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22Energy and the environment
Forest area (% total land)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2005
1 Iceland 0.5
2 Norway 30.7
3 Australia 21.3
4 Canada 33.6
5 Ireland 9.7
6 Sweden 66.9
7 Switzerland 30.9
8 Japan 68.2
9 Netherlands 10.8
10 France 28.3
11 Finland 73.9
12 United States 33.1
13 Spain 35.9
14 Denmark 11.8
15 Austria 46.7
16 United Kingdom 11.8
17 Belgium 22.0
18 Luxembourg 33.5
19 New Zealand 31.0
20 Italy 33.9
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany 31.7
23 Israel 8.3
24 Greece 29.1
25 Singapore 3.4
26 Korea (Republic of) 63.5
27 Slovenia 62.8
28 Cyprus 18.9
29 Portugal 41.3
30 Brunei Darussalam 52.8
31 Barbados 4.0
32 Czech Republic 34.3
33 Kuwait 0.3
34 Malta 1.1
35 Qatar ..
36 Hungary 21.5
37 Poland 30.0
38 Argentina 12.1
39 United Arab Emirates 3.7
40 Chile 21.5
41 Bahrain 0.6
42 Slovakia 40.1
43 Lithuania 33.5
44 Estonia 53.9
45 Latvia 47.4
46 Uruguay 8.6
47 Croatia 38.2
48 Costa Rica 46.8
49 Bahamas 51.5
50 Seychelles 88.9
51 Cuba 24.7
52 Mexico 33.7
53 Bulgaria 32.8
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 14.7
55 Tonga 5.0
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.1
57 Antigua and Barbuda 21.4
58 Oman ..
59 Trinidad and Tobago 44.1
60 Romania 27.7
61 Saudi Arabia 1.3
62 Panama 57.7
63 Malaysia 63.6
64 Belarus 38.0
65 Mauritius 18.2
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.1
67 Russian Federation 47.9
68 Albania 29.0
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 35.8
70 Brazil 57.2
71 Dominica 61.3
72 Saint Lucia 27.9
73 Kazakhstan 1.2
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 54.1
75 Colombia 58.5
76 Ukraine 16.5
77 Samoa 60.4
78 Thailand 28.4
79 Dominican Republic 28.4
80 Belize 72.5
81 China 21.2
82 Grenada 12.2
83 Armenia 10.0
84 Turkey 13.2
85 Suriname 94.7
86 Jordan 0.9
87 Peru 53.7
88 Lebanon 13.3
89 Ecuador 39.2
90 Philippines 24.0
91 Tunisia 6.8
92 Fiji 54.7
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27.4
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.8
95 Paraguay 46.5
96 Georgia 39.7
97 Guyana 76.7
98 Azerbaijan 11.3
99 Sri Lanka 29.9
100 Maldives 3.0
101 Jamaica 31.3
102 Cape Verde 20.7
103 El Salvador 14.4
104 Algeria 1.0
105 Viet Nam 39.7
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 1.5
107 Indonesia 48.8
108 Syrian Arab Republic 2.5
109 Turkmenistan 8.8
110 Nicaragua 42.7
111 Moldova 10.0
112 Egypt 0.1
113 Uzbekistan 8.0
114 Mongolia 6.5
115 Honduras 41.5
116 Kyrgyzstan 4.5
117 Bolivia 54.2
118 Guatemala 36.3
119 Gabon 84.5
120 Vanuatu 36.1
121 South Africa 7.6
122 Tajikistan 2.9
123 Sao Tome and Principe 28.4
124 Botswana 21.1
125 Namibia 9.3
126 Morocco 9.8
127 Equatorial Guinea 58.2
128 India 22.8
129 Solomon Islands 77.6
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 69.9
131 Cambodia 59.2
132 Myanmar 49.0
133 Bhutan 68.0
134 Comoros 2.9
135 Ghana 24.2
136 Pakistan 2.5
137 Mauritania 0.3
138 Lesotho 0.3
139 Congo 65.8
140 Bangladesh 6.7
141 Swaziland 31.5
142 Nepal 25.4
143 Madagascar 22.1
144 Cameroon 45.6
145 Papua New Guinea 65.0
146 Haiti 3.8
147 Sudan 28.4
148 Kenya 6.2
149 Djibouti 0.2
150 Timor-Leste 53.7
151 Zimbabwe 45.3
152 Togo 7.1
153 Yemen 1.0
154 Uganda 18.4
155 Gambia 41.7
156 Senegal 45.0
157 Eritrea 15.4
158 Nigeria 12.2
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 39.9
160 Guinea 27.4
161 Rwanda 19.5
162 Angola 47.4
163 Benin 21.3
164 Malawi 36.2
165 Zambia 57.1
166 Côte d'Ivoire 32.7
167 Burundi 5.9
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 58.9
169 Ethiopia 11.9
170 Chad 9.5
171 Central African Republic 36.5
172 Mozambique 24.6
173 Mali 10.3
174 Niger 1.0
175 Guinea-Bissau 73.7
176 Burkina Faso 29.0
177 Sierra Leone 38.5

Source :
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization). 2006. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005. Rome.