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Upper middle income
Forest area (% of land area)

Within the “Upper middle income” group, Suriname leads Forest area (% of land area) in 2023 at 94.45%, while Libya sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.12%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.023.647.270.894.4SurinameSuriname: 94.45%94.4Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 92.16%92.2GabonGabon: 91.18%91.2Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 86.39%86.4St. Vincent and the GrenadinesSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 73.18%73.2DominicaDominica: 63.83%63.8FijiFiji: 63.50%63.5MontenegroMontenegro: 61.49%61.5BrazilBrazil: 58.98%59.0MalaysiaMalaysia: 57.72%57.7SamoaSamoa: 57.64%57.6JamaicaJamaica: 56.19%56.2

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Suriname 94.45%
2 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 92.16%
3 Gabon 91.18%
4 Equatorial Guinea 86.39%
5 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 73.18%
6 Dominica 63.83%
7 Fiji 63.50%
8 Montenegro 61.49%
9 Brazil 58.98%
10 Malaysia 57.72%
11 Samoa 57.64%
12 Jamaica 56.19%
13 Peru 56.10%
14 Belize 54.52%
15 Colombia 52.77%
16 Marshall Islands 52.22%
17 Grenada 52.06%
18 Ecuador 49.55%
19 Indonesia 47.72%
20 Viet Nam 47.45%
21 Dominican Republic 44.99%
22 Belarus 43.41%
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.73%
24 Georgia 40.62%
25 North Macedonia 39.71%
26 Thailand 38.69%
27 Paraguay 38.54%
28 St. Lucia 34.05%
29 Sri Lanka 34.00%
30 Mexico 33.60%
31 Tuvalu 33.33%
32 Guatemala 32.60%
33 Serbia 32.39%
34 Cuba 31.23%
35 Turkiye 29.48%
36 Albania 28.79%
37 El Salvador 27.53%
38 Botswana 26.29%
39 Philippines 24.46%
40 China 24.03%
41 Mauritius 19.47%
42 Ukraine 16.76%
43 Azerbaijan 14.11%
44 South Africa 13.97%
45 Tonga 12.43%
46 Moldova 11.74%
47 Armenia 11.62%
48 Cabo Verde 11.57%
49 Argentina 10.32%
50 Mongolia 9.09%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Upper middle income group for Forest area (% of land area) in 2023, Suriname leads with a gap of 2.29% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 58 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Libya at 0.12%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.