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Sri Lanka - Forest Area 2010

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Forest area as % of land area · World Bank

33.55% −0.10% from 2009 Global rank: 99th

Sri Lanka's forest area was 33.55% in 2010, decreased +0.10% from 33.65% in 2009. This was the 99th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2010▾

Forest Area by Country - 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 Sri Lanka's forest area in 2010?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area in 2010 was 33.55%. This ranked 99th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's forest area change in 2010?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area decreased by 0.3% 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 Sri Lanka in 2010?▾

The forest area of Sri Lanka in 2010 was 33.55%. This ranked 99th globally.

How does 2010 compare to 2009 for Sri Lanka's forest area?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area went from 33.65% in 2009 to 33.55% in 2010, a 0.3% decrease.

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