 634 | 3 796 | 9 | |
10 | Faeroe Islands | 1949 | - | - | - | 3 | (..................... | ...............137..) | a 140 | 10 | |
11 | Fed.Rep.of Germany d | 1958 | 7 038 | - | 7 038 | 14 369 | 59 | 2 854 | 17 282 | 11 | |
12 | Finland | 1951–53 | 21 874 | - | 21 874 | 2 869 | (..................... | .............5 797..) | 8 666 | 12 | |
13 | France | 1958 | 11 608 | - | 11 608 | 34 589 | e 4 525 | f 4 328 | f 43 442 | 13 | |
14 | Germany, Eastern ‡ h | 1957 | 2 958 * | - * | 2 958 * | 6 474 * | (..................... | ............1 207 *) | 7 681 * | 14 | |
15 | Gibraltar | 1948 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.6 | 15 | |
16 | Greece | 1958 | 2 578 | - | 2 578 | 4 146 | 3 195 | 3 136 | 10 477 | 16 | |
17 | Hungary | » | 1 232 | 40 | 1 272 | 7 189 | - | 777 | 7 966 | 17 | |
18 | Iceland | 1957–58 | 3 | - | 3 | 2 050 | 98 | i 7 997 | 10 145 | 18 | |
19 | Ireland | 1958 | 145 | - | 145 | 4 727 | (..................... | .............2 018..) | 6 745 | 19 | |
20 | Italy | 1957 | 5 781 | - | 5 781 | 20 961 | 1 065 | 1 592 | 23 618 | 20 | |
21 | Liechtenstein | 1939 | 4.2 | - | 4.2 | 9.1 | - | 2.3 | 11 | 21 | |
22 | Luxembourg | 1954 | 85 | - | 85 | 142 | 1.8 | 27 | 171 | 22 | |
23 | Malta and Gozo | 1952 | - | - | - | 18 | - | 14 | 32 | 23 | |
24 | Netherlands | 1958 | 250 | - | 250 | 2 531 | - | 591 | 3 122 | 24 | |
25 | Norway | » | 5 300 | 2 200 | 7 500 | 1 050 | (..................... | ...........22 250..) | 23 300 | 25 | |
26 | Poland | 1957 | 7 467 | - | 7 467 | 20 403 | (..................... | .............2 611..) | 23 014 | 26 | |
27 | Portugal j | 1958 | 2 600 | - | 2 600 | 4 130 | 1 334 | 968 | 6 432 | 27 | |
28 | Romania | » | 6 206 | 281 | 6 487 | 14 167 | (..................... | .............2 298..) | 16 465 | 28 | |
29 | San Marino | 1956 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 29 | |
30 | Spain k | 1958 | 15 800 | 60 | 15 860 | 20 515 | 13 400 | 73 | 33 988 | 30 | |
31 | Sweden | 1953 | 22 980 | - | 22 980 | 5 680 | (..................... | ...........12 400..) | 18 080 | 31 | |
32 | Switzerland | 1956 | 906 | 70 | 976 | 2 179 | - | 838 | 3 017 | 32 | |
United Kingdom : | |||||||||||
33 | Great Britain | 1957 | 1 623 | - | 1 623 | 18 145 | - | 2 976 | 21 121 | 33 | |
34 | Northern Ireland | 1958 | 31 | - | 31 | 898 | - | 427 | 1 325 | 34 | |
35 | Channel Islands | 1939 | - | - | - | 13 | (..................... | ....................6..) | 19 | 35 | |
36 | Isle of Man | 1950 | 2 | - | 2 | 36 | (..................... | ..................21..) | 57 | 36 | |
37 | Yugoslavia | 1953 | 8 831 | - | 8 831 | 14 920 | (..................... | .............1 709..) | 16 629 | 37 | |
38 | U.S.S.R. ‡ | 1958 | 1 131 116 | - | 1 131 116 | 611 100 | (..................... | .........491 554..) | 1 102 654 | 38 | |
39 | North America § | 400 290 | 333 190 | 733 480 | 528 310 | (..................... | .........612 920..) | 1 141 230 | 39 | ||
40 | Canada | 1958 | l 186 595 | l 231 079 | 417 674 | 70 387 | (..................... | .........434 069..) | 504 456 | 40 | |
41 | Greenland | 1953 | 10 | - | 10 | 5 | - | 34 155 | 34 160 | 41 | |
42 | St.Pierre & Miquelon | 1947 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | (..................... | ..................19..) | 22 | 42 | |
43 | United States n | 1958 | o 213 682 | p 102 113 | 315 795 | 457 913 | (..................... | .........144 680..) | 602 593 | 43 | |
44 | Central America § | 54 510 | 19 520 | 74 030 | 107 920 | (..................... | ...........89 980..) | 197 900 | 44 | ||
45 | Bahamas | 1958 | 202 | 126 | 328 | 13 | (..................... | ................799..) | 812 | 45 | |
46 | Barbados | » | - | - | - | 34 | (..................... | ....................9..) | 43 | 46 | |
47 | Bermuda | 1950 | q 3 | - | q 3 | 2 | r | - | 2 | 47 | |
48 | British Honduras | 1958 | 1 378 | 435 | 1 813 | 207 | - | 233 | 440 | 48 | |
49 | Costa Rica | 1958 | 1 691 | 1 926 | 3 617 | 1 253 | 135 | 15 | 1 403 | 49 | |
50 | Cuba | 1953 | 1 300 | - | 1 300 | 5 867 | (..................... | .............4 285..) | 10 152 | 50 | |
51 | Dominican Republic | 1958 | 905 | 1 320 | 2 225 | 2 174 | 92 | 242 | 2 508 | 51 | |
52 | El Salvador | » | 275 | - | 275 | 1 200 | 405 | 75 | 1 680 | 52 | |
53 | Guadeloupe | » | 46 | 10 | 56 | 54 | 24 | 42 | 120 | 53 | |
54 | Guatemala | » | 4 460 | 890 | 5 350 | 3 000 | 1 200 | 960 | 5 160 | 54 | |
55 | Haiti | » | 600 | 100 | 700 | 900 | 100 | 1 000 | 2 000 | 55 | |
56 | Honduras | » | 1 580 | 5 280 | 6 860 | 1 718 | 800 | 1 271 | 3 789 | 56 | |
Jamaica s | » | 26 | 341 | 367 | 672 | - | 179 | 851 | |||
57 | Leeward Islands: | 57 | |||||||||
58 | Antigua | 1955 | 4 | - | 4 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 40 | 58 | |
59 | Montserrat | » | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 59 | |
60 | St. Kitts-Nevis | 1958 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | (..................... | ..................12..) | 29 | 60 | |
61 | Virgin Is. | » | 0.4 | - | 0.4 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 15 | 61 | |
62 | Martinique | » | 20 | 7 | 27 | 50 | 2 | 30 | 82 | 62 | |
63 | Mexico ‡ | 1950 | 38 836 | - | 38 836 | 87 307 | (..................... | ...........70 784..) | 158 091 | 63 | |
64 | Netherlands Antilles | 1951 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 90 | 95 | 64 | |
65 | Nicaragua | 1952 | 1 502 | 4 948 | 6 450 | 1 493 | (..................... | .............5 757..) | 7 250 | 65 | |
66 | Panama | 1947 | 1 181 | 4 089 | 5 270 | 1 002 | - | 1 175 | 2 177 | 66 | |
67 | Panama Canal Zone | 1951 | q 56 * | - * | q 56 * | 12 | r | 26 * | 38 * | 67 | |
68 | Puerto Rico | 1953 | 120 | 9 | 129 | 676 | 5 | 76 | 757 | 68 | |
69 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1958 | 232 | - | 232 | 145 | - | 93 | 238 | 69 | |
70 | Virgin Is. (U.S.) | 1950–53 | 14 | - | 14 | 19 | - | 1 | 20 | 70 | |
Windward Islands: | |||||||||||
71 | Dominica | 1958 | 26 | 31 | 57 | 17 | - | 2 | 19 | 71 | |
72 | Grenada t | » | 1.2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 72 | |
73 | St. Lucia | » | 24 | - | 24 | 10 | 28 | - | 38 | 73 | |
74 | St. Vincent | » | 15 | - | 15 | 19 | - | - | 19 | 74 | |
75 | South America § | 276 730 | 679 930 | 956 660 | 403 280 | (..................... | .........414 900..) | 818 180 | 75 | ||
76 | Argentina u | 1958 | 60 000 | 10 000 | 70 000 | 155 000 | (..................... | ...........49 821..) | 204 821 | 76 | |
77 | Bolivia | 1938 | 6 000 * | 41 000 * | 47 000 | 14 414 | (..................... | ...........48 444..) | 62 858 | 77 | |
78 | Brazil | 1958 | 140 000 | 421 656 | 561 656 | 136 566 | 125 216 | 23 550 | 285 332 | 78 | |
79 | British Guiana | 1957 | 3 626 | 14 504 | 18 130 | 1 425 | (..................... | .............1 942..) | 3 367 | 79 | |
80 | Chile | 1958 | 10 077 | 10 366 | 20 443 | 11 849 | 21 101 | 19 984 | 52 934 | 80 | |
81 | Colombia | » | 20 600 | 48 800 | 69 400 | 23 800 | 12 000 | 3 200 | 39 000 | 81 | |
82 | Ecuador v | » | 4 500 | 10 345 | 14 845 | 6 000 | 2 495 | v 21 539 | v 30 034 | 82 | |
83 | Falkland Islands | 1948 | - | - | - | (..................... | ..................... | .............1 196..) | 1 196 | 83 | |
84 | French Guiana | 1958 | 1 500 | 5 500 | 7 000 | 53 | (..................... | .............1 747..) | 1 800 | 84 | |
85 | Paraguay | » | 6 272 | 14 634 | 20 906 | 17 035 | (..................... | ................774..) | 17 809 | 85 | |
86 | Peru | » | 15 000 | 55 000 | 70 000 | 2 000 | (..................... | ...........52 457..) | 54 457 | 86 | |
87 | Surinam | 1953 | 1 000 | 10 721 | 11 721 | 40 | 200 | 1 921 | 2 161 | 87 | |
88 | Uruguay | 1956 | 554 | - | 554 | 14 375 | (..................... | .............1 831..) | 16 206 | 88 | |
89 | Venezuela | 1958 | 7 600 | 37 400 | 45 000 | 20 724 | (..................... | ...........25 481..) | 46 205 | 89 | |
90 | Africa § | 380 160 | 372 640 | 752 800 | 549 720 | (..................... | ......1 674 890..) | 2 224 610 | 90 | ||
91 | Algeria | 1951 | l 1 635 | l 1 435 | 3 070 | 47 054 | (..................... | .........188 050..) | 235 104 | 91 | |
92 | Angola ‡ | 1953 | 33 200 * | 10 000 * | 43 200 * | 29 900 * | 20 000 * | 31 570 * | 81 470 * | 92 | |
93 | Basutoland ‡ | 1958 | - | - | - | 376 | 2 659 | - | 3 035 | 93 | |
94 | Bechuanaland | » | 958 | - | 958 | 156 | w 68 013 | 544 | 68 713 | 94 | |
95 | Belgian Congo | » | 94 779 | 34 362 | 129 141 | 57 134 | 33 434 | 7 050 | 97 618 | 95 | |
96 | British Somaliland | 1957 | 8 159 | - | 8 159 | 2 070 * | (..................... | ............6 606 *) | 8 676 | 96 | |
97 | Cape Verde Islands ‡ | 1956 | - | - | - | 30 * | (..................... | ...............373 *) | 403 | 97 | |
98 | Comoro Islands | 1958 | 35 | 7 | 42 | 88 | 35 | 41 | 164 | 98 | |
Federation of: | |||||||||||
99 | Ethiopia | 1953 | 200 | 7 200 | 7 400 | 61 000 * | (..................... | ..........36 550 *) | 97 550 | 99 | |
100 | Eritrea | 1947 | 604 | 649 | 1 253 | 9 210 | (..................... | .............1 968..) | 11 178 | 100 | |
Fed. of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | |||||||||||
101 | Northern Rhodesia | 1958 | 11 292 | 25 900 | 37 192 | 777 | (..................... | ...........35 224..) | 36 001 | 101 | |
102 | Nyasaland | » | 2 314 | - | 2 314 | 3 523 | (..................... | .............3 756..) | 7 279 | 102 | |
103 | South Rhodesia ‡ | » | 21 981 | - | 21 981 | 6 693 | (..................... | ...........10 004..) | 16 697 | 103 | |
104 | French Cameroons | 1953 | 4 400 | 18 490 | 22 890 | 15 000 * | (..................... | ............4 810 *) | 19 810 | 104 | |
105 | French Equat. Africa | » | 27 047 | 125 373 | 152 420 | 82 000 * | (..................... | ..........16 300 *) | 98 300 | 105 | |
106 | Chad | 106 | |||||||||
107 | Gabun | 1958 | [15 000] | [5 000] | [20 000] | [1 000] | (..................... | ..........[5 000..]) | [6 000] | 107 | |
108 | Middle Congo | 108 | |||||||||
109 | Ubangi-Shari | 109 | |||||||||
110 | French Somaliland | 1958 | 60 | 60 | 120 | 300 | 500 | 1 280 | 2 080 | 110 | |
111 | French Togoland | » | 700 | 1 550 | 2 250 | 650 | 2 700 | 10 | 3 360 | 111 | |
112 | French West Africa | » | x 50 000 * | x 60 000 * | x 110 000 * | x 35 000 * | (..................... | x 318 399 *) | x 353 399 | 112 | |
113 | Dahomey | » | [4 000] | [400] | [4 400] | [5 300] | [800] | [500] | [6 600] | 113 | |
114 | Ivory Coast | » | [13 000] | [4 000] | [17 000] | [12 000] | - | [2 000] | [14 000] | 114 | |
115 | Mauritania | » | [10 035] | - | [10 035] | [5 435] | - | [93 000] | [98 435] | 115 | |
116 | Niger | 116 | |||||||||
117 | Senegal | 1958 | [12 200] | - | [12 200] | (....... [5 300].. | ....................... | .......................) | [5 300] | 117 | |
118 | Sudan | » | [2 400] | [1 800] | [4 200] | [10 000] | [25 600] | [74 900] | [110 500] | 118 | |
119 | Upper Volta | » | [5 000] | [3 000] | [8 000] | [17 392] | - | [2 000] | [19 392] | 119 | |
120 | Gambia | 1958 | 40 | 61 | 101 | 221 | 269 | 446 | 936 | 120 | |
121 | Ghana | 1957 | 14 103 | - | 14 103 | 5 310 | (..................... | .............4 374..) | 9 684 | 121 | |
122 | Guinea | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | 122 | ||
123 | Ifni | 1958 | 22 | - | 22 | 40 | 95 | 17 | 152 | 123 | |
124 | Kenya | 1957 | 1 936 | - | 1 936 | 1 363 | (..................... | ...........53 626..) | 54 989 | 124 | |
125 | Liberia | 1958 | 2 266 | 3 319 | 5 585 | 1 922 | (..........2 125... | ......................) | 4 047 | 125 | |
126 | Libya ‡ | » | 318 | 134 | 452 | 9 041 | 1 000 | 164 507 | 174 548 | 126 | |
127 | Madagascar | » | 4 500 | 7 970 | 12 470 | 10 000 | 6 910 | 26 620 | 43 530 | 127 | |
128 | Mauritius | » | 38 | - | 38 | 85 | 44 | 19 | 148 | 128 | |
129 | Morocco | » | 3 970 | - | 3 970 | 7 780 | 7 570 | 19 760 | 35 110 | 129 | |
130 | Mozambique ‡ | 1954 | 15 | 2 485 * | 2 500 * | 1 411 | (..................... | ........z 74 392..) | 75 803 | 130 | |
131 | Nigeria ‡ | 1958 | aa 8 267 | 23 693 | bb 31 960 | 22 317 | (..................... | .........42 395..) | 64 712 | 131 | |
132 | Portuguese Guinea ‡ | 1953 | (.............226 * | .....................) | 226 | 482 | (..................... | .............2 905..) | a 3 387 | 132 | |
133 | Reunion | 1958 | 45 | 65 | 110 | 70 | 20 | 52 | 142 | 133 | |
134 | Ruanda Urundi | » | 449 | 376 | 825 | 3 545 | - | 685 | 4 230 | 134 | |
135 | St. Helena | 1950 | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | 1 * | (..................... | .................11 *) | 12 | 135 | |
136 | Sào Tomé & Principe ‡ | 1956 | - | - | - | 30 * | (..................... | ................66 *) | 96 | 136 | |
137 | Seychelles | 1958 | 6.4 | 13 | 19 | 0.7 | - | 20 | 21 | 137 | |
138 | Sierra Leone | 1957 | 290 | - | bb 290 | 5 862 | (..................... | .............1 048..) | 6 910 | 138 | |
139 | Somalia | 1947–51 | o 64 | p 7 078 | 7 142 | 12 828 | (..................... | ...........25 930..) | 38 758 | 139 | |
140 | South West Africa | 1957 | 1 891 | 8 536 | 10 427 | 51 091 | (..................... | ...........20 715..) | 71 806 | 140 | |
141 | Spanish Guinea ‡ | 1958 | 1 405 | 190 | 1 595 | 325 | 440 | 60 | 825 | 141 | |
142 | Spanish Sahara | 1947 | - | - | - | 2 000 * | (..................... | ..........24 600 *) | 26 600 | 142 | |
143 | Sudan ‡ | 1958 | 26 500 | 32 000 | 58 500 | 25 400 | 45 000 | 108 800 | 179 200 | 143 | |
144 | Swaziland | 1957 | 405 | - | 405 | 130 | (..................... | .............1 181..) | 1 311 | 144 | |
145 | Tanganyika | 1958 | 51 023 | 259 | 51 282 | 18 648 | 13 468 | 5 439 | 37 555 | 145 | |
146 | Tunisia | 1957 | 841 | - | 841 | 5 017 | 3 003 | 3 639 | 11 659 | 146 | |
147 | U.A.R. (Egypt) | 1958 | 0.6 | - | 0.6 | 2 618 | - | 97 381 | 99 999 | 147 | |
148 | Uganda ‡ | » | 168 | 1 439 | 1 607 | 2 590 | 13 986 | 2 613 | 19 189 | 148 | |
149 | Union of S.Africa | 1956 | 3 987 | - | 3 987 | 8 450 | - | 109 719 | 118 169 | 149 | |
150 | Zanzibar cc | 1958 | 21 | - | 21 | 178 | (..................... | ..................66..) | 244 | 150 |