Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.339% in the USA in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in the USA reached an all time high of 0.339% in 2015 and an all time low of 0.330% in 1990. When compared to USA's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in Canada amounted to 0.382%, 0.222% in China, 0.685% in Japan and 0.340% in Mexico in 2015.
USA has been ranked 75th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 3 places above 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 |
Australia | % | 0.162% | 0.160% | 0.161% | 0.161% | 0.162% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Belize | % | 0.612% | 0.610% | 0.608% | 0.606% | 0.603% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Canada | % | 0.382% | 0.382% | 0.382% | 0.382% | 0.382% | ... | |||||||||||||||
China | % | 0.212% | 0.214% | 0.215% | 0.217% | 0.219% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Guatemala | % | 0.351% | 0.347% | 0.344% | 0.341% | 0.337% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Honduras | % | 0.475% | 0.464% | 0.453% | 0.443% | 0.432% | ... | |||||||||||||||
India | % | 0.233% | 0.235% | 0.235% | 0.236% | 0.237% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Japan | % | 0.685% | 0.685% | 0.685% | 0.685% | 0.685% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Mexico | % | 0.343% | 0.342% | 0.342% | 0.341% | 0.341% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Russia | % | 0.497% | 0.498% | 0.498% | 0.498% | 0.498% | ... | |||||||||||||||
South Korea | % | 0.641% | 0.640% | 0.639% | 0.638% | 0.636% | ... | |||||||||||||||
USA | % | 0.337% | 0.337% | 0.338% | 0.338% | 0.338% | ... | |||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | % | 0.126% | 0.126% | 0.127% | 0.128% | 0.129% | ... |