| Forest area (% of land area) | ||||
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | |
| World | 31.8 | 31.3 | 31.0 | 30.8 |
| Low income | 31.5 | 29.8 | 28.1 | 27.4 |
| Middle income | 33.2 | 32.6 | 32.3 | 32.1 |
| High income | 28.4 | 28.6 | 28.7 | 28.9 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 25.8 | 25.7 | 26.2 | 26.3 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 38.4 | 38.5 | 38.9 | 38.9 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 52.7 | 50.3 | 48.1 | 47.5 |
| Middle East & North Africa | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| South Asia | 16.5 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 17.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.5 | 28.0 | 26.6 | 25.7 |
| Mozambique | 55.2 | 52.4 | 49.6 | 48.2 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| India | 21.5 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 23.8 |
| China | 16.7 | 18.9 | 21.4 | 22.2 |
| Brazil | 65.4 | 62.4 | 59.6 | 59.0 |
| Turkey | 12.5 | 13.2 | 14.6 | 15.2 |
| Russian Federation | 49.4 | 49.4 | 49.8 | 49.8 |
| Germany | 32.4 | 32.5 | 32.7 | 32.8 |
| United States | 33.0 | 33.1 | 33.7 | 33.9 |
| Source: World Bank Data | ||||
| The links above will take you directly to relevant pages at www.worldbank.org | ||||
| The geographical regions do not include high income countries | ||||
| /karsten duus 11/2016 | ||||