Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.330% in Sri Lanka in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in Sri Lanka reached an all time high of 0.364% in 1990 and an all time low of 0.330% in 2015. When compared to Sri Lanka's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in India amounted to 0.238%, 0.676% in Malaysia, 0.033% in Maldives and 0.445% in Myanmar in 2015.
Sri Lanka has been ranked 80th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area (As % of Country Land Area) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Bangladesh | % | 0.111% | 0.111% | 0.111% | 0.110% | 0.110% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | % | 0.579% | 0.572% | 0.565% | 0.557% | 0.550% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| China | % | 0.212% | 0.214% | 0.215% | 0.217% | 0.219% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| India | % | 0.233% | 0.235% | 0.235% | 0.236% | 0.237% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 0.525% | 0.521% | 0.517% | 0.514% | 0.510% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Laos | % | 0.764% | 0.772% | 0.780% | 0.788% | 0.796% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 0.666% | 0.673% | 0.674% | 0.674% | 0.675% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | 0.033% | 0.033% | 0.033% | 0.033% | 0.033% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | 0.491% | 0.486% | 0.478% | 0.470% | 0.461% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 0.022% | 0.022% | 0.021% | 0.021% | 0.020% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 0.234% | 0.228% | 0.232% | 0.232% | 0.231% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | 0.336% | 0.335% | 0.334% | 0.333% | 0.332% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Thailand | % | 0.317% | 0.318% | 0.319% | 0.319% | 0.320% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | 0.449% | 0.456% | 0.460% | 0.464% | 0.468% | ... |
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