APP2-6  Forestation
Source:World Bank World Development Indicators 2008.				(%)
Country or Area	Average Annual		Forest Area as Percentage of Land Area
	Deforestation Rate
	1990-2000	2000-2005	2000	2005
World	1.5	1.7	30.81	30.52
High Income			29.13	29.22
Middle Income			33.01	32.74
Low Income			25.66	24.75
China	–0.4	–0.4	18.98	21.15
Bangladesh			6.79	6.69
Cambodia	3.7	5.2	65.38	59.18
India	–0.6	–0.7	22.72	22.77
Indonesia	–0.6		54.02	48.85
Iran, Islamic Rep.	1.7	2	6.8	6.8
Israel	–3.3	–1.9	7.58	7.9
Japan	0.1	0.1	68.25	68.22
Korea, Dem. Rep.	0.3	0.3	56.65	51.38
Korea, Rep.	1.8	1.9	63.81	63.46
Laos	–0.3	–0.3	71.63	69.94
Malaysia	0.9	0.9	65.72	63.58
Mongolia	–0.2	–0.2	6.81	6.54
Myanmar	0.3	0.3	52.55	49
Pakistan			2.74	2.47
Philippines	0.1	0.1	26.66	24.02
Singapore	0.7	0.7	2.99	2.9
Sri Lanka	–2.0	–1.7	32.21	29.91
Thailand	1	1.1	29	28.42
Vietnam	0.6	0.6	37.69	41.7
Egypt, Arab Rep.	1.5	1.7	0.06	0.07
Nigeria	3.7	1	14.42	12.18
South Africa	1	1	7.58	7.58
Canada	0.9	1	34.1	34.1
Mexico	0.3	0.5	33.71	33.05
United States	–0.7	–0.4	32.99	33.08
Argentina	0.2	0.2	12.34	12.07
Brazil	0.9	1	58.3	56.47
Venezuela	–0.5	–0.5	55.72	54.09
Belarus		0.3	37.83	38.05
Czech Republic	–1.7	–2.2	34.13	34.27
France	–0.1		27.91	28.27
Germany			31.76	31.76
Italy	–0.6	–0.8	32.12	33.93
Netherlands	2.1	1.4	10.63	10.77
Poland	2.8	2.1	29.76	30.01
Russian Fed.			49.4	49.37
Spain			32.94	35.89
Turkey	–4.1	–1.9	13.06	13.22
Ukraine	1.9	2.2	16.41	16.53
United Kingdom	–2.4	–0.1	11.54	11.76
Australia	1.3	1.5	21.43	21.31
New Zealand	–0.4	–0.3	30.73	31.04
Notes: The negative represents the forest area increased.