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Sri Lanka - Forest Area 2004

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Forest area as % of land area · World Bank

34.15% −0.10% from 2003 Global rank: 93rd

Sri Lanka's forest area was 34.15% in 2004, decreased +0.10% from 34.25% in 2003. This was the 93rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2004▾

Forest Area by Country - 2004
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Suriname	95.48%	0.0%
2nd	Guyana	94.22%	0.0%
3rd	Equatorial Guinea	92.06%	-0.3%
4th	Gabon	91.90%	0.0%
5th	Micronesia, Federated States of	91.38%	0.0%
6th	Solomon Islands	90.56%	0.0%
7th	American Samoa	88.05%	-0.2%
8th	Palau	86.90%	0.2%
9th	Liberia	84.11%	-0.4%
10th	Papua New Guinea	80.02%	0.0%
11th	Guinea-Bissau	75.22%	-0.4%
12th	Lao PDR	74.66%	-0.3%
13th	Brunei Darussalam	74.04%	-0.4%
14th	Finland	73.42%	-0.1%
15th	Seychelles	73.26%	0.0%
16th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	73.18%	0.0%
17th	Bhutan	69.41%	4.8%
18th	Sweden	69.05%	0.0%
19th	Japan	68.35%	0.0%
20th	Northern Mariana Islands	68.05%	-0.5%
21st	Korea	66.52%	-0.2%
22nd	Congo, Republic of	64.85%	-0.1%
23rd	Brazil	64.04%	-0.7%
24th	Dominica	63.83%	0.0%
25th	Timor-Leste	63.45%	-0.1%
26th	Zambia	63.10%	-0.1%
27th	Belize	62.79%	-0.5%
28th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	62.29%	-0.5%
29th	Slovenia	61.50%	0.1%
30th	São Tomé and Principe	60.68%	0.0%
31st	Cambodia	60.64%	-0.2%
32nd	Angola	60.55%	-0.7%
33rd	Honduras	59.85%	-0.3%
34th	Samoa	59.85%	-0.3%
35th	Panama	59.14%	-0.3%
36th	Malaysia	59.03%	-0.4%
37th	Tanzania	58.91%	-0.7%
38th	Peru	58.44%	-0.2%
39th	Fiji	56.55%	0.7%
40th	Virgin Islands (US)	56.15%	-1.0%
41st	Costa Rica	56.07%	0.0%
42nd	Colombia	55.85%	-0.3%
43rd	Paraguay	54.43%	-1.6%
44th	Ecuador	54.15%	-0.5%
45th	Estonia	53.73%	0.4%
46th	Indonesia	53.60%	-0.2%
47th	Cayman Islands	53.53%	-0.2%
48th	Latvia	52.93%	0.4%
49th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	52.90%	-0.3%
50th	Marshall Islands	52.22%	0.0%
51st	Grenada	52.06%	0.0%
52nd	Myanmar	51.26%	-1.0%
53rd	Mozambique	51.25%	-0.5%
54th	Puerto Rico (US)	51.19%	1.4%
55th	Bahamas, The	50.94%	0.0%
56th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	50.12%	-0.4%
57th	Russian Federation	49.55%	0.1%
58th	Jamaica	49.49%	0.7%
59th	Zimbabwe	47.00%	-0.3%
60th	Austria	46.63%	0.1%
61st	New Caledonia	45.86%	0.0%
62nd	Trinidad and Tobago	45.80%	-0.2%
63rd	Senegal	45.18%	-0.4%
64th	Cameroon	45.10%	-0.3%
65th	Guam	44.44%	0.0%
66th	French Polynesia	42.90%	0.1%
67th	St. Kitts and Nevis	42.31%	0.0%
68th	Liechtenstein	41.87%	0.0%
69th	Dominican Republic	41.66%	0.5%
70th	Belarus	41.49%	0.4%
71st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.17%	0.0%
72nd	Nicaragua	40.84%	-2.4%
73rd	Nepal	40.83%	0.3%
74th	Georgia	40.08%	0.2%
75th	Viet Nam	40.07%	1.3%
76th	Slovak Republic	39.67%	0.1%
77th	Sierra Leone	39.49%	-0.7%
78th	Canada	38.77%	0.0%
79th	European Union	38.48%	0.3%
80th	Thailand	38.03%	0.6%
81st	North Macedonia	37.70%	0.0%
82nd	Guatemala	37.46%	-1.2%
83rd	New Zealand	37.41%	0.0%
84th	Ghana	37.30%	-1.1%
85th	Central African Republic	36.57%	-0.1%
86th	Vanuatu	36.28%	0.0%
87th	Portugal	35.73%	-0.1%
88th	Spain	35.41%	0.8%
89th	Benin	34.90%	-1.3%
90th	Mexico	34.88%	-0.2%
91st	St. Lucia	34.29%	-0.1%
92nd	Czechia	34.24%	0.1%
93rd	Sri Lanka	34.15%	-0.3%
94th	Andorra	34.04%	0.0%
95th	Luxembourg	33.99%	0.2%
96th	Croatia	33.93%	0.2%
97th	United States	33.36%	0.2%
98th	Tuvalu	33.33%	0.0%
99th	Lithuania	33.18%	0.7%
100th	Norway	33.15%	0.0%
101st	Gambia, The	33.04%	-1.7%
102nd	Germany	32.62%	0.1%
103rd	Bulgaria	32.36%	1.0%
104th	El Salvador	31.65%	-0.7%
105th	Malawi	30.90%	-1.4%
106th	Switzerland	30.66%	0.3%
107th	Botswana	30.26%	-0.7%
108th	Poland	29.93%	0.3%
109th	France	29.21%	0.7%
110th	Italy	29.19%	0.8%
111th	Greece	28.87%	0.8%
112th	Albania	28.26%	0.2%
113th	Romania	27.94%	0.2%
114th	Eswatini	27.80%	0.3%
115th	Guinea	27.61%	-0.5%
116th	Türkiye	26.67%	0.5%
117th	Nigeria	26.61%	-0.7%
118th	Burkina Faso	25.65%	-0.7%
119th	Singapore	25.11%	0.1%
120th	Cuba	24.75%	1.9%
121st	British Virgin Islands	24.39%	-0.1%
122nd	Philippines	23.88%	-0.7%
123rd	Togo	23.10%	-0.2%
124th	India	22.99%	0.3%
125th	Belgium	22.30%	0.3%
126th	Madagascar	22.08%	-0.4%
127th	Hungary	22.00%	0.6%
128th	Chile	21.76%	0.6%
129th	Comoros	21.46%	-1.1%
130th	Antigua and Barbuda	20.87%	-0.7%
131st	Mauritius	19.96%	-0.9%
132nd	China	19.86%	1.3%
133rd	Cyprus	18.63%	0.1%
134th	Bermuda	18.52%	0.0%
135th	Australia	17.04%	-0.2%
136th	San Marino	16.67%	0.0%
137th	Ukraine	16.44%	0.0%
138th	Uganda	15.00%	-1.4%
139th	Bangladesh	14.65%	-0.2%
140th	Barbados	14.65%	0.0%
141st	Côte d'Ivoire	14.60%	-2.4%
142nd	South Africa	14.54%	-0.2%
143rd	Denmark	14.44%	0.3%
144th	Haiti	13.78%	-0.1%
145th	Lebanon	13.47%	-0.1%
146th	Morocco	12.49%	0.3%
147th	Tonga	12.43%	0.0%
148th	United Kingdom	12.38%	0.4%
149th	Azerbaijan	12.16%	0.4%
150th	Argentina	11.73%	-1.0%
151st	Armenia	11.65%	-0.1%
152nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	11.49%	-1.1%
153rd	Rwanda	11.28%	-0.8%
154th	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.07%	0.0%
155th	Mali	10.90%	0.0%
156th	Moldova	10.84%	0.8%
157th	Netherlands	10.81%	0.4%
158th	Cabo Verde	10.15%	0.7%
159th	Ireland	9.67%	1.4%
160th	Namibia	9.44%	-0.9%
161st	Mongolia	9.16%	0.0%
162nd	Eritrea	9.14%	-16.8%
163rd	Turkmenistan	8.78%	0.0%
164th	Uruguay	8.65%	2.5%
165th	Burundi	7.55%	0.0%
166th	Uzbekistan	7.15%	1.3%
167th	Israel	7.09%	0.1%
168th	Kenya	6.72%	-0.9%
169th	Kyrgyz Republic	6.26%	0.4%
170th	Isle of Man	6.07%	0.0%
171st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	6.06%	1.4%
172nd	Pakistan	5.64%	-1.0%
173rd	Chad	4.78%	-1.3%
174th	Channel Islands	4.58%	2.1%
175th	United Arab Emirates	4.40%	0.3%
176th	Tunisia	4.35%	0.3%
177th	Tajikistan	2.93%	0.0%
178th	Maldives	2.73%	0.0%
179th	Syrian Arab Republic	2.48%	1.3%
180th	Aruba	2.33%	0.0%
181st	Iraq	1.88%	0.1%
182nd	Afghanistan	1.85%	0.0%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	1.57%	0.9%
184th	Kiribati	1.46%	0.0%
185th	Kazakhstan	1.16%	-0.2%
186th	Lesotho	1.14%	0.0%
187th	Jordan	1.10%	0.0%
188th	Malta	1.09%	0.0%
189th	Yemen, Republic of	1.04%	0.0%
190th	Niger	1.01%	-1.0%
191st	Algeria	0.72%	2.0%
192nd	Bahrain	0.59%	2.2%
193rd	Saudi Arabia	0.45%	0.0%
194th	Mauritania	0.39%	-1.3%
195th	Iceland	0.36%	4.3%
196th	Kuwait	0.30%	2.7%
197th	Djibouti	0.24%	0.0%
198th	Libya	0.12%	0.0%
199th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.06%	1.1%
200th	Faroe Islands	0.06%	0.0%
201st	Oman	0.01%	0.0%
202nd	Greenland	0.00%	0.0%
203rd	Gibraltar	0.00%	-
204th	Monaco	0.00%	-
205th	Nauru	0.00%	-
206th	Qatar	0.00%	-

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's forest area in 2004?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area in 2004 was 34.15%. This ranked 93rd globally.

How did Sri Lanka's forest area change in 2004?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area decreased by 0.3% in 2004 compared to 2003.

Which country had the highest forest area in 2004?▾

Suriname had the highest forest area in 2004 at 95.48%.

What is the forest area of Sri Lanka in 2004?▾

The forest area of Sri Lanka in 2004 was 34.15%. This ranked 93rd globally.

How does 2004 compare to 2003 for Sri Lanka's forest area?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area went from 34.25% in 2003 to 34.15% in 2004, a 0.3% decrease.

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