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Forest Land Area (As % of Country Land Area)

Suriname

Seychelles

Gabon

Guyana

Laos

Papua New Guinea

Finland

Bhutan

Brunei

Guinea Bissau

Sweden

Japan

Malaysia

Dem. Republic of the Congo

Zambia

Source: World Bank

Based on a comparison of 168 countries in 2015, Suriname ranked the highest in forest land area as a share of country land area with 0.983% followed by Seychelles and Gabon. On the other end of the scale was Oman with < 0.001%, Egypt with < 0.001% and Libya with 0.001%.

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Czech
Banking
Quarterly
1Q2023

Country	Unit
Afghanistan	%
Albania	%
Algeria	%
Angola	%
Argentina	%
Armenia	%
Australia	%
Austria	%
Azerbaijan	%
Bahamas	%
Bahrain	%
Bangladesh	%
Belarus	%
Belgium	%
Belize	%
Benin	%
Bhutan	%
Bolivia	%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	%
Botswana	%
Brazil	%
Brunei	%
Bulgaria	%
Burkina Faso	%
Burundi	%
Cambodia	%
Cameroon	%
Canada	%
Cayman Islands	%
Central African Republic	%
Chad	%
Chile	%
China	%
Colombia	%
Comoros	%
Congo	%
Costa Rica	%
Croatia	%
Cuba	%
Cyprus	%
Czechia	%
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	%
Dem. Republic of the Congo	%
Denmark	%
Djibouti	%
Dominican Republic	%
East Timor	%
Ecuador	%
Egypt	%
El Salvador	%
Equatorial Guinea	%
Eritrea	%
Estonia	%
Ethiopia	%
European Union	%
Fiji	%
Finland	%
France	%
Gabon	%
Gambia	%
Georgia	%
Germany	%
Ghana	%
Greece	%
Guatemala	%
Guinea	%
Guinea Bissau	%
Guyana	%
Haiti	%
Honduras	%
Hungary	%
Iceland	%
India	%
Indonesia	%
Iraq	%
Iran	%
Ireland	%
Israel	%
Italy	%
Ivory Coast	%
Jamaica	%
Japan	%
Jordan	%
Kazakhstan	%
Kenya	%
Kuwait	%
Kyrgyzstan	%
Laos	%
Latvia	%
Lebanon	%
Lesotho	%
Liberia	%
Libya	%
Liechtenstein	%
Lithuania	%
Luxembourg	%
Macedonia	%
Madagascar	%
Malawi	%
Malaysia	%
Maldives	%
Mali	%
Malta	%
Mauritania	%
Mauritius	%
Mexico	%
Mongolia	%
Montenegro	%
Morocco	%
Mozambique	%
Myanmar	%
Namibia	%
Nepal	%
Netherlands	%
New Zealand	%
Nicaragua	%
Niger	%
Nigeria	%
Norway	%
Oman	%
Pakistan	%
Palestine	%
Panama	%
Papua New Guinea	%
Paraguay	%
Peru	%
Philippines	%
Poland	%
Portugal	%
Puerto Rico	%
Romania	%
Russia	%
Rwanda	%
Saudi Arabia	%
Senegal	%
Serbia	%
Seychelles	%
Sierra Leone	%
Singapore	%
Slovakia	%
Slovenia	%
Somalia	%
South Africa	%
South Korea	%
Spain	%
Sri Lanka	%
Sudan	%
Suriname	%
Swaziland	%
Sweden	%
Switzerland	%
Syria	%
Tajikistan	%
Thailand	%
Togo	%
Trinidad and Tobago	%
Tunisia	%
Turkey	%
Turkmenistan	%
Uganda	%
Ukraine	%
United Arab Emirates	%
United Kingdom	%
USA	%
Uruguay	%
Uzbekistan	%
Venezuela	%
Vietnam	%
Yemen	%
Zambia	%
Zimbabwe	%
World	%

1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
													0.021	0.021	0.021	0.021	0.021	...
													0.284	0.283	0.283	0.283	0.282	...
													0.008	0.008	0.008	0.008	0.008	...
													0.470	0.469	0.468	0.467	0.466	...
													0.106	0.104	0.103	0.102	0.101	...
													0.116	0.116	0.116	0.116	0.116	...
													0.162	0.160	0.161	0.161	0.162	...
													0.467	0.468	0.468	0.468	0.468	...
													0.119	0.122	0.125	0.128	0.131	...
													0.514	0.514	0.514	0.514	0.514	...
				...					...				0.007	0.013	0.007	0.007	0.007	...
													0.111	0.111	0.111	0.110	0.110	...
													0.420	0.421	0.422	0.423	0.424	...
...	...	...	...										0.225	0.225	0.225	0.225	0.225	...
													0.612	0.610	0.608	0.606	0.603	...
													0.409	0.404	0.400	0.396	0.391	...
													0.707	0.710	0.712	0.715	0.718	...
													0.524	0.519	0.516	0.514	0.511	...
													0.427	0.427	0.427	0.427	0.427	...
													0.202	0.200	0.198	0.197	0.195	...
													0.598	0.596	0.595	0.594	0.593	...
													0.724	0.721	0.721	0.721	0.721	...
													0.343	0.344	0.346	0.347	0.349	...
													0.209	0.206	0.204	0.202	0.200	...
													0.093	0.099	0.100	0.102	0.104	...
													0.579	0.572	0.565	0.557	0.550	...
													0.426	0.421	0.417	0.412	0.407	...
													0.382	0.382	0.382	0.382	0.382	...
													0.529	0.542	0.529	0.529	0.529	...
													0.357	0.357	0.357	0.357	0.356	...
													0.045	0.044	0.043	0.042	0.041	...
													0.218	0.218	0.222	0.226	0.230	...
													0.212	0.214	0.215	0.217	0.219	...
													0.531	0.528	0.528	0.528	0.528	...
													0.213	0.210	0.207	0.205	0.203	...
													0.657	0.656	0.656	0.655	0.655	...
													0.506	0.510	0.516	0.522	0.528	...
													0.342	0.343	0.343	0.343	0.343	...
													0.271	0.275	0.280	0.286	0.291	...
													0.187	0.187	0.187	0.187	0.187	...
													0.344	0.344	0.344	0.345	0.345	...
													0.481	0.471	0.460	0.449	0.439	...
													0.681	0.680	0.679	0.677	0.676	...
													0.137	0.138	0.140	0.141	0.142	...
													0.002	0.003	0.002	0.002	0.002	...
													0.369	0.376	0.383	0.390	0.397	...
													0.507	0.499	0.491	0.484	0.476	...
													0.524	0.521	0.518	0.515	0.512	...
													< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	...
													0.141	0.139	0.136	0.134	0.132	...
													0.584	0.580	0.576	0.571	0.567	...
													0.152	0.152	0.151	0.151	0.150	...
													0.528	0.527	0.527	0.527	0.527	...
													0.124	0.123	0.123	0.124	0.124	...
													0.374	0.375	0.376	0.377	0.378	...
													0.544	0.544	0.546	0.549	0.551	...
													0.731	0.731	0.731	0.731	0.731	...
													0.298	0.300	0.302	0.304	0.306	...
													0.854	0.854	0.862	0.869	0.877	...
													0.473	0.474	0.476	0.477	0.479	...
													0.405	0.406	0.406	0.406	0.406	...
													0.327	0.327	0.327	0.327	0.328	...
													0.403	0.404	0.405	0.407	0.408	...
													0.300	0.303	0.305	0.307	0.310	...
													0.351	0.347	0.344	0.341	0.337	...
													0.268	0.266	0.265	0.263	0.262	...
													0.723	0.719	0.716	0.712	0.708	...
													0.842	0.842	0.842	0.841	0.841	...
													0.037	0.037	0.036	0.036	0.036	...
													0.475	0.464	0.453	0.443	0.432	...
													0.225	0.226	0.227	0.227	0.228	...
													0.004	0.004	0.004	0.005	0.005	...
													0.233	0.235	0.235	0.236	0.237	...
													0.525	0.521	0.517	0.514	0.510	...
													0.019	0.019	0.019	0.019	0.019	...
													0.066	0.066	0.066	0.066	0.066	...
													0.104	0.105	0.106	0.107	0.108	...
													0.071	0.071	0.072	0.073	0.074	...
													0.305	0.307	0.309	0.311	0.312	...
													0.327	0.327	0.327	0.327	0.327	...
													0.312	0.311	0.311	0.311	0.310	...
													0.685	0.685	0.685	0.685	0.685	...
													0.011	0.011	0.011	0.011	0.011	...
													0.012	0.012	0.012	0.012	0.012	...
													0.074	0.074	0.075	0.076	0.076	...
													0.003	0.003	0.004	0.004	0.004	...
													0.037	0.035	0.035	0.034	0.034	...
													0.764	0.772	0.780	0.788	0.796	...
													0.538	0.539	0.539	0.540	0.540	...
													0.134	0.134	0.134	0.134	0.134	...
													0.014	0.014	0.015	0.015	0.015	...
													0.453	0.449	0.446	0.443	0.440	...
													0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	...
													0.431	0.438	0.431	0.431	0.431	...
													0.345	0.346	0.347	0.347	0.347	...
...	...	...	...										0.335	0.336	0.335	0.335	0.335	...
													0.394	0.396	0.396	0.396	0.396	...
													0.217	0.216	0.215	0.215	0.215	...
													0.347	0.343	0.341	0.340	0.338	...
													0.666	0.673	0.674	0.674	0.675	...
													0.033	0.033	0.033	0.033	0.033	...
													0.043	0.042	0.041	0.041	0.040	...
				...					...				0.011	...	0.011	0.011	0.011	...	...
													0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002	0.002	...
													0.189	0.187	0.189	0.190	0.190	...
													0.343	0.342	0.342	0.341	0.341	...
													0.082	0.084	0.083	0.083	0.082	...
...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					0.585	0.615	0.615	0.615	0.615	...
													0.126	0.127	0.127	0.127	0.127	...
													0.498	0.496	0.493	0.490	0.488	...
													0.491	0.486	0.478	0.470	0.461	...
													0.089	0.089	0.088	0.087	0.086	...
													0.254	0.254	0.254	0.254	0.254	...
													0.110	0.111	0.111	0.111	0.111	...
													0.386	0.386	0.386	0.386	0.386	...
													0.265	0.259	0.259	0.259	0.259	...
													0.010	0.010	0.009	0.009	0.009	...
													0.104	0.099	0.095	0.090	0.086	...
													0.331	0.331	0.331	0.331	0.332	...
													< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	...
													0.022	0.022	0.021	0.021	0.020	...
													0.015	0.015	0.015	0.015	0.015	...
													0.634	0.632	0.630	0.628	0.625	...
													0.741	0.741	0.741	0.741	0.741	...
													0.434	0.427	0.418	0.410	0.402	...
													0.586	0.584	0.583	0.582	0.581	...
													0.231	0.229	0.237	0.245	0.254	...
													0.304	0.305	0.305	0.306	0.307	...
													0.355	0.354	0.352	0.351	0.350	...
													0.537	0.540	0.544	0.548	0.552	...
													0.282	0.283	0.286	0.289	0.292	...
													0.497	0.498	0.498	0.498	0.498	...
													0.176	0.181	0.184	0.186	0.189	...
													0.005	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.005	...
													0.442	0.440	0.438	0.436	0.434	...
...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...					0.305	0.310	0.310	0.311	0.311	...
													0.884	0.891	0.884	0.884	0.894	...
													0.380	0.378	0.386	0.395	0.404	...
													0.234	0.228	0.232	0.232	0.231	...
													0.403	0.403	0.403	0.403	0.403	...
													0.619	0.619	0.619	0.619	0.619	...
													0.109	0.108	0.106	0.105	0.104	...
													0.076	0.076	0.076	0.076	0.076	...
													0.641	0.640	0.639	0.638	0.636	...
													0.362	0.365	0.366	0.366	0.367	...
													0.336	0.335	0.334	0.333	0.332	...
													0.115	0.115	0.084	0.083	0.082	...	...
													0.984	0.984	0.984	0.984	0.983	...
													0.325	0.327	0.330	0.333	0.335	...
													0.685	0.684	0.684	0.689	0.689	...
													0.312	0.313	0.313	0.314	0.315	...
													0.026	0.027	0.027	0.027	0.027	...
													0.029	0.029	0.029	0.029	0.029	...
													0.317	0.318	0.319	0.319	0.320	...
													0.056	0.053	0.049	0.045	0.042	...
													0.443	0.441	0.444	0.448	0.451	...
													0.063	0.064	0.064	0.065	0.066	...
													0.144	0.146	0.147	0.148	0.150	...
													0.088	0.088	0.088	0.088	0.088	...
													0.145	0.137	0.131	0.124	0.117	...
													0.165	0.165	0.165	0.166	0.166	...
													0.038	0.038	0.038	0.038	0.038	...
													0.126	0.126	0.127	0.128	0.129	...
													0.337	0.337	0.338	0.338	0.338	...
													0.097	0.099	0.100	0.102	0.103	...
													0.077	0.077	0.077	0.076	0.076	...
													0.539	0.539	0.537	0.535	0.533	...
													0.449	0.456	0.460	0.464	0.468	...
													0.010	0.010	0.010	0.010	0.010	...
													0.668	0.665	0.663	0.661	0.659	...
													0.412	0.404	0.396	0.388	0.380	...
													0.309	0.309	0.308	0.308	0.308	...

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