Countries with the Most Forest

level 76

Oct 24, 2014

jd doesn't get it.

bluesdjben

level 69

Oct 7, 2016

I can't stop thinking about bush

sleekcollins

level 57

Oct 11, 2016

Forest Engineer here: Depends on their definition of a forested area. Strictly speaking, a bush alone doesn't constitute a forest. It goes without saying that the definition of a forest is ambiguous at best.

Malbaby

level 67

Nov 8, 2016

Well that explains it very well ..........

+10

level 76

Jun 4, 2017

I'm surprised by how much bush Brazil has. I thought they tried to get rid of it all.

Jezilly

level 76

Jan 17, 2018

Kalbahamut- someone who gets the joke. Down under we have a lot of bush.

qcumber

level 42

Oct 19, 2018

they're in the middle of doing so, they've already destroyed massive amounts over most of brazil.

Klabnix

level 32

Oct 23, 2014

I know Oz has a rain forest, not sure how big it is though, but imagine it must be pretty big for there to be a rain forest eco system

TheWombat

level 71

Oct 23, 2014

We have loads of rainforest, as well as alpine forests, dry sclerophyll forests, mangroves... Australia is vast, so even though a lot of the central mainland is desert, there are huge coastal forests. And Tasmania, of course.

TamuAudwodia

level 44

Mar 11, 2016

I thought Papua New Guinea was higher....

GreenFriday

level 75

Jun 10, 2016

Papua New Guinea is a small country, and this is by absolute area. If 100% of it was forest, then it would come 18th.

level 76

Jun 18, 2016

me too and I thought maybe Madagascar would make the cut, as well.

level 69

Aug 16, 2016

If we were talking by percentage of landmass, I'm sure they would, but PNG is not quite half a million square kilometres.

level 69

Aug 16, 2016

I now see Jerry928 has exactly that quiz and PNG indeed makes it, but not Madagascar.

Kahikatea

level 66

Apr 25, 2018

Papua New Guinea is very mountainous, so it probably has a lot of land above the tree line

CaoMaru

level 45

Jul 28, 2018

Not much of its land is above the tree line. It is mostly covered in forest, but being a relatively small country it doesn't come high on the list.

accio222

level 22

Oct 7, 2016

Australi has the Daintree Rainforest!

GeographyExpert22

level 18

Mar 18, 2018

Yea I think Northeast Australia is where a lot of forest is. and dingos lol

GeoGenius656

level 33

Apr 6, 2018

yeah, it is mostly SAVANNA and DESERT, i dont hear 'forest' anywhere! ⁉️

Jerry928

level 72

Sep 29, 2014

You can also try to guess countries with the greatest percentage of forest cover here.

Sly67

level 65

Oct 7, 2016

exactly what I was looking for, which should have more surprising results... let's do it

manchesterutd10

level 51

Oct 7, 2016

i already made that quiz 2 years ago lol

mapman04

level 22

Oct 23, 2014

I'm suprised that the U.S. is so low. Even Florida has a lot of forest

Travellinman

level 43

Oct 23, 2014

How is 4th low? Canada and Russia are bigger than the US and are covered in forests, and Brazil has the Amazon and is a huge country. US is exactly where I would expect it to be.

level 76

Oct 24, 2014

The northeastern United States used to be almost all forest, and the Pacific Northwest still has quite a bit, but the majorty of those old forests in the east have been clear cut to make way for farming and urban sprawl. The midwest is all flat unforested plains. And farther west you've got rocky mountains in the north and large deserts in the south. The only reason the US makes the list is because it's such a big country.

dasubergeek

level 66

Oct 7, 2016

Also, Alaska.

ander217

level 75

Oct 7, 2016

Don't forget the Appalachians in the east and southeast, the forests of northern Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as the Ozarks which are pretty much all forest in southern MO and northern AR...oh, and the swamps of LA and the piney woods of east TX. When you add all the smaller groups together it makes for a lot of wooded areas in this big country.

stankyC

level 60

Mar 14, 2018

It's more than just the Appalachians in the South. Pretty much the entire region east of the Mississippi is forest, even the urban areas. If you've ever flown into Atlanta, look around as you're landing. The entire city is surrounded by woods.

level 76

Jul 27, 2018

I guess you're right. Even around Washington and the megalopolis that extends all the way up to New York, there is greenery everywhere and lots of trees. But does that count as "forest?" (if all that greenery is bisected by highways and parking lots and so on.) Not sure.

manchesterutd10

level 51

Oct 23, 2014

Hey quizmaster! I already made a very similar quiz to this!

JackBauer

level 60

Nov 1, 2014

Yours is the same topic, so in that aspect it is similar; however it tests a different value--% of land is different than number of acres.

Lucasc

level 45

Oct 6, 2015

I just missed USA, lol

TamuAudwodia

level 44

Mar 11, 2016

Is Kazakhstan the country with the least forrest compared to it's size?

OJOdin

level 22

Mar 24, 2016

or maybe the vatican?

level 69

Aug 16, 2016

I expect a country in North Africa or the Middle East would claim that distinction amongst large countries, but I don't know. Also Monaco and the Vatican City have zero forest, so its hard to beat that.

samiamco

level 71

Jan 18, 2018

I figure if someone put out more than a couple potted plants at a time in a microstate like Monaco or the Vatican, it'd totally screw up this whole forested statistic ;-)

iuvas

level 77

Mar 18, 2018

actually, even if it does not qualify to be a forest, quite a lot of vatican's area is occupied by plant/trees. They're called Vatican Gardens, just try and have a look on gmaps

level 69

Aug 16, 2016

Surprised to see Argentina so high up. I suppose like some of the other leaders it mainly makes it due to its immense size. From travelling pretty extensively there I can say you don't see a great deal of forest. It's either pampas, dry Andean highlands, desert or, in southern Patagonia, steppe and subpolar tundra. There are of course forests in the northeast (you see no shortage going to Iguazu) and nestled in amongst the lower slopes of the Andes, but I wouldn't have thought it would be quite that much. That number suggests around a third of the country's landmass is forested.

pudding

level 28

Aug 25, 2016

Never thought of China (even though it's big) has that much forest. Just thought of the skyscrapers... thousands of them

camus

level 69

Oct 7, 2016

They are building so many tree houses though that the vast natural skyscraper forests are cleared off the landscape.

Elan

level 61

Sep 30, 2016

Based on the comments you've left and the quizzes you make, you seem like a salty Canadian who resents America.

level 74

Oct 6, 2016

You have the Canadian part right but since half my family is American and lives there, I hardly resent the place. As for salty......what exactly does it mean......

Malbaby

level 67

Oct 7, 2016

2. Definition of Salty: (of language or humour) down-to-earth; coarse. "her wild ways and salty language shocked the local gentry" synonyms: lively, vigorous, spirited, colourful, sparkling;

Sulps

level 59

Oct 7, 2016

"Salty" is internet slang for "sour", or less ambiguously "enraged".

level 76

Oct 7, 2016

He could also be referring to the fact that most Canadians have a large amount of saline in their bodies.

ddddan

level 71

Oct 7, 2016

Probably all that "Canadian Bacon"

clivey

level 53

Oct 7, 2016

You've missed off Nottingham...

KingofQuiz

level 54

Oct 7, 2016

Should this be renamed "biggest countries of the world not in the middle east"?

yodatron303

level 17

Oct 7, 2016

I'm surprised that Australia is so high all we have is The bush

grantdon

level 71

Mar 12, 2017

Get out of the city and have a drive around - you'll see millions of acres of forest

noonana

level 17

Oct 10, 2016

Guys we need to use common terminology, who is going to get bush.

Corrode

level 59

Oct 11, 2016

Missed Peru because I thought I'd already typed it, damn.

Sauron

level 46

Jun 6, 2017

I don't know what the source for this quiz was, but according to the UN FAO, Sudan has nearly 700,000 sq km of forest, which would put it in 12th place.

Aesthus

level 51

Nov 8, 2017

Really hoped that Canada would, just once, top a list on Jetpunk. Alas, not today. Annoyed by how many of these I guessed on the opposite quiz (least-forested countries). I wonder if this might be one of the few occasions where North Korea leads South, due to lack of urban development, but I expect they aren't very forthcoming with that information since they want people to think of them as technologically developed. Keep dreaming, North Korea.

TinklePork

level 66

Jan 11, 2018

Maple Syrup production? I'd posit Canada might be #1 in that.

It's hard to think of things that we Americans aren't the best at.

Pharley

level 60

Jul 27, 2018

Modesty.

TWM03

level 56

Nov 18, 2018

The USA tends to excel in areas where being bigger is an advantage. If you look at things where being bigger is a disadvantage, for example least murders, then the USA comes in at about 187th.

Djilas

level 73

Jan 20, 2018

North Korea is among top 10 producers of hops, unlike the south.

alberici

+17

level 69

Jan 14, 2018

Burma should work for Myanmar

interopia

level 77

Jan 15, 2018

I had the same problem

Algernon

level 67

Jan 15, 2018

Yeah, I just had the same issue. I understand if we are being correct and using its proper name but most quizes allow you to use both. The likes of "Holland" is normally acceptable for 'The Netherlands' so it does seem a bit harsh. Maybe QM just missed the type-in.

level 74

Jan 19, 2018

QM changed the quiz answers -- not sure why Burma isnt working.

TheCrusher

level 72

Mar 18, 2018

Only one I missed. I never bother trying Myanmar when Burma doesn't work, because it's accepted on pretty much all other quizzes.

GiGi91

level 66

Jan 16, 2018

typed in "Burma" and it didn't get accepted...

Jezilly

level 76

Jan 17, 2018

Same.

level 74

Jan 19, 2018

QM changed the quiz answers -- not sure why Burma is working.

HaiImGlenn

level 46

Mar 18, 2018

I typed Burma but didn't work

CartoJuggernaut

level 67

Mar 18, 2018

Please accept Burma

SpicyChicken

level 38

Mar 18, 2018

LOVE THIS QUIZ <3

dg48

level 57

Mar 18, 2018

Allow Burma for Myanmar please!!

joeythelemur

level 79

Mar 18, 2018

Still no Burma. :-)