Canada - Forest Area 1998
38.80%
−0.01% from 1997
Canada's forest area was 38.80% in 1998, decreased +0.01% from 38.81% in 1997. This was the 79th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Suriname | 95.62% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Guyana | 94.34% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Equatorial Guinea | 93.84% | -0.3% |
| 4th | Gabon | 92.03% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 91.15% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Solomon Islands | 90.71% | 0.0% |
| 7th | American Samoa | 88.99% | -0.2% |
| 8th | Liberia | 86.00% | -0.4% |
| 9th | Palau | 85.42% | 0.4% |
| 10th | Papua New Guinea | 80.16% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Guinea-Bissau | 77.02% | -0.4% |
| 12th | Brunei Darussalam | 75.94% | -0.4% |
| 13th | Lao PDR | 75.86% | -0.2% |
| 14th | Finland | 73.32% | 0.3% |
| 15th | Seychelles | 73.26% | 0.0% |
| 16th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.67% | 0.4% |
| 17th | Northern Mariana Islands | 70.20% | -0.5% |
| 18th | Sweden | 69.09% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Japan | 68.29% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Korea | 67.29% | -0.1% |
| 21st | Brazil | 66.84% | -0.7% |
| 22nd | Belize | 65.21% | -0.9% |
| 23rd | Congo, Republic of | 65.06% | -0.1% |
| 24th | Bhutan | 64.98% | 0.4% |
| 25th | Dominica | 64.48% | -0.5% |
| 26th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 64.07% | -0.5% |
| 27th | Timor-Leste | 64.01% | -0.1% |
| 28th | Zambia | 63.39% | -0.1% |
| 29th | Angola | 62.58% | -0.2% |
| 30th | Tanzania | 61.43% | -0.7% |
| 31st | Cambodia | 61.33% | -0.2% |
| 32nd | Honduras | 60.95% | -0.3% |
| 33rd | Samoa | 60.87% | -0.3% |
| 34th | São Tomé and Principe | 60.85% | 0.0% |
| 35th | Virgin Islands (US) | 60.81% | -1.9% |
| 36th | Slovenia | 60.77% | 0.4% |
| 37th | Malaysia | 60.50% | -0.5% |
| 38th | Panama | 60.20% | -0.4% |
| 39th | Paraguay | 59.16% | -1.1% |
| 40th | Peru | 59.01% | -0.2% |
| 41st | Indonesia | 57.81% | -1.6% |
| 42nd | Colombia | 56.94% | -0.4% |
| 43rd | Costa Rica | 56.15% | -0.2% |
| 44th | Ecuador | 56.01% | 10.7% |
| 45th | Myanmar | 54.68% | -1.2% |
| 46th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 54.37% | -0.7% |
| 47th | Fiji | 54.36% | 0.7% |
| 48th | Cayman Islands | 54.04% | -0.2% |
| 49th | Mozambique | 52.93% | -0.5% |
| 50th | Estonia | 52.66% | 0.1% |
| 51st | Marshall Islands | 52.22% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Grenada | 52.06% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Latvia | 51.86% | 0.2% |
| 54th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 51.36% | -0.5% |
| 55th | Bahamas, The | 50.94% | 0.0% |
| 56th | Russian Federation | 49.40% | 0.0% |
| 57th | Jamaica | 48.11% | 0.0% |
| 58th | Zimbabwe | 47.71% | -0.2% |
| 59th | Nicaragua | 46.53% | -1.8% |
| 60th | Senegal | 46.45% | -0.5% |
| 61st | Austria | 46.36% | 0.2% |
| 62nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.34% | -0.2% |
| 63rd | Cameroon | 46.07% | -0.4% |
| 64th | Puerto Rico (US) | 45.93% | 2.7% |
| 65th | New Caledonia | 45.76% | 0.1% |
| 66th | Guam | 44.44% | 0.0% |
| 67th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 42.31% | 0.0% |
| 68th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.63% | -0.5% |
| 69th | Liechtenstein | 41.63% | 0.3% |
| 70th | Sierra Leone | 41.13% | -0.7% |
| 71st | French Polynesia | 40.36% | 0.3% |
| 72nd | Guatemala | 40.35% | -1.3% |
| 73rd | Belarus | 40.30% | 0.6% |
| 74th | Nepal | 40.27% | 0.2% |
| 75th | Ghana | 39.83% | -1.2% |
| 76th | Georgia | 39.70% | 0.0% |
| 77th | Slovak Republic | 39.53% | 0.0% |
| 78th | Dominican Republic | 39.27% | 2.0% |
| 79th | Canada | 38.80% | 0.0% |
| 80th | Benin | 37.91% | -1.6% |
| 81st | European Union | 37.79% | 0.4% |
| 82nd | Thailand | 37.33% | -0.2% |
| 83rd | North Macedonia | 37.30% | 0.5% |
| 84th | New Zealand | 37.05% | 0.5% |
| 85th | Central African Republic | 36.86% | -0.1% |
| 86th | Gambia, The | 36.44% | -1.5% |
| 87th | Vanuatu | 36.28% | 0.0% |
| 88th | Portugal | 36.12% | -0.4% |
| 89th | Mexico | 35.40% | -0.3% |
| 90th | Sri Lanka | 35.13% | -0.8% |
| 91st | Viet Nam | 34.72% | 2.2% |
| 92nd | St. Lucia | 34.53% | -0.1% |
| 93rd | Czechia | 34.11% | 0.0% |
| 94th | Andorra | 34.04% | 0.0% |
| 95th | Croatia | 33.59% | 0.3% |
| 96th | Malawi | 33.58% | -1.3% |
| 97th | Tuvalu | 33.33% | 0.0% |
| 98th | Norway | 33.17% | 0.0% |
| 99th | United States | 33.12% | 0.0% |
| 100th | El Salvador | 32.96% | -0.7% |
| 101st | Spain | 32.95% | 2.0% |
| 102nd | Germany | 32.50% | 0.1% |
| 103rd | Lithuania | 31.99% | 0.4% |
| 104th | Botswana | 31.51% | -0.7% |
| 105th | Bulgaria | 30.42% | 0.1% |
| 106th | Switzerland | 30.05% | 0.4% |
| 107th | Poland | 29.46% | 0.2% |
| 108th | Guinea | 28.48% | -0.5% |
| 109th | Albania | 28.22% | -0.3% |
| 110th | France | 28.05% | 0.6% |
| 111th | Italy | 27.93% | 1.0% |
| 112th | Romania | 27.73% | 0.0% |
| 113th | Nigeria | 27.69% | -0.6% |
| 114th | Greece | 27.46% | 0.9% |
| 115th | Eswatini | 27.38% | 0.3% |
| 116th | Burkina Faso | 26.74% | -0.7% |
| 117th | Türkiye | 26.08% | 0.2% |
| 118th | Philippines | 24.83% | -0.6% |
| 119th | Singapore | 24.74% | 1.3% |
| 120th | British Virgin Islands | 24.52% | -0.1% |
| 121st | Togo | 23.66% | -0.7% |
| 122nd | Comoros | 22.87% | -1.0% |
| 123rd | Madagascar | 22.64% | -0.5% |
| 124th | India | 22.49% | 0.5% |
| 125th | Cuba | 21.97% | 1.6% |
| 126th | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.78% | -0.7% |
| 127th | Hungary | 21.15% | 0.6% |
| 128th | Chile | 21.12% | 0.4% |
| 129th | Mauritius | 20.57% | 0.2% |
| 130th | Bermuda | 18.52% | 0.0% |
| 131st | China | 18.43% | 1.2% |
| 132nd | Cyprus | 18.35% | 0.6% |
| 133rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.75% | -4.7% |
| 134th | Australia | 17.21% | -0.2% |
| 135th | San Marino | 16.67% | 0.0% |
| 136th | Ukraine | 16.33% | 0.3% |
| 137th | Uganda | 16.24% | -1.3% |
| 138th | Bangladesh | 14.75% | 0.0% |
| 139th | South Africa | 14.72% | -0.2% |
| 140th | Barbados | 14.65% | 0.0% |
| 141st | Denmark | 14.09% | 0.7% |
| 142nd | Haiti | 13.83% | -0.1% |
| 143rd | Lebanon | 13.54% | -0.1% |
| 144th | Tonga | 12.43% | 0.0% |
| 145th | Argentina | 12.33% | -0.5% |
| 146th | Morocco | 12.33% | 0.0% |
| 147th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 12.22% | -1.0% |
| 148th | United Kingdom | 12.06% | 0.6% |
| 149th | Rwanda | 11.88% | -1.0% |
| 150th | Azerbaijan | 11.78% | 0.6% |
| 151st | Armenia | 11.70% | -0.1% |
| 152nd | Eritrea | 11.14% | -0.3% |
| 153rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.07% | 0.0% |
| 154th | Mali | 10.90% | 0.0% |
| 155th | Netherlands | 10.56% | 0.4% |
| 156th | Moldova | 10.35% | 0.6% |
| 157th | Namibia | 9.96% | -0.9% |
| 158th | Mongolia | 9.23% | -0.1% |
| 159th | Turkmenistan | 8.78% | 0.0% |
| 160th | Ireland | 8.66% | 2.9% |
| 161st | Cabo Verde | 8.65% | 7.5% |
| 162nd | Burundi | 8.20% | -3.8% |
| 163rd | Uruguay | 7.17% | 4.8% |
| 164th | Kenya | 6.92% | 0.3% |
| 165th | Israel | 6.88% | 1.4% |
| 166th | Uzbekistan | 6.77% | 1.5% |
| 167th | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.11% | 0.4% |
| 168th | Isle of Man | 6.07% | 0.0% |
| 169th | Pakistan | 5.98% | -1.0% |
| 170th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5.69% | 0.3% |
| 171st | Chad | 5.11% | -0.6% |
| 172nd | Tunisia | 4.27% | 0.4% |
| 173rd | Channel Islands | 4.19% | 0.0% |
| 174th | United Arab Emirates | 4.18% | 2.2% |
| 175th | Tajikistan | 2.93% | 0.0% |
| 176th | Maldives | 2.73% | 0.0% |
| 177th | Aruba | 2.33% | 0.0% |
| 178th | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.29% | 1.4% |
| 179th | Iraq | 1.86% | 0.2% |
| 180th | Afghanistan | 1.85% | 0.0% |
| 181st | West Bank and Gaza | 1.51% | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Kiribati | 1.46% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Kazakhstan | 1.17% | 0.0% |
| 184th | Niger | 1.15% | -4.1% |
| 185th | Lesotho | 1.14% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Jordan | 1.10% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Malta | 1.09% | 0.0% |
| 188th | Yemen, Republic of | 1.04% | 0.0% |
| 189th | Algeria | 0.67% | -0.5% |
| 190th | Bahrain | 0.48% | 4.6% |
| 191st | Saudi Arabia | 0.45% | 0.0% |
| 192nd | Mauritania | 0.42% | -1.2% |
| 193rd | Iceland | 0.27% | 4.9% |
| 194th | Kuwait | 0.26% | 3.2% |
| 195th | Djibouti | 0.24% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Libya | 0.12% | 0.0% |
| 197th | Faroe Islands | 0.06% | 0.0% |
| 198th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.06% | 2.8% |
| 199th | Oman | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Greenland | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Gibraltar | 0.00% | - |
| 202nd | Monaco | 0.00% | - |
| 203rd | Nauru | 0.00% | - |
| 204th | Qatar | 0.00% | - |
FAQ
What was Canada's forest area in 1998?▾
Canada's forest area in 1998 was 38.80%. This ranked 79th globally.
How did Canada's forest area change in 1998?▾
Canada's forest area decreased by 0.0% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest forest area in 1998?▾
Suriname had the highest forest area in 1998 at 95.62%.
What is the forest area of Canada in 1998?▾
The forest area of Canada in 1998 was 38.80%. This ranked 79th globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Canada's forest area?▾
Canada's forest area went from 38.81% in 1997 to 38.80% in 1998, a 0.0% decrease.
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