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Climate · National ranking
Forest-area share
As of 2019
Official latest
Share of prefectural land covered by forest. The extent of the wider natural environment.
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Kochi
83.3
%
2
Gifu
79.0
%
3
Shimane
78.0
%
4
Yamanashi
77.8
%
5
Nara
76.9
%
6
Wakayama
76.2
%
7
Miyazaki
75.5
%
8
Tokushima
75.4
%
9
Nagano
75.3
%
10
Iwate
74.6
%
11
Kyoto
74.2
%
12
Fukui
73.9
%
13
Tottori
73.4
%
14
Hiroshima
71.9
%
15
Yamaguchi
71.4
%
16
Oita
70.8
%
17
Ehime
70.5
%
18
Akita
70.3
%
19
Yamagata
69.0
%
20
Okayama
68.1
%
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