Global Rank	Country	Frontier Forest (000 Km2)	Estimated Number of Plant Species Within Frontier Forests (Thousands)	Percent of the Country's Plan Species Found Within Frontier Forests
1	Brazil	2,284	36

~65 2Colombia34834~70 3Indonesia53018~65 4Venezuela39115~75 5Peru54013~75 6Ecuador8012~65 7Bolivia25510~60 8Mexico879~35 9Malaysia478~50 10Papua New Guinea1727~70

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Note: Forest frontier plant species richness was estimated by multiplying the country's higher plant species totals per unit area (standardized for size, using a species-area curve) by the country's total frontier forest area.