Timor-Leste - Forest Area 2012
62.70%
−0.09% from 2011
Timor-Leste's forest area was 62.70% in 2012, decreased +0.09% from 62.79% in 2011. This was the 24th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Suriname | 95.20% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Guyana | 93.96% | -0.1% |
| 3rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 91.69% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Gabon | 91.69% | -0.1% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 90.35% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Equatorial Guinea | 89.67% | -0.3% |
| 7th | Palau | 88.55% | 0.2% |
| 8th | American Samoa | 86.85% | -0.2% |
| 9th | Liberia | 81.60% | -0.4% |
| 10th | Papua New Guinea | 79.75% | -0.1% |
| 11th | Finland | 73.41% | 0.1% |
| 12th | Seychelles | 73.26% | 0.0% |
| 13th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.18% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Lao PDR | 73.10% | -0.2% |
| 15th | Guinea-Bissau | 72.81% | -0.4% |
| 16th | Brunei Darussalam | 72.11% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Bhutan | 71.08% | 0.1% |
| 18th | Sweden | 68.83% | -0.1% |
| 19th | Japan | 68.47% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Korea | 65.43% | -0.3% |
| 21st | Northern Mariana Islands | 65.19% | -0.6% |
| 22nd | Congo, Republic of | 64.57% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Dominica | 63.83% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Timor-Leste | 62.70% | -0.1% |
| 25th | Zambia | 62.31% | -0.4% |
| 26th | Slovenia | 61.92% | 0.0% |
| 27th | Montenegro | 61.49% | 0.0% |
| 28th | Brazil | 60.84% | -0.3% |
| 29th | Belize | 59.97% | -0.8% |
| 30th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 59.53% | -0.8% |
| 31st | Fiji | 59.47% | 0.6% |
| 32nd | São Tomé and Principe | 59.23% | -1.1% |
| 33rd | Samoa | 58.49% | -0.3% |
| 34th | Honduras | 58.37% | -0.3% |
| 35th | Malaysia | 58.30% | 0.5% |
| 36th | Panama | 57.91% | -0.3% |
| 37th | Peru | 57.58% | -0.2% |
| 38th | Angola | 56.99% | -0.8% |
| 39th | Costa Rica | 56.87% | 0.6% |
| 40th | Cambodia | 56.04% | -3.4% |
| 41st | Estonia | 55.91% | 0.7% |
| 42nd | Tanzania | 55.55% | -0.8% |
| 43rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 55.52% | 0.1% |
| 44th | Colombia | 54.56% | -0.2% |
| 45th | Latvia | 54.31% | 0.1% |
| 46th | Virgin Islands (US) | 53.49% | 0.8% |
| 47th | Cayman Islands | 53.00% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Jamaica | 52.27% | 0.7% |
| 49th | Marshall Islands | 52.22% | 0.0% |
| 50th | Ecuador | 52.12% | -0.3% |
| 51st | Indonesia | 52.09% | -0.9% |
| 52nd | Grenada | 52.06% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 51.49% | -0.3% |
| 54th | Bahamas, The | 50.94% | 0.0% |
| 55th | Russian Federation | 49.77% | 0.0% |
| 56th | Mozambique | 49.03% | -0.5% |
| 57th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 48.61% | -0.4% |
| 58th | Myanmar | 47.25% | -0.9% |
| 59th | Paraguay | 47.17% | -2.2% |
| 60th | Austria | 46.90% | 0.1% |
| 61st | Zimbabwe | 46.05% | -0.3% |
| 62nd | New Caledonia | 45.89% | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Guam | 45.19% | 0.8% |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.14% | -0.2% |
| 65th | Cameroon | 43.98% | -0.3% |
| 66th | Viet Nam | 43.57% | 0.9% |
| 67th | Senegal | 43.57% | -0.5% |
| 68th | Dominican Republic | 43.17% | 0.3% |
| 69th | French Polynesia | 43.06% | 0.0% |
| 70th | Belarus | 42.54% | 0.0% |
| 71st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 42.31% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Liechtenstein | 41.87% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Nepal | 41.59% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.52% | 0.5% |
| 75th | Georgia | 40.62% | 0.0% |
| 76th | Slovak Republic | 39.92% | 0.0% |
| 77th | European Union | 39.36% | 0.2% |
| 78th | Thailand | 39.28% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Canada | 38.73% | 0.0% |
| 80th | North Macedonia | 38.62% | 0.7% |
| 81st | New Zealand | 37.40% | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Sierra Leone | 37.31% | -0.7% |
| 83rd | Spain | 37.08% | -0.1% |
| 84th | Vanuatu | 36.28% | 0.0% |
| 85th | Central African Republic | 36.19% | -0.1% |
| 86th | Portugal | 35.77% | 0.4% |
| 87th | Ghana | 34.80% | -0.2% |
| 88th | Bulgaria | 34.78% | 0.5% |
| 89th | Lithuania | 34.73% | 0.2% |
| 90th | Czechia | 34.47% | 0.1% |
| 91st | Luxembourg | 34.45% | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Croatia | 34.32% | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Mexico | 34.31% | -0.2% |
| 94th | Guatemala | 34.23% | -0.7% |
| 95th | St. Lucia | 34.05% | 0.0% |
| 96th | Andorra | 34.04% | 0.0% |
| 97th | Nicaragua | 33.87% | -1.4% |
| 98th | United States | 33.81% | 0.1% |
| 99th | Sri Lanka | 33.71% | 0.2% |
| 100th | Tuvalu | 33.33% | 0.0% |
| 101st | Norway | 33.18% | 0.1% |
| 102nd | Germany | 32.75% | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Switzerland | 31.42% | 0.3% |
| 104th | Benin | 31.35% | -1.4% |
| 105th | Serbia | 31.05% | 0.0% |
| 106th | Italy | 30.89% | 0.6% |
| 107th | France | 30.77% | 0.5% |
| 108th | Poland | 30.58% | 0.2% |
| 109th | Greece | 30.27% | 0.0% |
| 110th | El Salvador | 29.92% | -0.7% |
| 111th | Romania | 28.99% | 1.2% |
| 112th | Albania | 28.65% | 0.2% |
| 113th | Botswana | 28.59% | -0.7% |
| 114th | Gambia, The | 28.51% | -1.9% |
| 115th | Cuba | 28.44% | 1.9% |
| 116th | Eswatini | 28.36% | 0.2% |
| 117th | Türkiye | 27.68% | 0.5% |
| 118th | Malawi | 27.34% | -1.6% |
| 119th | Guinea | 26.44% | -0.6% |
| 120th | Nigeria | 25.18% | -0.7% |
| 121st | St. Martin (French part) | 24.80% | 0.0% |
| 122nd | Singapore | 24.41% | -1.7% |
| 123rd | British Virgin Islands | 24.21% | -0.1% |
| 124th | Burkina Faso | 24.18% | -0.8% |
| 125th | India | 23.55% | 0.4% |
| 126th | Philippines | 23.17% | 0.5% |
| 127th | Chile | 22.96% | 1.0% |
| 128th | Belgium | 22.74% | 0.0% |
| 129th | Togo | 22.67% | -0.2% |
| 130th | Hungary | 22.67% | 0.1% |
| 131st | China | 21.78% | 1.0% |
| 132nd | Madagascar | 21.55% | -0.1% |
| 133rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 19.65% | -0.8% |
| 134th | Comoros | 19.57% | -1.2% |
| 135th | Mauritius | 19.21% | 0.0% |
| 136th | Cyprus | 18.70% | 0.0% |
| 137th | Bermuda | 18.52% | 0.0% |
| 138th | Australia | 17.05% | 0.5% |
| 139th | San Marino | 16.67% | 0.0% |
| 140th | Ukraine | 16.56% | 0.2% |
| 141st | Denmark | 15.04% | 1.3% |
| 142nd | Barbados | 14.65% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Bangladesh | 14.49% | -0.1% |
| 144th | South Africa | 14.30% | -0.2% |
| 145th | Lebanon | 13.54% | 0.4% |
| 146th | Haiti | 13.50% | -0.8% |
| 147th | Uganda | 13.30% | -1.5% |
| 148th | United Kingdom | 12.80% | 0.6% |
| 149th | Morocco | 12.72% | 0.0% |
| 150th | Azerbaijan | 12.71% | 0.9% |
| 151st | Tonga | 12.43% | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.76% | -2.9% |
| 153rd | Armenia | 11.60% | -0.1% |
| 154th | Moldova | 11.54% | 0.6% |
| 155th | South Sudan | 11.33% | - |
| 156th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.07% | 0.0% |
| 157th | Netherlands | 10.97% | -0.5% |
| 158th | Mali | 10.90% | 0.0% |
| 159th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 10.88% | 0.0% |
| 160th | Argentina | 10.88% | -0.7% |
| 161st | Rwanda | 10.82% | 0.4% |
| 162nd | Cabo Verde | 10.75% | 0.7% |
| 163rd | Ireland | 10.66% | 0.9% |
| 164th | Sudan | 10.56% | - |
| 165th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 10.51% | -1.2% |
| 166th | Uruguay | 10.32% | 2.1% |
| 167th | Mongolia | 9.11% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Eritrea | 8.92% | -0.3% |
| 169th | Burundi | 8.89% | 8.1% |
| 170th | Turkmenistan | 8.78% | 0.0% |
| 171st | Namibia | 8.75% | -1.0% |
| 172nd | Uzbekistan | 7.87% | 1.2% |
| 173rd | Israel | 7.32% | 1.4% |
| 174th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.56% | 0.0% |
| 175th | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.46% | 0.4% |
| 176th | Kenya | 6.29% | -0.5% |
| 177th | Isle of Man | 6.07% | 0.0% |
| 178th | Pakistan | 5.23% | -0.8% |
| 179th | Channel Islands | 5.15% | 0.0% |
| 180th | United Arab Emirates | 4.47% | 0.0% |
| 181st | Tunisia | 4.44% | 0.2% |
| 182nd | Chad | 4.19% | -2.4% |
| 183rd | Tajikistan | 2.96% | 0.6% |
| 184th | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.75% | 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 | 1.67% | 0.4% |
| 190th | Kiribati | 1.46% | 0.0% |
| 191st | Kazakhstan | 1.18% | 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 | 0.93% | -1.0% |
| 197th | Algeria | 0.81% | 0.4% |
| 198th | Bahrain | 0.72% | 2.6% |
| 199th | Iceland | 0.46% | 1.5% |
| 200th | Saudi Arabia | 0.45% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Kuwait | 0.35% | 0.0% |
| 202nd | Mauritania | 0.35% | -1.5% |
| 203rd | Djibouti | 0.24% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Curaçao | 0.16% | 0.0% |
| 205th | Libya | 0.12% | 0.0% |
| 206th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.06% | -5.5% |
| 207th | Faroe Islands | 0.06% | 0.0% |
| 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 Timor-Leste's forest area in 2012?▾
Timor-Leste's forest area in 2012 was 62.70%. This ranked 24th globally.
How did Timor-Leste's forest area change in 2012?▾
Timor-Leste's forest area decreased by 0.1% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest forest area in 2012?▾
Suriname had the highest forest area in 2012 at 95.20%.
What is the forest area of Timor-Leste in 2012?▾
The forest area of Timor-Leste in 2012 was 62.70%. This ranked 24th globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Timor-Leste's forest area?▾
Timor-Leste's forest area went from 62.79% in 2011 to 62.70% in 2012, a 0.1% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Timor-Leste matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2012. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.5%. View full analysis →
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