Units: Percent
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| Forests, Grasslands and Drylands — Dryland Extent: Dryland area as a percent of total area, average Units: Percent |
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| ISO | 1999 | |
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| Afghanistan | AFG | 94.0 |
| Albania | ALB | 0.0 |
| Algeria | DZA | 20.9 |
| Andorra | AND | 0.0 |
| Angola | AGO | 19.3 |
| Argentina | ARG | 52.8 |
| Armenia | ARM | 98.1 |
| Australia | AUS | 85.7 |
| Austria | AUT | 0.0 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | 83.8 |
| Bahamas | BHS | 27.4 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 0.0 |
| Belgium | BEL | 0.0 |
| Belize | BLZ | 0.0 |
| Benin | BEN | 87.5 |
| Bhutan | BTN | 0.0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 0.0 |
| Botswana | BWA | 100.0 |
| Brazil | BRA | 15.3 |
| Brunei Darussalam | BRN | 0.0 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 53.1 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 100.0 |
| Burundi | BDI | 0.0 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 0.0 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 13.0 |
| Canada | CAN | 15.8 |
| Cape Verde | CPV | 15.4 |
| Central African Rep | CAF | 20.1 |
| Chad | TCD | 68.2 |
| Chile | CHL | 21.0 |
| China | CHN | 34.0 |
| Colombia | COL | 17.4 |
| Comoros | COM | 0.0 |
| Congo | COG | 0.1 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 0.4 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 0.0 |
| Croatia | HRV | 0.0 |
| Cuba | CUB | 11.0 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 85.5 |
| Czech Rep | CZE | 12.8 |
| Denmark | DNK | 0.0 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 73.4 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 4.7 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 63.4 |
| Egypt | EGY | 7.8 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 0.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 0.0 |
| Eritrea | ERI | 83.0 |
| Estonia | EST | 0.0 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 57.7 |
| Fiji | FJI | 0.0 |
| Finland | FIN | 0.0 |
| France | FRA | 0.3 |
| French Guiana | GUF | 0.0 |
| Gabon | GAB | 0.0 |
| Gambia | GMB | 97.3 |
| Georgia | GEO | 33.7 |
| Germany | DEU | 5.0 |
| Ghana | GHA | 66.2 |
| Greece | GRC | 45.2 |
| Greenland | GRL | 0.0 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 0.0 |
| Guinea | GIN | 14.1 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 5.9 |
| Guyana | GUY | 0.0 |
| Haiti | HTI | 2.6 |
| Honduras | HND | 0.0 |
| Hong Kong | HKG | 0.0 |
| Hungary | HUN | 46.4 |
| India | IND | 59.8 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 2.8 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep | IRN | 90.3 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 99.9 |
| Ireland | IRL | 0.0 |
| Israel | ISR | 69.2 |
| Italy | ITA | 20.6 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 31.2 |
| Japan | JPN | 0.0 |
| Jordan | JOR | 72.4 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 99.2 |
| Kenya | KEN | 68.0 |
| Korea, Dem People's Rep | PRK | 0.0 |
| Korea, Rep | KOR | 0.0 |
| Kuwait | KWT | 92.3 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 54.5 |
| Lao People's Dem Rep | LAO | 0.0 |
| Latvia | LVA | 0.0 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 59.4 |
| Lesotho | LSO | 0.0 |
| Liberia | LBR | 0.0 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | LBY | 22.7 |
| Liechtenstein | LIE | 0.0 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 0.0 |
| Luxembourg | LUX | 0.0 |
| Macau | MAC | 0.0 |
| Macedonia, FYR | MKD | 36.7 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 23.1 |
| Malawi | MWI | 0.0 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 0.0 |
| Mali | MLI | 80.2 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 45.6 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 0.0 |
| Mexico | MEX | 69.2 |
| Moldova, Rep | MDA | 99.9 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 65.1 |
| Morocco | MAR | 92.3 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 37.6 |
| Namibia | NAM | 90.8 |
| Nepal | NPL | 9.4 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 0.0 |
| New Caledonia | NCL | 1.2 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 0.0 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 0.0 |
| Niger | NER | 62.1 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 58.2 |
| Norway | NOR | 0.0 |
| Oman | OMN | 13.9 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 82.6 |
| Palestinian Territories | 96.0 | |
| Panama | PAN | 0.0 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 0.5 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 55.2 |
| Peru | PER | 36.8 |
| Philippines | PHL | 0.0 |
| Poland | POL | 19.3 |
| Portugal | PRT | 29.3 |
| Puerto Rico | PRI | 0.3 |
| Qatar | QAT | 0.0 |
| Réunion | REU | 0.0 |
| Romania | ROU | 38.4 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 21.8 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 0.0 |
| San Marino | SMR | 0.0 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | STP | 54.9 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 23.7 |
| Senegal | SEN | 94.1 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 0.0 |
| Singapore | SGP | 0.0 |
| Slovakia | SVK | 0.1 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 0.0 |
| Solomon Islands | SLB | 0.0 |
| Somalia | SOM | 79.9 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 66.2 |
| Spain | ESP | 69.1 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 24.4 |
| Sudan | SDN | 66.8 |
| Suriname | SUR | 0.0 |
| Swaziland | SWZ | 49.0 |
| Sweden | SWE | 0.0 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 0.0 |
| Syrian Arab Rep | SYR | 98.1 |
| Taiwan | TWN | 0.0 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 39.9 |
| Thailand | THA | 6.8 |
| Togo | TGO | 33.6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 4.2 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 93.7 |
| Turkey | TUR | 77.2 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 100.0 |
| Uganda | UGA | 16.2 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 65.4 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | 0.0 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 0.0 |
| United States | USA | 41.2 |
| Uruguay | URY | 0.0 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 99.3 |
| Vanuatu | VUT | 0.0 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 49.2 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 0.0 |
| Western Sahara | 15.1 | |
| Yemen | YEM | 30.3 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 16.3 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 67.3 |
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| UNEP/GRID. United Nations Environment Program/Global Resource Information Database. 1991. Global digital data sets for land degradation studies: a GIS approach. Prepared by U. Deichmann and L. Eklundh. GRID Case Study Series No. 4. UNEP/GEMS and GRID. Nairobi, Kenya. |
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