The table provides an overview of the forest cover in seven nations in two different years.In 1990, Suriname was identified to have 95% of its territory covered by forests, topping the list and far surpassing the rest of the countries by a comfortable margin. Immediately trailing behind Suriname were Brazil and Japan sequentially, both of which boasted of over 60% in their forest coverage. Indonesia, New Zealand, and Portugal were found further down the list, with unimpressive forest cover ranging from 24% to 36%.
Singapore was characterized with the least coverage of forest area among these countries. Standing at meager 3.3%, it was merely one eighth of that of Portugal the second last country by ranking of the percentage of forest cover. Much had remained unchanged for Suriname and Singapore by the new millennium. However, both Portugal and New Zealand registered a 4% growth in the percentage of forest cover over the course of the decade.
By contrast, the rest of the three nations indicated drops of varying degree in forest coverage, with Japan demonstrating the biggest decline of 11%.Overall, the percentages of forest cover for these seven countries differ greatly from one another and the changes of figures (if there is any),spanning from 1990 to 2000, were less than appreciable.