diff --git a/app/javascript/components/widgets/widgets/land-cover/fao-cover/actions.js b/app/javascript/components/widgets/widgets/land-cover/fao-cover/actions.js
index 06df8eb868..a82cea422c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/widgets/widgets/land-cover/fao-cover/actions.js
+++ b/app/javascript/components/widgets/widgets/land-cover/fao-cover/actions.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
+import sumBy from 'lodash/sumBy';
+import omit from 'lodash/omit';
 
 import { getFAO } from 'services/forest-data';
 import { getRanking } from 'services/country';
@@ -12,8 +14,18 @@ export const getData = ({ params, dispatch, setWidgetData, widget }) => {
         const fao = getFAOResponse.data.rows;
         const ranking = getRankingResponse.data.rows;
         if (fao.length && ranking.length) {
+          fao.forEach(
+            (fao.area_ha = parseFloat(fao.area_ha.replace(',', '')) * 1000)
+          );
+          let faoData = fao[0];
+          if (fao.length > 1) {
+            faoData = {};
+            Object.keys(omit(fao[0], ['iso', 'name'])).forEach(k => {
+              faoData[k] = sumBy(fao, k);
+            });
+          }
           data = {
-            ...fao[0],
+            ...faoData,
             rank: ranking[0].rank || 0
           };
         }
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/widgets/widgets/land-cover/fao-cover/initial-state.js b/app/javascript/components/widgets/widgets/land-cover/fao-cover/initial-state.js
index 7cc4f050bf..dbc61ea92b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/widgets/widgets/land-cover/fao-cover/initial-state.js
+++ b/app/javascript/components/widgets/widgets/land-cover/fao-cover/initial-state.js
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ export const initialState = {
     },
     colors: 'extent',
     sentences: {
+      globalInitial:
+        'FAO data from 2015 shows that there was {extent} of forest {location}, with Primary forest occupying {primaryPercent} of land area.',
+      globalNoPrimary:
+        'FAO data from 2015 shows that there was {extent} of forest {location}, which occupies {primaryPercent} of the country.',
       initial:
         'FAO data from 2015 shows that {location} contains {extent} of forest, with Primary forest occupying {primaryPercent} of the country.',
       noPrimary:
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/widgets/widgets/land-cover/fao-cover/selectors.js b/app/javascript/components/widgets/widgets/land-cover/fao-cover/selectors.js
index 3b42c1d95c..85aa95c554 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/widgets/widgets/land-cover/fao-cover/selectors.js
+++ b/app/javascript/components/widgets/widgets/land-cover/fao-cover/selectors.js
@@ -13,45 +13,39 @@ const getSentences = state => state.config && state.config.sentences;
 export const parseData = createSelector(
   [getData, getCurrentLocation, getColors],
   (data, currentLabel, colors) => {
-    if (isEmpty(data) || !currentLabel) return null;
+    if (isEmpty(data)) return null;
     const {
       area_ha,
-      extent,
-      forest_planted,
+      planted_forest,
       forest_primary,
       forest_regenerated
     } = data;
     const colorRange = getColorPalette(colors.ramp, 3);
-    const naturallyRegenerated = extent / 100 * forest_regenerated;
-    const primaryForest = forest_primary ? extent / 100 * forest_primary : 0;
-    const plantedForest = extent / 100 * forest_planted;
     const nonForest =
-      area_ha - (naturallyRegenerated + primaryForest + plantedForest);
-    const total =
-      naturallyRegenerated + primaryForest + plantedForest + area_ha;
+      area_ha - (forest_regenerated + forest_primary + planted_forest);
     return [
       {
         label: 'Naturally regenerated Forest',
-        value: naturallyRegenerated,
-        percentage: naturallyRegenerated / total * 100,
+        value: forest_regenerated,
+        percentage: forest_regenerated / area_ha * 100,
         color: colorRange[0]
       },
       {
         label: 'Primary Forest',
-        value: primaryForest,
-        percentage: primaryForest / total * 100,
+        value: forest_primary,
+        percentage: forest_primary / area_ha * 100,
         color: colorRange[1]
       },
       {
         label: 'Planted Forest',
-        value: plantedForest,
-        percentage: plantedForest / total * 100,
+        value: planted_forest,
+        percentage: planted_forest / area_ha * 100,
         color: colorRange[2]
       },
       {
         label: 'Non-Forest',
         value: nonForest,
-        percentage: nonForest / total * 100,
+        percentage: nonForest / area_ha * 100,
         color: colors.nonForest
       }
     ];
@@ -61,19 +55,20 @@ export const parseData = createSelector(
 export const getSentence = createSelector(
   [getData, getCurrentLocation, getSentences],
   (data, currentLabel, sentences) => {
-    if (isEmpty(data) || !currentLabel) return null;
-    const { initial, noPrimary } = sentences;
+    if (isEmpty(data)) return null;
+    const { initial, noPrimary, globalInitial, globalNoPrimary } = sentences;
     const { area_ha, extent, forest_primary } = data;
-    const primaryForest = extent / 100 * forest_primary;
-    const sentence = primaryForest > 0 ? initial : noPrimary;
+
     const params = {
-      location: currentLabel,
+      location: currentLabel || 'globally',
       extent: `${format('.3s')(extent)}ha`,
       primaryPercent:
-        primaryForest > 0
-          ? `${format('.0f')(primaryForest / area_ha * 100)}%`
+        forest_primary > 0
+          ? `${format('.0f')(forest_primary / area_ha * 100)}%`
           : `${format('.0f')(extent / area_ha * 100)}%`
     };
+    let sentence = forest_primary > 0 ? initial : noPrimary;
+    if (!currentLabel) { sentence = forest_primary > 0 ? globalInitial : globalNoPrimary; }
     return {
       sentence,
       params
diff --git a/app/javascript/services/forest-data.js b/app/javascript/services/forest-data.js
index e97b962df0..a6aa7ee562 100644
--- a/app/javascript/services/forest-data.js
+++ b/app/javascript/services/forest-data.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const SQL_QUERIES = {
   lossRanked:
     "SELECT polyname, year_data.year as year, SUM(year_data.area_loss) as loss, SUM({extent_year}) as extent, FROM data WHERE polyname = '{polyname}' AND thresh={threshold} GROUP BY polyname, iso, nested(year_data.year)",
   fao:
-    "SELECT fao.iso, fao.name, forest_planted, forest_primary, forest_regenerated, fao.forest_primary, fao.extent, a.land as area_ha FROM gfw2_countries as fao INNER JOIN umd_nat_staging as a ON fao.iso = a.iso WHERE fao.iso = '{country}' AND a.year = 2001 AND a.thresh = 30",
+    'SELECT country AS iso, name, plantfor * 1000 AS planted_forest, primfor * 1000 AS forest_primary, natregfor * 1000 AS forest_regenerated, forest * 1000 AS extent, totarea as area_ha FROM table_1_forest_area_and_characteristics WHERE {location} year = 2015',
   faoExtent:
     'SELECT country AS iso, name, year, reforest * 1000 AS rate, forest*1000 AS extent FROM table_1_forest_area_and_characteristics as fao WHERE fao.year = {period} AND reforest > 0 ORDER BY rate DESC',
   faoDeforest:
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ export const getLoss = ({
 
 export const getFAO = ({ country }) => {
   const url = `${CARTO_REQUEST_URL}${SQL_QUERIES.fao}`.replace(
-    '{country}',
-    country
+    '{location}',
+    country ? `country = '${country}' AND` : ''
   );
   return axios.get(url);
 };