Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.676% in Malaysia in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in Malaysia reached an all time high of 0.681% in 1990 and an all time low of 0.636% in 2005. When compared to Malaysia's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in Cambodia amounted to 0.536%, 0.226% in Singapore, 0.321% in Thailand and 0.476% in Vietnam in 2015.
Malaysia has been ranked 13th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 5 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 |
| Cambodia | % | 0.579% | 0.572% | 0.565% | 0.557% | 0.550% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| China | % | 0.212% | 0.214% | 0.215% | 0.217% | 0.219% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 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% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | 0.491% | 0.486% | 0.478% | 0.470% | 0.461% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Philippines | % | 0.231% | 0.229% | 0.237% | 0.245% | 0.254% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 0.234% | 0.228% | 0.232% | 0.232% | 0.231% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 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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