Forest area in Suriname
Suriname: Forest area was 14.67 million hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest area in Suriname, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
In 2025, forest area in Suriname stood at 14.67 million hectares. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Suriname peaked at 14.90 million hectares in 2000 and was at its lowest, 14.67 million hectares, in 2025.
That places Suriname 42nd out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.88 million hectares | 14.87 million hectares | 14.90 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.88 million hectares | 14.87 million hectares | 14.90 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.83 million hectares | 14.78 million hectares | 14.86 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.72 million hectares | 14.67 million hectares | 14.77 million hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Suriname
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 3.67 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.78 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.5055 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0077 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.1816 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.9322 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0009 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0041 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.2322 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Suriname?
- Forest area in Suriname was 14.67 million hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest forest area recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 14.90 million hectares in 2000.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.67 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Suriname rank for forest area?
- Suriname ranks 42nd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.