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Sri Lanka - Forest Area 2015

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Forest area as % of land area · World Bank

34.40% +0.53% from 2014 Global rank: 92nd

Sri Lanka's forest area was 34.40% in 2015, increased +0.53% from 33.87% in 2014. This was the 92nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Forest Area by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Suriname	95.02%	-0.1%
2nd	Guyana	93.78%	-0.1%
3rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	91.81%	0.0%
4th	Gabon	91.55%	-0.1%
5th	Solomon Islands	90.27%	0.0%
6th	Palau	89.11%	0.2%
7th	Equatorial Guinea	88.78%	-0.3%
8th	American Samoa	86.40%	-0.2%
9th	Liberia	80.66%	-0.4%
10th	Papua New Guinea	79.55%	-0.1%
11th	Finland	73.74%	0.1%
12th	Seychelles	73.26%	0.0%
13th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	73.18%	0.0%
14th	Lao PDR	72.65%	-0.2%
15th	Brunei Darussalam	72.11%	0.0%
16th	Guinea-Bissau	71.91%	-0.4%
17th	Bhutan	71.23%	0.1%
18th	Sweden	68.69%	-0.1%
19th	Japan	68.43%	0.0%
20th	Korea	65.03%	-0.2%
21st	Congo, Republic of	64.47%	-0.1%
22nd	Northern Mariana Islands	64.11%	-0.6%
23rd	Dominica	63.83%	0.0%
24th	Timor-Leste	62.41%	-0.2%
25th	Slovenia	61.96%	0.0%
26th	Zambia	61.55%	-0.4%
27th	Montenegro	61.49%	0.0%
28th	Fiji	60.57%	0.6%
29th	Brazil	60.29%	-0.3%
30th	Malaysia	59.24%	0.5%
31st	Belize	58.43%	-0.9%
32nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	58.08%	-0.8%
33rd	Samoa	57.98%	-0.3%
34th	Costa Rica	57.83%	0.6%
35th	Honduras	57.77%	-0.3%
36th	Panama	57.62%	-0.3%
37th	São Tomé and Principe	57.29%	-1.1%
38th	Peru	57.18%	-0.2%
39th	Estonia	55.69%	0.7%
40th	Puerto Rico (US)	55.68%	0.1%
41st	Angola	55.65%	-0.8%
42nd	Virgin Islands (US)	54.74%	0.8%
43rd	Latvia	54.50%	0.1%
44th	Tanzania	54.29%	-0.8%
45th	Colombia	54.20%	-0.2%
46th	Jamaica	53.32%	0.7%
47th	Cayman Islands	53.00%	0.0%
48th	Marshall Islands	52.22%	0.0%
49th	Grenada	52.06%	0.0%
50th	Ecuador	51.62%	-0.3%
51st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	50.96%	-0.3%
52nd	Bahamas, The	50.94%	0.0%
53rd	Indonesia	50.61%	-1.0%
54th	Cambodia	50.12%	-3.8%
55th	Russian Federation	49.76%	0.0%
56th	Mozambique	48.25%	-0.5%
57th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	48.03%	-0.4%
58th	Austria	47.03%	0.1%
59th	Guam	46.30%	0.8%
60th	Myanmar	45.92%	-1.0%
61st	New Caledonia	45.87%	0.0%
62nd	Zimbabwe	45.69%	-0.3%
63rd	Trinidad and Tobago	44.89%	-0.2%
64th	Viet Nam	44.87%	1.0%
65th	Paraguay	44.04%	-2.3%
66th	Cameroon	43.62%	-0.3%
67th	Dominican Republic	43.54%	0.3%
68th	French Polynesia	43.06%	0.0%
69th	Senegal	42.94%	-0.5%
70th	Belarus	42.53%	0.0%
71st	St. Kitts and Nevis	42.31%	0.0%
72nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.20%	0.5%
73rd	Liechtenstein	41.88%	0.0%
74th	Nepal	41.59%	0.0%
75th	Georgia	40.62%	0.0%
76th	Slovak Republic	39.97%	0.0%
77th	European Union	39.59%	0.2%
78th	North Macedonia	39.43%	0.7%
79th	Thailand	39.27%	0.0%
80th	Canada	38.72%	0.0%
81st	New Zealand	37.40%	0.0%
82nd	Spain	37.13%	0.1%
83rd	Sierra Leone	36.49%	-0.7%
84th	Vanuatu	36.28%	0.0%
85th	Portugal	36.15%	0.4%
86th	Central African Republic	36.04%	-0.1%
87th	Bulgaria	35.31%	0.5%
88th	Lithuania	34.91%	0.2%
89th	Ghana	34.63%	-0.2%
90th	Czechia	34.56%	0.1%
91st	Luxembourg	34.45%	0.0%
92nd	Sri Lanka	34.40%	1.6%
93rd	Croatia	34.34%	0.0%
94th	Mexico	34.12%	-0.2%
95th	St. Lucia	34.05%	0.0%
96th	Andorra	34.04%	0.0%
97th	United States	33.90%	0.1%
98th	Guatemala	33.46%	-0.8%
99th	Tuvalu	33.33%	0.0%
100th	Norway	33.25%	0.0%
101st	Germany	32.73%	0.0%
102nd	Nicaragua	32.47%	-1.4%
103rd	Switzerland	31.69%	0.3%
104th	Italy	31.44%	0.6%
105th	France	31.24%	0.5%
106th	Serbia	31.09%	0.0%
107th	Poland	30.77%	0.2%
108th	Cuba	30.59%	1.5%
109th	Greece	30.27%	0.0%
110th	Benin	30.02%	-1.5%
111th	Romania	29.99%	1.1%
112th	El Salvador	29.27%	-0.7%
113th	Albania	28.80%	0.2%
114th	Eswatini	28.58%	0.2%
115th	Türkiye	28.10%	0.5%
116th	Botswana	27.96%	-0.7%
117th	Gambia, The	26.81%	-2.1%
118th	Malawi	26.00%	-1.7%
119th	Guinea	26.00%	-0.6%
120th	St. Martin (French part)	24.80%	0.0%
121st	Nigeria	24.64%	-0.7%
122nd	British Virgin Islands	24.13%	-0.1%
123rd	India	23.82%	0.4%
124th	Chile	23.72%	1.0%
125th	Burkina Faso	23.63%	-0.8%
126th	Philippines	23.52%	0.5%
127th	Singapore	23.23%	-1.5%
128th	Belgium	22.72%	0.0%
129th	Hungary	22.58%	0.1%
130th	Togo	22.51%	-0.2%
131st	China	22.40%	0.9%
132nd	Madagascar	21.48%	-0.1%
133rd	Antigua and Barbuda	19.20%	-0.8%
134th	Mauritius	19.18%	0.0%
135th	Comoros	18.87%	-1.2%
136th	Cyprus	18.69%	0.0%
137th	Bermuda	18.52%	0.0%
138th	Australia	17.32%	0.5%
139th	Ukraine	16.67%	0.2%
140th	San Marino	16.67%	0.0%
141st	Denmark	15.62%	1.2%
142nd	Barbados	14.65%	0.0%
143rd	Bangladesh	14.47%	-0.1%
144th	South Africa	14.21%	-0.2%
145th	Lebanon	13.72%	0.4%
146th	Haiti	13.17%	-0.8%
147th	United Kingdom	13.04%	0.6%
148th	Azerbaijan	13.04%	0.8%
149th	Morocco	12.74%	0.0%
150th	Uganda	12.69%	-1.6%
151st	Tonga	12.43%	0.0%
152nd	Moldova	11.75%	0.6%
153rd	Armenia	11.57%	-0.1%
154th	South Sudan	11.33%	0.0%
155th	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.07%	0.0%
156th	Cabo Verde	10.97%	0.7%
157th	Uruguay	10.97%	2.0%
158th	Ireland	10.95%	0.9%
159th	Rwanda	10.94%	0.4%
160th	Mali	10.90%	0.0%
161st	Burundi	10.89%	6.5%
162nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	10.88%	0.0%
163rd	Netherlands	10.84%	-0.4%
164th	Côte d'Ivoire	10.70%	-3.2%
165th	Argentina	10.63%	-0.8%
166th	Sudan	10.28%	-0.9%
167th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	10.14%	-1.2%
168th	Mongolia	9.10%	0.0%
169th	Eritrea	8.85%	-0.3%
170th	Turkmenistan	8.78%	0.0%
171st	Namibia	8.50%	-1.0%
172nd	Uzbekistan	8.06%	0.0%
173rd	Israel	7.62%	1.4%
174th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	6.56%	0.0%
175th	Kyrgyz Republic	6.53%	0.4%
176th	Kenya	6.17%	-0.9%
177th	Isle of Man	6.07%	0.0%
178th	Channel Islands	5.15%	0.0%
179th	Pakistan	5.10%	-0.8%
180th	Tunisia	4.47%	0.2%
181st	United Arab Emirates	4.47%	0.0%
182nd	Chad	3.88%	-2.6%
183rd	Tajikistan	3.04%	0.6%
184th	Syrian Arab Republic	2.84%	1.2%
185th	Maldives	2.73%	0.0%
186th	Aruba	2.33%	0.0%
187th	Iraq	1.90%	0.0%
188th	Afghanistan	1.85%	0.0%
189th	West Bank and Gaza	1.68%	0.4%
190th	Kiribati	1.46%	0.0%
191st	Kazakhstan	1.23%	1.4%
192nd	Lesotho	1.14%	0.0%
193rd	Jordan	1.10%	0.0%
194th	Malta	1.09%	0.0%
195th	Yemen, Republic of	1.04%	0.0%
196th	Niger	0.90%	-1.1%
197th	Algeria	0.82%	0.4%
198th	Bahrain	0.77%	1.8%
199th	Iceland	0.48%	1.5%
200th	Saudi Arabia	0.45%	0.0%
201st	Kuwait	0.35%	0.0%
202nd	Mauritania	0.33%	-1.6%
203rd	Djibouti	0.24%	0.0%
204th	Curaçao	0.16%	0.0%
205th	Libya	0.12%	0.0%
206th	Faroe Islands	0.06%	0.0%
207th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.05%	-6.6%
208th	Oman	0.01%	0.0%
209th	Greenland	0.00%	0.0%
210th	Gibraltar	0.00%	-
211th	Monaco	0.00%	-
212th	Nauru	0.00%	-
213th	Qatar	0.00%	-

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's forest area in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area in 2015 was 34.40%. This ranked 92nd globally.

How did Sri Lanka's forest area change in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area increased by 1.6% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest forest area in 2015?▾

Suriname had the highest forest area in 2015 at 95.02%.

What is the forest area of Sri Lanka in 2015?▾

The forest area of Sri Lanka in 2015 was 34.40%. This ranked 92nd globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Sri Lanka's forest area?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area went from 33.87% in 2014 to 34.40% in 2015, a 1.6% increase.

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