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Forest area
World figure
31.1%
% of land area·2023
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Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.
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| Rank | Country / area | Region | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 94.4% | 2023 | |
| 2 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | East Asia & Pacific | 92.2% | 2023 | |
| 3 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 91.2% | 2023 | |
| 4 | Palau | East Asia & Pacific | 90.5% | 2023 | |
| 5 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 90.1% | 2023 | |
| 6 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 87.1% | 2023 | |
| 7 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 86.4% | 2023 | |
| 8 | American Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 85.2% | 2023 | |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 79% | 2023 | |
| 10 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 78.1% | 2023 | |
| 11 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 73.7% | 2023 | |
| 12 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 73.3% | 2023 | |
| 13 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 73.2% | 2023 | |
| 14 | Brunei Darussalam | East Asia & Pacific | 72.1% | 2023 | |
| 15 | Bhutan | South Asia | 71.6% | 2023 | |
| 16 | Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | 71.5% | 2023 | |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 69.5% | 2023 | |
| 18 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 68.7% | 2023 | |
| 19 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 68.4% | 2023 | |
| 20 | Congo, Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 64.1% | 2023 | |
| 21 | Korea, Rep. | East Asia & Pacific | 64.1% | 2023 | |
| 22 | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | 63.8% | 2023 | |
| 23 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 63.5% | 2023 | |
| 24 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 61.7% | 2023 | |
| 25 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 61.5% | 2023 | |
| 26 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 61.2% | 2023 | |
| 27 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 60.4% | 2023 | |
| 28 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 59.5% | 2023 | |
| 29 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 59% | 2023 | |
| 30 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | Latin America & Caribbean | 58.2% | 2023 | |
| 31 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 57.7% | 2023 | |
| 32 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 57.6% | 2023 | |
| 33 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 57.1% | 2023 | |
| 34 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 56.3% | 2023 | |
| 35 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 56.3% | 2023 | |
| 36 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 56.2% | 2023 | |
| 37 | Puerto Rico (US) | Latin America & Caribbean | 56.1% | 2023 | |
| 38 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 56.1% | 2023 | |
| 39 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 55% | 2023 | |
| 40 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 54.5% | 2023 | |
| 41 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 54.2% | 2023 | |
| 42 | Northern Mariana Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 53% | 2023 | |
| 43 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 52.8% | 2023 | |
| 44 | Cayman Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 52.5% | 2023 | |
| 45 | Venezuela, RB | Latin America & Caribbean | 52.2% | 2023 | |
| 46 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 52.2% | 2023 | |
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 52.1% | 2023 | |
| 48 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 52.1% | 2023 | |
| 49 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 52.1% | 2023 | |
| 50 | Guam | East Asia & Pacific | 51.9% | 2023 | |
| 51 | Bahamas, The | Latin America & Caribbean | 50.9% | 2023 | |
| 52 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 50.1% | 2023 | |
| 53 | Russian Federation | Europe & Central Asia | 49.8% | 2023 | |
| 54 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | East Asia & Pacific | 49.6% | 2023 | |
| 55 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 49.5% | 2023 | |
| 56 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 47.7% | 2023 | |
| 57 | Viet Nam | East Asia & Pacific | 47.4% | 2023 | |
| 58 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 47.2% | 2023 | |
| 59 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 46.3% | 2023 | |
| 60 | New Caledonia | East Asia & Pacific | 45.8% | 2023 | |
| 61 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 45.8% | 2023 | |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 45% | 2023 | |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.7% | 2023 | |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 44.2% | 2023 | |
| 65 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 43.4% | 2023 | |
| 66 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 43.1% | 2023 | |
| 67 | French Polynesia | East Asia & Pacific | 43.1% | 2023 | |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 42.7% | 2023 | |
| 69 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.7% | 2023 | |
| 70 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 42.4% | 2023 | |
| 71 | St. Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | 42.3% | 2023 | |
| 72 | Liechtenstein | Europe & Central Asia | 41.9% | 2023 | |
| 73 | Nepal | South Asia | 41.6% | 2023 | |
| 74 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.3% | 2023 | |
| 75 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 40.6% | 2023 | |
| 76 | Slovak Republic | Europe & Central Asia | 40.1% | 2023 | |
| 77 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 39.7% | 2023 | |
| 78 | Canada | North America | 39.5% | 2023 | |
| 79 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 38.7% | 2023 | |
| 80 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 38.5% | 2023 | |
| 81 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 37.8% | 2023 | |
| 82 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 37.2% | 2023 | |
| 83 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 36.3% | 2023 | |
| 84 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 36.2% | 2023 | |
| 85 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 36.2% | 2023 | |
| 86 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.7% | 2023 | |
| 87 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 35.2% | 2023 | |
| 88 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.2% | 2023 | |
| 89 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 34.8% | 2023 | |
| 90 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 34.8% | 2023 | |
| 91 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 34.5% | 2023 | |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.3% | 2023 | |
| 93 | St. Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 34% | 2023 | |
| 94 | Andorra | Europe & Central Asia | 34% | 2023 | |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 34% | 2023 | |
| 96 | United States | North America | 33.9% | 2023 | |
| 97 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 33.6% | 2023 | |
| 98 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 33.5% | 2023 | |
| 99 | Tuvalu | East Asia & Pacific | 33.3% | 2023 | |
| 100 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 32.9% | 2023 | |
| 101 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 32.7% | 2023 | |
| 102 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 32.6% | 2023 | |
| 103 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 32.5% | 2023 | |
| 104 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 32.4% | 2023 | |
| 105 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 32.4% | 2023 | |
| 106 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 31.2% | 2023 | |
| 107 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 31.1% | 2023 | |
| 108 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 30.3% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 30.1% | 2023 | |
| 110 | Turkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 29.5% | 2023 | |
| 111 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.1% | 2023 | |
| 112 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 28.8% | 2023 | |
| 113 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 27.5% | 2023 | |
| 114 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.5% | 2023 | |
| 115 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.3% | 2023 | |
| 116 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 25.8% | 2023 | |
| 117 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 25% | 2023 | |
| 118 | St. Martin (French part) | Latin America & Caribbean | 24.8% | 2023 | |
| 119 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.7% | 2023 | |
| 120 | India | South Asia | 24.5% | 2023 | |
| 121 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 24.5% | 2023 | |
| 122 | British Virgin Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 24.1% | 2023 | |
| 123 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 24% | 2023 | |
| 124 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.2% | 2023 | |
| 125 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 22.6% | 2023 | |
| 126 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 22.4% | 2023 | |
| 127 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.4% | 2023 | |
| 128 | Gambia, The | Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.3% | 2023 | |
| 129 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.2% | 2023 | |
| 130 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.1% | 2023 | |
| 131 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.3% | 2023 | |
| 132 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 20.9% | 2023 | |
| 133 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.5% | 2023 | |
| 134 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 18.7% | 2023 | |
| 135 | Bermuda | North America | 18.5% | 2023 | |
| 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | 18% | 2023 | |
| 137 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 17.4% | 2023 | |
| 138 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17% | 2023 | |
| 139 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 16.8% | 2023 | |
| 140 | San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | 16.7% | 2023 | |
| 141 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 15.8% | 2023 | |
| 142 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.9% | 2023 | |
| 143 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.7% | 2023 | |
| 144 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 14.5% | 2023 | |
| 145 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 14.2% | 2023 | |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 14.1% | 2023 | |
| 147 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14% | 2023 | |
| 148 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 13.3% | 2023 | |
| 149 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 12.9% | 2023 | |
| 150 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 12.4% | 2023 | |
| 151 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.3% | 2023 | |
| 152 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 12% | 2023 | |
| 153 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 11.7% | 2023 | |
| 154 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 11.6% | 2023 | |
| 155 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.6% | 2023 | |
| 156 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 11.5% | 2023 | |
| 157 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.3% | 2023 | |
| 158 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.3% | 2023 | |
| 159 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.1% | 2023 | |
| 160 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 11.1% | 2023 | |
| 161 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11% | 2023 | |
| 162 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.9% | 2023 | |
| 163 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.9% | 2023 | |
| 164 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.9% | 2023 | |
| 165 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.3% | 2023 | |
| 166 | Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.6% | 2023 | |
| 167 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.2% | 2023 | |
| 168 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 9.1% | 2023 | |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 8.8% | 2023 | |
| 170 | Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.6% | 2023 | |
| 171 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 8.5% | 2023 | |
| 172 | Cote d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.9% | 2023 | |
| 173 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.8% | 2023 | |
| 174 | Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | 7.1% | 2023 | |
| 175 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.6% | 2023 | |
| 176 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.5% | 2023 | |
| 177 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.2% | 2023 | |
| 178 | Isle of Man | Europe & Central Asia | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| 179 | Channel Islands | Europe & Central Asia | 5.2% | 2021 | |
| 180 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.7% | 2023 | |
| 181 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| 182 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| 183 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.2% | 2023 | |
| 184 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| 185 | Syrian Arab Republic | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.8% | 2023 | |
| 186 | Maldives | South Asia | 2.8% | 2023 | |
| 187 | Aruba | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.3% | 2023 | |
| 188 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| 189 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| 190 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.7% | 2023 | |
| 191 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 1.5% | 2023 | |
| 192 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.4% | 2023 | |
| 193 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 1.3% | 2023 | |
| 194 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.1% | 2023 | |
| 195 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.1% | 2023 | |
| 196 | Yemen, Rep. | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1% | 2023 | |
| 197 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1% | 2023 | |
| 198 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| 199 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| 200 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.5% | 2023 | |
| 201 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.5% | 2023 | |
| 202 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 203 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| 204 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| 205 | Curacao | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| 206 | Libya | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 207 | Faroe Islands | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 208 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0% | 2023 | |
| 209 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0% | 2023 | |
| 210 | Greenland | Europe & Central Asia | 0% | 2023 | |
| 211 | Gibraltar | Europe & Central Asia | 0% | 2023 | |
| 212 | Monaco | Europe & Central Asia | 0% | 2023 | |
| 213 | Naoero | East Asia & Pacific | 0% | 2023 | |
| 214 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0% | 2023 | |
| — | Hong Kong SAR, China | East Asia & Pacific | No data | — | |
| — | Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | No data | — | |
| — | Macao SAR, China | East Asia & Pacific | No data | — |