Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.621% in Panama in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in Panama reached an all time high of 0.678% in 1990 and an all time low of 0.621% in 2015. When compared to Panama's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in Colombia amounted to 0.527%, 0.540% in Costa Rica, 0.410% in Honduras and 0.259% in Nicaragua in 2015.
Panama has been ranked 18th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 1 place 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 |
| Belize | % | 0.612% | 0.610% | 0.608% | 0.606% | 0.603% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Brazil | % | 0.598% | 0.596% | 0.595% | 0.594% | 0.593% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Colombia | % | 0.531% | 0.528% | 0.528% | 0.528% | 0.528% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | 0.506% | 0.510% | 0.516% | 0.522% | 0.528% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | 0.141% | 0.139% | 0.136% | 0.134% | 0.132% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | 0.351% | 0.347% | 0.344% | 0.341% | 0.337% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 0.475% | 0.464% | 0.453% | 0.443% | 0.432% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 0.343% | 0.342% | 0.342% | 0.341% | 0.341% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | 0.265% | 0.259% | 0.259% | 0.259% | 0.259% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Panama | % | 0.634% | 0.632% | 0.630% | 0.628% | 0.625% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Peru | % | 0.586% | 0.584% | 0.583% | 0.582% | 0.581% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 0.337% | 0.337% | 0.338% | 0.338% | 0.338% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | % | 0.539% | 0.539% | 0.537% | 0.535% | 0.533% | ... |
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