Malaysia - Forest Area 2010
57.67%
−0.23% from 2009
Malaysia's forest area was 57.67% in 2010, decreased +0.23% from 57.90% in 2009. This was the 39th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2010▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Suriname | 95.32% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Guyana | 94.08% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Gabon | 91.78% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 91.61% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 90.40% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Equatorial Guinea | 90.27% | -0.3% |
| 7th | Palau | 88.17% | 0.2% |
| 8th | American Samoa | 87.15% | -0.2% |
| 9th | Liberia | 82.23% | -0.4% |
| 10th | Papua New Guinea | 79.89% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Guinea-Bissau | 73.42% | -0.4% |
| 12th | Lao PDR | 73.40% | -0.3% |
| 13th | Seychelles | 73.26% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Finland | 73.19% | -0.1% |
| 15th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.18% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Brunei Darussalam | 72.11% | -0.4% |
| 17th | Bhutan | 70.97% | 0.4% |
| 18th | Sweden | 68.92% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Japan | 68.49% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Northern Mariana Islands | 65.91% | -0.5% |
| 21st | Korea | 65.71% | -0.3% |
| 22nd | Congo, Republic of | 64.64% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Dominica | 63.83% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Timor-Leste | 62.89% | -0.1% |
| 25th | Zambia | 62.81% | -0.1% |
| 26th | Slovenia | 61.90% | 0.1% |
| 27th | Montenegro | 61.49% | 2.5% |
| 28th | Brazil | 61.21% | -0.8% |
| 29th | Belize | 61.00% | -0.5% |
| 30th | São Tomé and Principe | 60.52% | 0.0% |
| 31st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 60.51% | -0.5% |
| 32nd | Cambodia | 59.99% | -0.2% |
| 33rd | Samoa | 58.83% | -0.3% |
| 34th | Honduras | 58.77% | -0.3% |
| 35th | Fiji | 58.74% | 0.6% |
| 36th | Panama | 58.22% | -0.3% |
| 37th | Angola | 57.88% | -0.8% |
| 38th | Peru | 57.85% | -0.2% |
| 39th | Malaysia | 57.67% | -0.4% |
| 40th | Tanzania | 56.39% | -0.7% |
| 41st | Costa Rica | 56.23% | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 55.41% | 1.3% |
| 43rd | Estonia | 55.11% | 0.4% |
| 44th | Colombia | 54.81% | -0.3% |
| 45th | Latvia | 54.19% | 0.4% |
| 46th | Indonesia | 53.08% | -0.2% |
| 47th | Cayman Islands | 53.00% | -0.2% |
| 48th | Virgin Islands (US) | 52.66% | -1.1% |
| 49th | Ecuador | 52.46% | -0.5% |
| 50th | Marshall Islands | 52.22% | 0.0% |
| 51st | Grenada | 52.06% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 51.84% | -0.3% |
| 53rd | Jamaica | 51.57% | 0.7% |
| 54th | Bahamas, The | 50.94% | 0.0% |
| 55th | Russian Federation | 49.77% | 0.1% |
| 56th | Mozambique | 49.56% | -0.6% |
| 57th | Paraguay | 49.26% | -1.7% |
| 58th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 49.00% | -0.4% |
| 59th | Myanmar | 48.13% | -1.1% |
| 60th | Austria | 46.82% | 0.1% |
| 61st | Zimbabwe | 46.28% | -0.3% |
| 62nd | New Caledonia | 45.90% | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.30% | -0.2% |
| 64th | Guam | 44.44% | 0.0% |
| 65th | Cameroon | 44.21% | -0.3% |
| 66th | Senegal | 43.98% | -0.5% |
| 67th | French Polynesia | 43.06% | 0.1% |
| 68th | Dominican Republic | 42.91% | 0.5% |
| 69th | Viet Nam | 42.73% | 1.0% |
| 70th | Belarus | 42.53% | 0.4% |
| 71st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 42.31% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Liechtenstein | 41.87% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Nepal | 41.59% | 0.3% |
| 74th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.07% | 0.0% |
| 75th | Georgia | 40.62% | 0.2% |
| 76th | Slovak Republic | 39.88% | 0.1% |
| 77th | Thailand | 39.29% | 0.5% |
| 78th | European Union | 39.20% | 0.3% |
| 79th | Canada | 38.74% | 0.0% |
| 80th | North Macedonia | 38.08% | 0.0% |
| 81st | Sierra Leone | 37.85% | -0.7% |
| 82nd | New Zealand | 37.40% | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Spain | 37.09% | 0.5% |
| 84th | Vanuatu | 36.28% | 0.0% |
| 85th | Central African Republic | 36.28% | -0.1% |
| 86th | Portugal | 35.51% | -0.1% |
| 87th | Ghana | 34.91% | -1.1% |
| 88th | Nicaragua | 34.80% | -2.8% |
| 89th | Guatemala | 34.74% | -1.3% |
| 90th | Lithuania | 34.62% | 0.7% |
| 91st | Luxembourg | 34.45% | 0.2% |
| 92nd | Mexico | 34.44% | -0.2% |
| 93rd | Bulgaria | 34.42% | 1.0% |
| 94th | Czechia | 34.41% | 0.1% |
| 95th | Croatia | 34.31% | 0.2% |
| 96th | St. Lucia | 34.05% | -0.1% |
| 97th | Andorra | 34.04% | 0.0% |
| 98th | United States | 33.75% | 0.2% |
| 99th | Sri Lanka | 33.55% | -0.3% |
| 100th | Tuvalu | 33.33% | 0.0% |
| 101st | Norway | 33.13% | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Germany | 32.73% | 0.1% |
| 103rd | Benin | 32.24% | -1.4% |
| 104th | Switzerland | 31.25% | 0.3% |
| 105th | Serbia | 31.02% | 0.9% |
| 106th | Italy | 30.53% | 0.7% |
| 107th | France | 30.46% | 0.7% |
| 108th | Poland | 30.46% | 0.3% |
| 109th | El Salvador | 30.35% | -0.7% |
| 110th | Greece | 30.27% | 0.8% |
| 111th | Gambia, The | 29.64% | -1.9% |
| 112th | Botswana | 29.00% | -0.7% |
| 113th | Albania | 28.54% | 0.2% |
| 114th | Romania | 28.32% | 0.2% |
| 115th | Malawi | 28.23% | -1.6% |
| 116th | Eswatini | 28.22% | 0.3% |
| 117th | Cuba | 27.55% | 1.7% |
| 118th | Türkiye | 27.39% | 0.4% |
| 119th | Guinea | 26.73% | -0.5% |
| 120th | Nigeria | 25.54% | -0.7% |
| 121st | Singapore | 25.27% | 0.1% |
| 122nd | Burkina Faso | 24.55% | -0.7% |
| 123rd | British Virgin Islands | 24.27% | -0.1% |
| 124th | India | 23.37% | 0.3% |
| 125th | Philippines | 22.94% | -0.7% |
| 126th | Togo | 22.78% | -0.2% |
| 127th | Belgium | 22.74% | 0.3% |
| 128th | Hungary | 22.60% | 0.6% |
| 129th | Chile | 22.49% | 0.5% |
| 130th | Madagascar | 21.60% | -0.4% |
| 131st | China | 21.37% | 1.2% |
| 132nd | Comoros | 20.04% | -1.2% |
| 133rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 19.95% | -0.8% |
| 134th | Mauritius | 18.91% | -0.9% |
| 135th | Cyprus | 18.71% | 0.1% |
| 136th | Bermuda | 18.52% | 0.0% |
| 137th | Australia | 16.86% | -0.2% |
| 138th | San Marino | 16.67% | 0.0% |
| 139th | Ukraine | 16.48% | 0.0% |
| 140th | Denmark | 14.66% | 0.3% |
| 141st | Barbados | 14.65% | 0.0% |
| 142nd | Bangladesh | 14.51% | -0.2% |
| 143rd | South Africa | 14.36% | -0.2% |
| 144th | Haiti | 13.73% | -0.1% |
| 145th | Uganda | 13.72% | -1.8% |
| 146th | Lebanon | 13.43% | -0.1% |
| 147th | Morocco | 12.71% | 0.3% |
| 148th | United Kingdom | 12.64% | 0.3% |
| 149th | Azerbaijan | 12.49% | 0.4% |
| 150th | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.47% | -2.8% |
| 151st | Tonga | 12.43% | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Armenia | 11.61% | -0.1% |
| 153rd | Moldova | 11.40% | 0.9% |
| 154th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.07% | 0.0% |
| 155th | Netherlands | 11.07% | 0.4% |
| 156th | Argentina | 11.04% | -1.0% |
| 157th | Mali | 10.90% | 0.0% |
| 158th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 10.76% | -1.1% |
| 159th | Rwanda | 10.74% | -0.8% |
| 160th | Cabo Verde | 10.60% | 0.7% |
| 161st | Ireland | 10.46% | 1.3% |
| 162nd | Uruguay | 9.89% | 2.1% |
| 163rd | Mongolia | 9.11% | 0.0% |
| 164th | Eritrea | 8.98% | -0.3% |
| 165th | Namibia | 8.93% | -1.0% |
| 166th | Turkmenistan | 8.78% | 0.0% |
| 167th | Uzbekistan | 7.68% | 1.2% |
| 168th | Burundi | 7.55% | 0.0% |
| 169th | Israel | 7.12% | 0.1% |
| 170th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.56% | 1.3% |
| 171st | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.41% | 0.4% |
| 172nd | Kenya | 6.35% | -0.9% |
| 173rd | Isle of Man | 6.07% | 0.0% |
| 174th | Pakistan | 5.31% | -1.0% |
| 175th | Channel Islands | 5.15% | 1.9% |
| 176th | United Arab Emirates | 4.47% | 0.2% |
| 177th | Tunisia | 4.42% | 0.3% |
| 178th | Chad | 4.39% | -1.5% |
| 179th | Tajikistan | 2.93% | 0.0% |
| 180th | Maldives | 2.73% | 0.0% |
| 181st | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.68% | 1.2% |
| 182nd | Aruba | 2.33% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Iraq | 1.90% | 0.1% |
| 184th | Afghanistan | 1.85% | 0.0% |
| 185th | West Bank and Gaza | 1.65% | 0.9% |
| 186th | Kiribati | 1.46% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Kazakhstan | 1.14% | -0.2% |
| 188th | Lesotho | 1.14% | 0.0% |
| 189th | Jordan | 1.10% | 0.0% |
| 190th | Malta | 1.09% | 0.0% |
| 191st | Yemen, Republic of | 1.04% | 0.0% |
| 192nd | Niger | 0.95% | -1.0% |
| 193rd | Algeria | 0.81% | 1.8% |
| 194th | Bahrain | 0.68% | 2.7% |
| 195th | Saudi Arabia | 0.45% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Iceland | 0.45% | 3.4% |
| 197th | Mauritania | 0.36% | -1.5% |
| 198th | Kuwait | 0.35% | 2.3% |
| 199th | Djibouti | 0.24% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Libya | 0.12% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.07% | 1.0% |
| 202nd | Faroe Islands | 0.06% | 0.0% |
| 203rd | Oman | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Greenland | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 205th | Gibraltar | 0.00% | - |
| 206th | Monaco | 0.00% | - |
| 207th | Nauru | 0.00% | - |
| 208th | Qatar | 0.00% | - |
FAQ
What was Malaysia's forest area in 2010?▾
Malaysia's forest area in 2010 was 57.67%. This ranked 39th globally.
How did Malaysia's forest area change in 2010?▾
Malaysia's forest area decreased by 0.4% in 2010 compared to 2009.
Which country had the highest forest area in 2010?▾
Suriname had the highest forest area in 2010 at 95.32%.
What is the forest area of Malaysia in 2010?▾
The forest area of Malaysia in 2010 was 57.67%. This ranked 39th globally.
How does 2010 compare to 2009 for Malaysia's forest area?▾
Malaysia's forest area went from 57.90% in 2009 to 57.67% in 2010, a 0.4% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Malaysia matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2010. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 5.5%. View full analysis →
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