Forest data: Asia Deforestation Rates

1	Brazil	-3,466,000
2	Indonesia	-1,447,800
3	Russian Federation	-532,200
4	Mexico	-395,000
5	Papua New Guinea	-250,200
6	Peru	-224,600
7	United States of America	-215,200
8	Bolivia	-135,200
9	Sudan	-117,807
10	Nigeria	-82,000

Highest deforestation of natural forests, 2000-2005. Tropical countries

1	Brazil	-3,466,000
2	Indonesia	-1,447,800
3	Mexico	-395,000
4	Papua New Guinea	-250,200
5	Peru	-224,600
6	Bolivia	-135,200
7	Sudan	-117,807
8	Nigeria	-82,000
9	Cambodia	-66,800
10	Colombia	-56,160
11	Panama	-43,200
12	Malawi	-39,600
13	Guatemala	-26,834
14	Viet Nam	-20,400
15	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	-17,400
16	French Guiana	-12,000
17	Senegal	-11,000
18	Nepal	-7,000
19	Madagascar	-6,800
20	Sri Lanka	-6,000

Most primary forest cover, 2005. All countries

1	Brazil	415,890
2	Russian Federation	255,470
3	Canada	165,424
4	United States of America	104,182
5	Peru	61,065
6	Colombia	53,062
7	Indonesia	48,702
8	Mexico	32,850
9	Bolivia	29,360
10	Papua New Guinea	25,211

Most primary forest cover, 2005. Tropical countries

1	Brazil	415,890
2	Peru	61,065
3	Colombia	53,062
4	Indonesia	48,702
5	Mexico	32,850
6	Bolivia	29,360
7	Papua New Guinea	25,211
8	Suriname	14,214
9	Sudan	13,509
10	Madagascar	10,347
11	Guyana	9,314
12	French Guiana	7,701
13	Congo	7,464
14	Thailand	6,451
15	Ecuador	4,794

Most "tropical rainforest", 2005.

1		Brazil
2		Peru
3		Indonesia
4		Colombia
5		Papua New Guinea
6		Bolivia
7		Mexico
8		Suriname
9		Guyana
10		Madagascar
11		French Guiana
12		Congo
13		Ecuador
14		Thailand
15		Malaysia

Most number of native tree species, 2005. All countries

1	Brazil	7,880
2	Colombia	5,000
3	Madagascar	5,000
4	Belize	4,000
5	Philippines	3,000
6	Bolivia	2,700
7	Malaysia	2,650
8	Zambia	2,621
9	Peru	2,500
10	China	2,500
11	Guinea-Bissau	2,243
12	Australia	2,100
13	Singapore	2,013
14	Brunei Darussalam	2,000
15	Myanmar	2,000
16	Zimbabwe	1,747
17	Mali	1,739
18	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1,457
19	Togo	1,451
20	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1,360

Congo worst bushmeat Highest forest cover as a percentage of total land cover, 2005. All countries

1	Suriname	94.7
2	French Guiana	91.8
3	Micronesia (Federated States of)	90.6
4	American Samoa	89.4
5	Seychelles	88.9
6	Palau	87.6
7	Gabon	84.5
8	Pitcairn	83.3
9	Turks and Caicos Islands	80
10	Solomon Islands	77.6
11	Guyana	76.7
12	Finland	73.9
13	Guinea-Bissau	73.7
14	Belize	72.5
15	Northern Mariana Islands	72.4
16	Anguilla	71.4
17	Lao People's Democratic Republic	69.9
18	Japan	68.2
19	Bhutan	68
20	Sweden	66.9

Includes plantations, non-natural and degraded forests

Highest forest cover as a percentage of total land cover, 2005. All tropical countries.

1	Suriname	94.7
2	French Guiana	91.8
3	Micronesia (Federated States of)	90.6
4	American Samoa	89.4
5	Seychelles	88.9
6	Palau	87.6
7	Gabon	84.5
8	Solomon Islands	77.6
9	Guyana	76.7
10	Guinea-Bissau	73.7
11	Belize	72.5
12	Northern Mariana Islands	72.4
13	Anguilla	71.4
14	Lao People's Democratic Republic	69.9
15	Bhutan	68
16	Cook Islands	66.5
17	Congo	65.8
18	Papua New Guinea	65
19	Malaysia	63.6
20	Dominica	61.3

Includes plantations, non-natural and degraded forests

Highest forest cover as a percentage of total land cover, 2005. All tropical countries excluding small islands

1	Suriname	94.7
2	French Guiana	91.8
3	Seychelles	88.9
4	Gabon	84.5
5	Guyana	76.7
6	Guinea-Bissau	73.7
7	Belize	72.5
8	Lao People's Democratic Republic	69.9
9	Bhutan	68
10	Congo	65.8
11	Papua New Guinea	65
12	Malaysia	63.6
13	Cambodia	59.2
14	Democratic Republic of the Congo	58.9
15	Colombia	58.5
16	Equatorial Guinea	58.2
17	Panama	57.7
18	Brazil	57.2
19	Zambia	57.1
20	Bolivia	54.2

Includes plantations, non-natural and degraded forests

Total forest cover, 2005. All countries

1	Russian Federation	808,790,000
2	Brazil	477,698,000
3	Canada	310,134,000
4	United States of America	303,089,000
5	China	197,290,000
6	Australia	163,678,000
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	133,610,000
8	Indonesia	88,495,000
9	Peru	68,742,000
10	India	67,701,000
11	Sudan	67,546,000
12	Mexico	64,238,000
13	Colombia	60,728,000
14	Angola	59,104,000
15	Bolivia	58,740,000
16	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	47,713,000
17	Zambia	42,452,000
18	United Republic of Tanzania	35,257,000
19	Argentina	33,021,000
20	Myanmar	32,222,000

Includes plantations, non-natural and degraded forests

Total forest cover, 2005. Tropical countries

1	Brazil	477,698,000
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	133,610,000
3	Indonesia	88,495,000
4	Peru	68,742,000
5	India	67,701,000
6	Sudan	67,546,000
7	Mexico	64,238,000
8	Colombia	60,728,000
9	Angola	59,104,000
10	Bolivia	58,740,000
11	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	47,713,000
12	Zambia	42,452,000
13	United Republic of Tanzania	35,257,000
14	Myanmar	32,222,000
15	Papua New Guinea	29,437,000
16	Central African Republic	22,755,000
17	Congo	22,471,000
18	Gabon	21,775,000
19	Cameroon	21,245,000
20	Malaysia	20,890,000

Includes plantations, non-natural and degraded forests

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