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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
51 Turkmenistan 8.78%
52 Iran, Islamic Rep. 6.65%
53 Maldives 2.75%
54 Iraq 1.90%
55 Kazakhstan 1.31%
56 Jordan 1.10%
57 Algeria 0.83%
58 Libya 0.12%

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.