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22Energy and the environment
Forest area (thousand sq km)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2005
1 Iceland 0.5
2 Norway 93.9
3 Australia 1,636.8
4 Canada 3,101.3
5 Ireland 6.7
6 Sweden 275.3
7 Switzerland 12.2
8 Japan 248.7
9 Netherlands 3.7
10 France 155.5
11 Finland 225.0
12 United States 3,030.9
13 Spain 179.2
14 Denmark 5.0
15 Austria 38.6
16 United Kingdom 28.5
17 Belgium 6.7
18 Luxembourg 0.9
19 New Zealand 83.1
20 Italy 99.8
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany 110.8
23 Israel 1.7
24 Greece 37.5
25 Singapore (.)
26 Korea (Republic of) 62.7
27 Slovenia 12.6
28 Cyprus 1.7
29 Portugal 37.8
30 Brunei Darussalam 2.8
31 Barbados (.)
32 Czech Republic 26.5
33 Kuwait 0.1
34 Malta ..
35 Qatar ..
36 Hungary 19.8
37 Poland 91.9
38 Argentina 330.2
39 United Arab Emirates 3.1
40 Chile 161.2
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia 19.3
43 Lithuania 21.0
44 Estonia 22.8
45 Latvia 29.4
46 Uruguay 15.1
47 Croatia 21.4
48 Costa Rica 23.9
49 Bahamas 5.2
50 Seychelles 0.4
51 Cuba 27.1
52 Mexico 642.4
53 Bulgaria 36.3
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1
55 Tonga (.)
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2.2
57 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1
58 Oman (.)
59 Trinidad and Tobago 2.3
60 Romania 63.7
61 Saudi Arabia 27.3
62 Panama 42.9
63 Malaysia 208.9
64 Belarus 78.9
65 Mauritius 0.4
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.9
67 Russian Federation 8,087.9
68 Albania 7.9
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 9.1
70 Brazil 4,777.0
71 Dominica 0.5
72 Saint Lucia 0.2
73 Kazakhstan 33.4
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 477.1
75 Colombia 607.3
76 Ukraine 95.8
77 Samoa 1.7
78 Thailand 145.2
79 Dominican Republic 13.8
80 Belize 16.5
81 China 1,972.9
82 Grenada (.)
83 Armenia 2.8
84 Turkey 101.8
85 Suriname 147.8
86 Jordan 0.8
87 Peru 687.4
88 Lebanon 1.4 1
89 Ecuador 108.5
90 Philippines 71.6
91 Tunisia 10.6
92 Fiji 10.0
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 110.8
95 Paraguay 184.8
96 Georgia 27.6
97 Guyana 151.0 1
98 Azerbaijan 9.4
99 Sri Lanka 19.3
100 Maldives (.)
101 Jamaica 3.4
102 Cape Verde 0.8
103 El Salvador 3.0
104 Algeria 22.8
105 Viet Nam 129.3
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 0.1 1
107 Indonesia 885.0
108 Syrian Arab Republic 4.6
109 Turkmenistan 41.3
110 Nicaragua 51.9
111 Moldova 3.3
112 Egypt 0.7
113 Uzbekistan 33.0
114 Mongolia 102.5
115 Honduras 46.5
116 Kyrgyzstan 8.7
117 Bolivia 587.4
118 Guatemala 39.4
119 Gabon 217.8
120 Vanuatu 4.4
121 South Africa 92.0
122 Tajikistan 4.1
123 Sao Tome and Principe 0.3
124 Botswana 119.4
125 Namibia 76.6
126 Morocco 43.6
127 Equatorial Guinea 16.3
128 India 677.0
129 Solomon Islands 21.7
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 161.4
131 Cambodia 104.5
132 Myanmar 322.2
133 Bhutan 32.0
134 Comoros 0.1
135 Ghana 55.2
136 Pakistan 19.0
137 Mauritania 2.7
138 Lesotho 0.1
139 Congo 224.7
140 Bangladesh 8.7
141 Swaziland 5.4
142 Nepal 36.4
143 Madagascar 128.4
144 Cameroon 212.5
145 Papua New Guinea 294.4
146 Haiti 1.1
147 Sudan 675.5
148 Kenya 35.2
149 Djibouti 0.1
150 Timor-Leste 8.0
151 Zimbabwe 175.4
152 Togo 3.9
153 Yemen 5.5
154 Uganda 36.3
155 Gambia 4.7
156 Senegal 86.7
157 Eritrea 15.5
158 Nigeria 110.9
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 352.6
160 Guinea 67.2
161 Rwanda 4.8
162 Angola 591.0
163 Benin 23.5
164 Malawi 34.0
165 Zambia 424.5
166 Côte d'Ivoire 104.1
167 Burundi 1.5
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 1,336.1
169 Ethiopia 130.0
170 Chad 119.2
171 Central African Republic 227.6
172 Mozambique 192.6
173 Mali 125.7
174 Niger 12.7
175 Guinea-Bissau 20.7
176 Burkina Faso 67.9
177 Sierra Leone 27.5

Notes :
1 - Estimate produced by FAO based on information provided by the country.

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