The following data are reported by the
World Resource Institute (1998-99
World Resources: A guide to the Global Environment). The
countries are ranked by total rain forest.
| Rank | Country |
Rain Forest
x1000 ha
|
Annual Percent
Change 1981-90
|
|
1
|
Brazil |
291597
|
(0.3)
|
|
2
|
Indonesia |
93827
|
(1.0)
|
|
3
|
Congo, Dem Rep |
60437
|
(0.6)
|
|
4
|
Colombia |
47455
|
(0.4)
|
|
5
|
Peru |
40358
|
(0.3)
|
|
6
|
Papua New Guinea |
29323
|
(0.3)
|
|
7
|
Venezuela |
19602
|
(0.7)
|
|
8
|
Malaysia |
16339
|
(1.8)
|
|
9
|
Myanmar |
12094
|
(1.2)
|
|
10
|
Guyana |
11671
|
0.0
|
|
11
|
Suriname |
9042
|
0.0
|
|
12
|
India |
8246
|
(0.6)
|
|
13
|
Cameroon |
8021
|
(0.4)
|
|
14
|
French Guiana |
7993
|
(0.0)
|
|
15
|
Congo, Rep |
7667
|
(0.2)
|
|
16
|
Ecuador |
7150
|
(1.7)
|
|
17
|
Madagascar |
4507
|
(0.6)
|
|
18
|
Lao People's Dem Rep |
3960
|
(0.9)
|
|
19
|
Philippines |
3728
|
(3.1)
|
|
20
|
Nicaragua |
3712
|
(1.7)
|
|
21
|
Thailand |
3082
|
(3.3)
|
|
22
|
Vietnam |
2894
|
(1.4)
|
|
23
|
Guatemala |
2542
|
(1.6)
|
|
24
|
Mexico |
2441
|
(1.0)
|
|
25
|
Panama |
1802
|
(1.6)
|
|
26
|
Belize |
1741
|
0.0
|
|
27
|
Cambodia |
1689
|
(1.0)
|
|
28
|
Honduras |
1286
|
(2.0)
|
|
29
|
Nigeria |
1197
|
(0.6)
|
|
30
|
Gabon |
1155
|
(0.6)
|
|
31
|
Liberia |
893
|
(0.6)
|
|
32
|
Equatorial Guinea |
822
|
(0.4)
|
|
33
|
Sierra Leone |
756
|
(0.6)
|
|
34
|
Costa Rica |
625
|
(2.6)
|
|
35
|
Central African Rep |
616
|
(0.7)
|
|
36
|
Nepal |
609
|
(0.6)
|
|
37
|
Bangladesh |
572
|
(3.6)
|
|
38
|
Brunei |
458
|
(0.4)
|
|
39
|
Guinea |
385
|
(0.1)
|
|
40
|
Dominican Rep |
341
|
(2.5)
|
|
41
|
Sri Lanka |
247
|
(0.6)
|
|
42
|
Bhutan |
176
|
(0.5)
|
|
43
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
155
|
(1.9)
|
|
44
|
Jamaica |
122
|
(5.3)
|
|
45
|
Cuba |
114
|
(0.9)
|
|
46
|
Puerto Rico |
49
|
1.7
|
|
47
|
Martinique |
43
|
(0.4)
|
|
48
|
El Salvador |
33
|
(2.0)
|
|
49
|
Haiti |
5
|
(3.8)
|
|
50
|
Singapore |
4
|
0.0
|