LIST OF FOREST COVER IN LOW FOREST COVER COUNTRIES |
COUNTRY |
Land
Area
(thousands ha) |
Total forest 1995 |
Area per
caput |
Natural
foreset area
(thousands ha) |
Area
(thousands ha) |
Persentage
of land area |
| Afghanistan |
65209 |
1398 |
2.1 |
0 |
1390 |
| Algeria |
238174 |
1861 |
0.8 |
0 |
1376 |
| Americn Samoa |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Australia |
768230 |
40908 |
5.3 |
2.3 |
n.ap. |
| Bahrain |
69 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Bangladesh |
13017 |
1010 |
7.8 |
n.s. |
700 |
| Barbados |
43 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Bermuda |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Cayman Island |
26 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Chad |
125920 |
11025 |
8.8 |
1.7 |
11021 |
| China-Hongkong SAR |
99 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Comoros |
233 |
9 |
3.9 |
n.s. |
9 |
| Cook Islands |
23 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Denmark |
4243 |
417 |
9.8 |
0 |
n.ap. |
| Djibouti |
2318 |
22 |
0.9 |
n.s. |
22 |
| Egypt |
99545 |
34 |
0 |
n.s. |
0 |
| Elsalvador |
2072 |
105 |
5.1 |
n.s. |
101 |
| Eritrea |
10100 |
282 |
2.8 |
0 |
233 |
| French Polynesia |
366 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Gambia |
1000 |
91 |
9.1 |
0 |
90 |
| Guam |
55 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Haiti |
2756 |
21 |
0.8 |
n.s. |
13 |
| Iceland |
10025 |
11 |
0.1 |
n.s. |
n.ap. |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of |
162200 |
1544 |
1 |
n.s. |
1456 |
| Iraq |
43737 |
83 |
0.2 |
n.s. |
69 |
| Ireland |
6889 |
570 |
8.3 |
0.2 |
n.ap. |
| Jordan |
8893 |
45 |
0.5 |
n.s. |
22 |
| Kazakhstan |
267073 |
10504 |
3.9 |
0.6 |
n.ap. |
| Kenya |
56914 |
1292 |
2.3 |
n.s. |
1174 |
| Kiribati |
73 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kuwait |
1782 |
5 |
0.3 |
n.s. |
0 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
19180 |
730 |
3.8 |
0.2 |
n.ap. |
| Lebanon |
1023 |
52 |
5.1 |
n.s. |
39 |
| Lesotho |
3035 |
6 |
0.2 |
n.s. |
0 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiria |
175954 |
400 |
0.2 |
0 |
190 |
| Macau |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Maldives |
30 |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mali |
122019 |
11585 |
9.5 |
1.1 |
11571 |
| Malta |
32 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
n.ap. |
| Mauritania |
102522 |
556 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
554 |
| Mauritius |
203 |
12 |
5.9 |
n.s. |
3 |
| Mongolia |
156650 |
9406 |
6 |
3.9 |
9406 |
| Morocco |
44630 |
3835 |
8.6 |
0.1 |
3514 |
| Netherland Antilles |
80 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Netherlands |
3392 |
334 |
9.8 |
n.s. |
n.ap. |
| Niger |
126670 |
2562 |
2 |
0.3 |
2550 |
| Oman |
21246 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Pacifc illands (Trust Terr) |
178 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Pakistan |
77088 |
1784 |
2.3 |
n.s. |
1580 |
| Quatar |
1100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Saint Helena |
31 |
1 |
3.2 |
0.2 |
0 |
| Saint lucia |
61 |
5 |
8.2 |
n.s. |
5 |
| Sant Pierre and Miquelon |
23 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Saudin Arabia |
214969 |
222 |
0.1 |
n.s. |
221 |
| Seychelles |
45 |
4 |
8.9 |
0 |
3 |
| Sigapore |
61 |
4 |
6.6 |
n.s. |
4 |
| Somalia |
62734 |
754 |
1.2 |
0 |
750 |
| South Africa |
122104 |
8499 |
7 |
0.2 |
7204 |
| Swaziland |
1720 |
146 |
8.5 |
0.2 |
74 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
18378 |
219 |
1.2 |
n.s. |
92 |
| Tajikistan |
14060 |
410 |
2.9 |
0 |
n.ap. |
| Tonga |
72 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Tunisia |
15536 |
555 |
3.6 |
0 |
354 |
| Turkmenistan |
46993 |
3754 |
8 |
0.9 |
n.ap. |
| United Arab Emirates |
8360 |
60 |
0.7 |
n.s. |
0 |
| United Kingdom |
24160 |
2390 |
9.9 |
n.s. |
n.ap. |
| United States Virgin Islands |
34 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Uruguay |
17481 |
814 |
4.7 |
0.3 |
658 |
| Yemen |
52797 |
9 |
n.s. |
n.s. |
9 |
