Suriname
Forest area in Suriname
Forest area in Suriname: 92.6% in 1990 and 91.5% in 2024, by FAO estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 91.5%
- Since 1990
- −1.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 2 of 209
- counting from the highest
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- The highest was 92.8% in 2000, the lowest 91.5% in 2024.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Suriname | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 91.5 | – |
| 2023 | 91.7 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 91.8 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 91.9 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 92 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 92.1 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 92.2 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 92.3 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 92.4 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 92.5 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 92.5 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 92.5 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 92.5 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 92.6 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 92.6 | 32 |
| 2009 | 92.6 | 32 |
| 2008 | 92.6 | 32 |
| 2007 | 92.7 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 92.7 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 92.7 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 92.7 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 92.8 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 92.8 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 92.8 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 92.8 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 92.8 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 92.8 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 92.8 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 92.8 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 92.7 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 92.7 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 92.7 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 92.7 | 33 |
| 1991 | 92.6 | – |
| 1990 | 92.6 | – |
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Suriname in numbers
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