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Sri Lanka - Forest Area 2008

Name: Sri Lanka Forest Area 2008
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Forest area as % of land area · World Bank

33.75% −0.10% from 2007 Global rank: 97th

Sri Lanka's forest area was 33.75% in 2008, decreased +0.10% from 33.85% in 2007. This was the 97th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Forest Area by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Suriname	95.37%	0.0%
2nd	Guyana	94.13%	0.0%
3rd	Gabon	91.82%	0.0%
4th	Micronesia, Federated States of	91.54%	0.0%
5th	Equatorial Guinea	90.86%	-0.3%
6th	Solomon Islands	90.45%	0.0%
7th	Palau	87.75%	0.2%
8th	American Samoa	87.45%	-0.2%
9th	Liberia	82.85%	-0.4%
10th	Papua New Guinea	79.93%	0.0%
11th	Guinea-Bissau	74.02%	-0.4%
12th	Lao PDR	73.82%	-0.3%
13th	Finland	73.32%	0.0%
14th	Seychelles	73.26%	0.0%
15th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	73.18%	0.0%
16th	Brunei Darussalam	72.75%	-0.4%
17th	Bhutan	70.45%	0.4%
18th	Sweden	68.96%	0.0%
19th	Japan	68.44%	0.0%
20th	Northern Mariana Islands	66.63%	-0.5%
21st	Korea	66.04%	-0.2%
22nd	Congo, Republic of	64.71%	-0.1%
23rd	Dominica	63.83%	0.0%
24th	Timor-Leste	63.07%	-0.1%
25th	Zambia	62.91%	-0.1%
26th	Brazil	62.15%	-0.8%
27th	Slovenia	61.76%	0.1%
28th	Belize	61.59%	-0.5%
29th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	61.10%	-0.5%
30th	São Tomé and Principe	60.58%	0.0%
31st	Cambodia	60.21%	-0.2%
32nd	Samoa	59.17%	-0.3%
33rd	Honduras	59.13%	-0.3%
34th	Angola	58.77%	-0.8%
35th	Panama	58.53%	-0.3%
36th	Montenegro	58.50%	2.6%
37th	Malaysia	58.12%	-0.4%
38th	Peru	58.05%	-0.2%
39th	Fiji	58.01%	0.6%
40th	Tanzania	57.23%	-0.7%
41st	Costa Rica	56.18%	0.0%
42nd	Colombia	55.15%	-0.3%
43rd	Estonia	54.65%	0.4%
44th	Puerto Rico (US)	54.00%	1.3%
45th	Virgin Islands (US)	53.82%	-1.1%
46th	Latvia	53.77%	0.4%
47th	Indonesia	53.25%	-0.2%
48th	Cayman Islands	53.18%	-0.2%
49th	Ecuador	53.02%	-0.5%
50th	Marshall Islands	52.22%	0.0%
51st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	52.20%	-0.3%
52nd	Grenada	52.06%	0.0%
53rd	Paraguay	50.98%	-1.7%
54th	Bahamas, The	50.94%	0.0%
55th	Jamaica	50.87%	0.7%
56th	Mozambique	50.12%	-0.6%
57th	Russian Federation	49.70%	0.1%
58th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	49.38%	-0.4%
59th	Myanmar	49.17%	-1.0%
60th	Austria	46.75%	0.1%
61st	Zimbabwe	46.52%	-0.3%
62nd	New Caledonia	45.89%	0.0%
63rd	Trinidad and Tobago	45.47%	-0.2%
64th	Cameroon	44.51%	-0.3%
65th	Guam	44.44%	0.0%
66th	Senegal	44.38%	-0.4%
67th	French Polynesia	43.01%	0.1%
68th	Dominican Republic	42.50%	0.5%
69th	St. Kitts and Nevis	42.31%	0.0%
70th	Belarus	42.18%	0.4%
71st	Liechtenstein	41.87%	0.0%
72nd	Viet Nam	41.78%	1.2%
73rd	Nepal	41.34%	0.3%
74th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.10%	0.0%
75th	Georgia	40.44%	0.2%
76th	Slovak Republic	39.80%	0.1%
77th	European Union	38.98%	0.3%
78th	Thailand	38.87%	0.5%
79th	Canada	38.75%	0.0%
80th	Sierra Leone	38.40%	-0.7%
81st	North Macedonia	38.04%	0.0%
82nd	New Zealand	37.40%	0.0%
83rd	Nicaragua	36.82%	-2.7%
84th	Spain	36.60%	0.9%
85th	Central African Republic	36.38%	-0.1%
86th	Vanuatu	36.28%	0.0%
87th	Ghana	35.70%	-1.1%
88th	Guatemala	35.65%	-1.3%
89th	Portugal	35.62%	-0.1%
90th	Mexico	34.58%	-0.2%
91st	Czechia	34.35%	0.1%
92nd	Luxembourg	34.30%	0.2%
93rd	Croatia	34.18%	0.2%
94th	Lithuania	34.14%	0.7%
95th	St. Lucia	34.13%	-0.1%
96th	Andorra	34.04%	0.0%
97th	Sri Lanka	33.75%	-0.3%
98th	Bulgaria	33.74%	1.0%
99th	United States	33.64%	0.3%
100th	Tuvalu	33.33%	0.0%
101st	Norway	33.14%	0.0%
102nd	Benin	33.12%	-1.3%
103rd	Germany	32.69%	0.1%
104th	Switzerland	31.05%	0.3%
105th	El Salvador	30.79%	-0.7%
106th	Gambia, The	30.78%	-1.8%
107th	Serbia	30.44%	1.0%
108th	Poland	30.28%	0.3%
109th	Italy	30.08%	0.7%
110th	France	30.05%	0.7%
111th	Greece	29.80%	0.8%
112th	Botswana	29.42%	-0.7%
113th	Malawi	29.12%	-1.5%
114th	Albania	28.45%	0.2%
115th	Romania	28.21%	0.2%
116th	Eswatini	28.08%	0.3%
117th	Türkiye	27.15%	0.4%
118th	Guinea	27.03%	-0.5%
119th	Cuba	26.61%	1.8%
120th	Nigeria	25.90%	-0.7%
121st	Singapore	25.14%	-0.3%
122nd	Burkina Faso	24.91%	-0.7%
123rd	British Virgin Islands	24.31%	-0.1%
124th	Philippines	23.25%	-0.7%
125th	India	23.25%	0.3%
126th	Togo	22.89%	-0.2%
127th	Belgium	22.59%	0.3%
128th	Hungary	22.56%	0.6%
129th	Chile	22.25%	0.6%
130th	Madagascar	21.76%	-0.4%
131st	China	20.87%	1.2%
132nd	Comoros	20.51%	-1.1%
133rd	Antigua and Barbuda	20.26%	-0.7%
134th	Mauritius	19.26%	-0.9%
135th	Cyprus	18.68%	0.1%
136th	Bermuda	18.52%	0.0%
137th	Australia	16.92%	-0.2%
138th	San Marino	16.67%	0.0%
139th	Ukraine	16.47%	0.0%
140th	Barbados	14.65%	0.0%
141st	Denmark	14.59%	0.3%
142nd	Bangladesh	14.56%	-0.2%
143rd	South Africa	14.42%	-0.2%
144th	Uganda	14.18%	-1.4%
145th	Haiti	13.75%	-0.1%
146th	Lebanon	13.44%	-0.1%
147th	Côte d'Ivoire	13.18%	-2.6%
148th	Morocco	12.64%	0.3%
149th	United Kingdom	12.56%	0.3%
150th	Tonga	12.43%	0.0%
151st	Azerbaijan	12.39%	0.4%
152nd	Armenia	11.63%	-0.1%
153rd	Argentina	11.27%	-1.0%
154th	Moldova	11.20%	0.8%
155th	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.07%	0.0%
156th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	11.00%	-1.1%
157th	Netherlands	10.98%	0.4%
158th	Rwanda	10.92%	-0.8%
159th	Mali	10.90%	0.0%
160th	Cabo Verde	10.45%	0.7%
161st	Ireland	10.20%	1.3%
162nd	Uruguay	9.48%	2.2%
163rd	Mongolia	9.12%	-0.1%
164th	Namibia	9.10%	-0.9%
165th	Eritrea	9.03%	-0.3%
166th	Turkmenistan	8.78%	0.0%
167th	Burundi	7.55%	0.0%
168th	Uzbekistan	7.51%	1.2%
169th	Israel	7.11%	0.1%
170th	Kenya	6.48%	-0.9%
171st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	6.40%	1.3%
172nd	Kyrgyz Republic	6.36%	0.4%
173rd	Isle of Man	6.07%	0.0%
174th	Pakistan	5.42%	-1.0%
175th	Channel Islands	4.96%	2.0%
176th	Chad	4.52%	-1.4%
177th	United Arab Emirates	4.45%	0.2%
178th	Tunisia	4.40%	0.3%
179th	Tajikistan	2.93%	0.0%
180th	Maldives	2.73%	0.0%
181st	Syrian Arab Republic	2.61%	1.3%
182nd	Aruba	2.33%	0.0%
183rd	Iraq	1.88%	0.1%
184th	Afghanistan	1.85%	0.0%
185th	West Bank and Gaza	1.62%	0.9%
186th	Kiribati	1.46%	0.0%
187th	Kazakhstan	1.15%	-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	0.97%	-1.0%
193rd	Algeria	0.78%	1.9%
194th	Bahrain	0.64%	1.8%
195th	Saudi Arabia	0.45%	0.0%
196th	Iceland	0.42%	3.7%
197th	Mauritania	0.37%	-1.4%
198th	Kuwait	0.34%	2.4%
199th	Djibouti	0.24%	0.0%
200th	Libya	0.12%	0.0%
201st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.06%	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 Sri Lanka's forest area in 2008?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area in 2008 was 33.75%. This ranked 97th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's forest area change in 2008?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area decreased by 0.3% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest forest area in 2008?▾

Suriname had the highest forest area in 2008 at 95.37%.

What is the forest area of Sri Lanka in 2008?▾

The forest area of Sri Lanka in 2008 was 33.75%. This ranked 97th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Sri Lanka's forest area?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area went from 33.85% in 2007 to 33.75% in 2008, a 0.3% decrease.

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