ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS
                     

 Land Use

            
last update: April 2007
 
                     
 Forest area
 
 
 
                     
Forest area
in 1990
Forest area
in 2005
% change
since 1990
% of land area covered by
forest in 1990
% of land area covered by
forest in 2005
  
         
km2
km2
%
%
%
Afghanistan
13 090
8 670
-33.8
2.0
1.3
Albania
7 890
7 940
0.6
28.8
29.0
Algeria
17 900
22 770
27.2
0.8
1.0
American Samoa
180
180
0.0
91.9
89.4
Andorra
160
160
0.0
35.6
35.6
Angola
609 760
591 040
-3.1
48.9
47.4
Anguilla
60
60
0.0
71.4
71.4
Antigua and Barbuda
90
90
0.0
21.4
21.4
Argentina
352 620
330 210
-6.4
12.9
12.1
Armenia
3 460
2 830
-18.2
12.3
10.0
Aruba
...
...
...
2.2
2.2
Australia
1 679 040
1 636 780
-2.5
21.9
21.3
Austria
37 760
38 620
2.3
45.6
46.7
Azerbaijan
9 360
9 360
0.0
11.3
11.3
Bahamas
5 150
5 150
0.0
51.5
51.5
Bahrain
...
...
...
0.3
0.6
Bangladesh
8 820
8 710
-1.2
6.8
6.7
Barbados
20
20
0.0
4.0
4.0
Belarus
73 760
78 940
7.0
35.6
38.0
Belgium
6 770
6 670
-1.5
22.4
22.0
Belize
16 530
16 530
0.0
72.5
72.5
Benin
33 220
23 510
-29.2
30.0
21.3
Bermuda
10
10
0.0
20.0
20.0
Bhutan
30 350
31 950
5.3
64.6
68.0
Bolivia
627 950
587 400
-6.5
57.9
54.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina
22 100
21 850
-1.1
43.6
43.1
Botswana
137 180
119 430
-12.9
24.2
21.1
Brazil
5 200 270
4 776 980
-8.1
62.2
57.2
British Virgin Islands
40
40
0.0
24.7
24.4
Brunei Darussalam
3 130
2 780
-11.2
59.4
52.8
Bulgaria
33 270
36 250
9.0
30.1
32.8
Burkina Faso
71 540
67 940
-5.0
30.6
29.0
Burundi
2 890
1 520
-47.4
11.3
5.9
Cambodia
129 460
104 470
-19.3
73.3
59.2
Cameroon
245 450
212 450
-13.4
52.7
45.6
Canada
3 101 340
3 101 340
0.0
33.6
33.6
Cape Verde
580
840
44.8
14.3
20.7
Cayman Islands
120
120
0.0
48.4
48.4
Central African Republic
232 030
227 550
-1.9
37.2
36.5
Chad
131 100
119 210
-9.1
10.4
9.5
Channel Islands
10
10
0.0
4.1
4.1
Chile
152 630
161 210
5.6
20.4
21.5
China
1 571 410
1 972 900
25.5
16.8
21.2
1
Colombia
614 390
607 280
-1.2
59.1
58.5
Comoros
120
50
-58.3
6.5
2.9
Congo
227 260
224 710
-1.1
66.5
65.8
Cook Islands
150
160
6.7
63.9
66.5
Costa Rica
25 640
23 910
-6.7
50.2
46.8
Cote d'Ivoire
102 220
104 050
1.8
32.1
32.7
Croatia
21 160
21 350
0.9
37.8
38.2
Cuba
20 580
27 130
31.8
18.7
24.7
Cyprus
1 610
1 740
8.1
17.4
18.9
Czech Republic
26 300
26 480
0.7
34.0
34.3
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
1 405 310
1 336 100
-4.9
62.0
58.9
Denmark
4 450
5 000
12.4
10.5
11.8
Djibouti
60
60
0.0
0.2
0.2
Dominica
500
460
-8.0
66.7
61.3
Dominican Republic
13 760
13 760
0.0
28.4
28.4
Ecuador
138 170
108 530
-21.5
49.9
39.2
Egypt
440
670
52.3
0.0
0.1
El Salvador
3 750
2 980
-20.5
18.1
14.4
Equatorial Guinea
18 600
16 320
-12.3
66.3
58.2
Eritrea
16 210
15 540
-4.1
16.0
15.4
Estonia
21 630
22 840
5.6
51.0
53.9
Ethiopia
151 140
130 000
-14.0
13.8
11.9
Faeroe Islands
...
...
...
0.1
0.1
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
0
0
...
...
...
Fiji
9 790
10 000
2.1
53.6
54.7
Finland
221 940
225 000
1.4
72.9
73.9
2
France
145 380
155 540
7.0
26.4
28.3
French Guiana
80 910
80 630
-0.3
91.8
91.8
3
French Polynesia
1 050
1 050
0.0
28.7
28.7
Gabon
219 270
217 750
-0.7
85.1
84.5
Gambia
4 420
4 710
6.6
39.1
41.7
Georgia
27 600
27 600
0.0
39.7
39.7
Germany
107 410
110 760
3.1
30.8
31.7
Ghana
74 480
55 170
-25.9
32.7
24.2
Gibraltar
0
0
...
...
...
Greece
32 990
37 520
13.7
25.6
29.1
Greenland
...
...
...
0.0
0.0
Grenada
40
40
0.0
12.2
12.2
Guadeloupe
840
800
-4.8
49.4
47.2
Guam
260
260
0.0
47.1
47.1
Guatemala
47 480
39 380
-17.1
43.8
36.3
Guinea
74 080
67 240
-9.2
30.1
27.4
Guinea-Bissau
22 160
20 720
-6.5
78.8
73.7
Guyana
151 040
151 040
0.0
76.7
76.7
Haiti
1 160
1 050
-9.5
4.2
3.8
Holy See
0
0
...
...
...
Honduras
73 850
46 480
-37.1
66.0
41.5
Hungary
18 010
19 760
9.7
19.6
21.5
Iceland
250
460
84.0
0.2
0.5
India
639 390
677 010
5.9
21.5
22.8
Indonesia
1 165 670
884 950
-24.1
64.3
48.8
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
110 750
110 750
0.0
6.8
6.8
Iraq
8 040
8 220
2.2
1.8
1.9
Ireland
4 410
6 690
51.7
6.4
9.7
Isle of Man
30
30
0.0
...
...
Israel
1 540
1 710
11.0
7.5
8.3
Italy
83 830
99 790
19.0
28.5
33.9
Jamaica
3 450
3 390
-1.7
31.9
31.3
Japan
249 500
248 680
-0.3
68.4
68.2
Jordan
830
830
0.0
0.9
0.9
Kazakhstan
34 220
33 370
-2.5
1.3
1.2
Kenya
37 080
35 220
-5.0
6.5
6.2
Kiribati
20
20
0.0
3.0
3.0
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
82 010
61 870
-24.6
68.1
51.4
Korea, Republic of
63 710
62 650
-1.7
64.5
63.5
Kuwait
30
60
100.0
0.2
0.3
Kyrgyzstan
8 360
8 690
3.9
4.4
4.5
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
173 140
161 420
-6.8
75.0
69.9
Latvia
27 750
29 410
6.0
44.7
47.4
Lebanon
1 210
1 360
12.4
11.7
13.3
Lesotho
50
80
60.0
0.2
0.3
Liberia
40 580
31 540
-22.3
42.1
32.7
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2 170
2 170
0.0
0.1
0.1
Liechtenstein
60
70
16.7
40.6
43.1
Lithuania
19 450
20 990
7.9
31.0
33.5
Luxembourg
860
870
1.2
33.2
33.5
Madagascar
136 920
128 380
-6.2
23.5
22.1
Malawi
38 960
34 020
-12.7
41.4
36.2
Malaysia
223 760
208 900
-6.6
68.1
63.6
Maldives
10
10
0.0
3.0
3.0
Mali
140 720
125 720
-10.7
11.5
10.3
Malta
0
...
...
1.1
1.1
Marshall Islands
0
...
...
0.0
...
Martinique
460
460
0.0
43.9
43.9
Mauritania
4 150
2 670
-35.7
0.4
0.3
Mauritius
390
370
-5.1
19.2
18.2
Mexico
690 160
642 380
-6.9
36.2
33.7
Micronesia, Federated States of
630
630
0.0
90.6
90.6
Monaco
0
0
...
...
...
Mongolia
114 920
102 520
-10.8
7.3
6.5
Montenegro
29 010
4
...
  
...
  
25.1
4
26.4
4
Montserrat
40
40
0.0
35.0
35.0
Morocco
42 890
43 640
1.7
9.6
9.8
Mozambique
200 120
192 620
-3.7
25.5
24.6
Myanmar
392 190
322 220
-17.8
59.6
49.0
Namibia
87 620
76 610
-12.6
10.6
9.3
Nauru
0
0
...
0.0
...
Nepal
48 170
36 360
-24.5
33.7
25.4
Netherlands
3 450
3 650
5.8
10.2
10.8
Netherlands Antilles
10
10
0.0
1.5
1.5
New Caledonia
7 170
7 170
0.0
39.2
39.2
New Zealand
77 200
83 090
7.6
28.8
31.0
Nicaragua
65 380
51 890
-20.6
53.9
42.7
Niger
19 450
12 660
-34.9
1.5
1.0
Nigeria
172 340
110 890
-35.7
18.9
12.2
Niue
170
140
-17.6
66.2
 
54.2
Northern Mariana Islands
350
330
-5.7
75.3
72.4
Norway
91 300
93 870
2.8
29.8
30.7
Oman
20
20
0.0
0.0
0.0
Pakistan
25 270
19 020
-24.7
3.3
2.5
Palau
380
400
5.3
82.9
87.6
Palestine
90
90
0.0
...
...
Panama
43 760
42 940
-1.9
58.8
57.7
Papua New Guinea
315 230
294 370
-6.6
69.6
65.0
Paraguay
211 570
184 750
-12.7
53.3
46.5
Peru
701 560
687 420
-2.0
54.8
53.7
Philippines
105 740
71 620
-32.3
35.5
24.0
Pitcairn
40
40
0.0
...
...
Poland
88 810
91 920
3.5
29.2
30.0
5
Portugal
30 990
37 830
22.1
33.9
41.3
Puerto Rico
4 040
4 080
1.0
45.5
46.0
Qatar
0
...
...
0.0
0.0
Republic of Moldova
3 190
3 290
3.1
9.7
10.0
Réunion
870
840
-3.4
34.9
33.6
Romania
63 710
63 700
0.0
27.8
27.7
5
Russian Federation
8 089 500
8 087 900
0.0
47.9
47.9
Rwanda
3 180
4 800
50.9
12.9
19.5
Saint Helena
20
20
0.0
...
...
Saint Kitts and Nevis
50
50
0.0
14.7
14.7
Saint Lucia
170
170
0.0
27.9
27.9
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
30
30
0.0
...
...
Samoa
1 300
1 710
31.5
45.9
60.4
San Marino
...
...
...
1.6
1.6
Sao Tome and Principe
270
270
0.0
28.4
28.4
Saudi Arabia
27 280
27 280
0.0