Forest area (% of land area) by country
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.
Countries reporting
213
Highest
94.4%
Suriname
Lowest
0.0%
Qatar
Median
31.1%
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,639
What the numbers show
Forest area (% of land area) is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 94.4% in Suriname; the lowest is 0.0% in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 31.1%, and the mean is 31.7%.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 31.4%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 31.1%).
Forest area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 94.4% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 2 | Micronesia (country) | 92.2% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 3 | Gabon | 91.2% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 4 | Palau | 90.5% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 5 | Solomon Islands | 90.1% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 6 | Guyana | 87.1% | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 7 | Equatorial Guinea | 86.4% | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 8 | American Samoa | 85.2% | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 79.0% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Liberia | 78.1% | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 11 | Finland | 73.7% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 12 | Seychelles | 73.3% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.2% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Brunei | 72.1% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 15 | Bhutan | 71.6% | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 16 | Laos | 71.5% | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.5% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 18 | Sweden | 68.7% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Japan | 68.4% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Congo | 64.1% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 21 | South Korea | 64.1% | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 22 | Dominica | 63.8% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Fiji | 63.5% | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 24 | East Timor | 61.7% | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 25 | Montenegro | 61.5% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Slovenia | 61.2% | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 60.4% | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 28 | Zambia | 59.5% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 29 | Brazil | 59.0% | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 30 | United States Virgin Islands | 58.2% | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 31 | Malaysia | 57.7% | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 32 | Samoa | 57.6% | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 33 | Estonia | 57.1% | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 34 | Panama | 56.3% | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 35 | Honduras | 56.3% | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 36 | Jamaica | 56.2% | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 56.1% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 38 | Peru | 56.1% | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 39 | Latvia | 55.0% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 40 | Belize | 54.5% | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 41 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 54.2% | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 42 | Northern Mariana Islands | 53.0% | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 43 | Colombia | 52.8% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 44 | Cayman Islands | 52.5% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 45 | Venezuela | 52.2% | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 46 | Marshall Islands | 52.2% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52.1% | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 48 | Angola | 52.1% | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 49 | Grenada | 52.1% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Guam | 51.9% | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 51 | Bahamas | 50.9% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Tanzania | 50.1% | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 53 | Russia | 49.8% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 54 | North Korea | 49.6% | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 55 | Ecuador | 49.5% | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 56 | Indonesia | 47.7% | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 57 | Vietnam | 47.4% | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 58 | Austria | 47.2% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 59 | Bolivia | 46.3% | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 60 | New Caledonia | 45.8% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 61 | Mozambique | 45.8% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 45.0% | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 44.7% | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.2% | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 65 | Belarus | 43.4% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 66 | Cambodia | 43.1% | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 67 | French Polynesia | 43.1% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.7% | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 69 | Cameroon | 42.7% | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 70 | Myanmar | 42.4% | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 71 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.3% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Liechtenstein | 41.9% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 73 | Nepal | 41.6% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 74 | Senegal | 41.3% | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 75 | Georgia | 40.6% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Slovakia | 40.1% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 39.7% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 78 | Canada | 39.5% | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 79 | Thailand | 38.7% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 80 | Paraguay | 38.5% | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 81 | New Zealand | 37.8% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 82 | Spain | 37.2% | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 83 | Vanuatu | 36.3% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 36.2% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 85 | Portugal | 36.2% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 86 | Central African Republic | 35.7% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 87 | Lithuania | 35.2% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 88 | Ghana | 35.2% | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 89 | Croatia | 34.8% | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 90 | Czechia | 34.8% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 34.5% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 34.3% | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 93 | Saint Lucia | 34.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Andorra | 34.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 34.0% | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 96 | United States | 33.9% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 97 | Mexico | 33.6% | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 98 | Norway | 33.5% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 99 | Tuvalu | 33.3% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Italy | 32.9% | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 101 | Germany | 32.7% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 102 | Guatemala | 32.6% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 103 | France | 32.5% | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 104 | Serbia | 32.4% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 105 | Switzerland | 32.4% | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 106 | Cuba | 31.2% | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 107 | Poland | 31.1% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 108 | Greece | 30.3% | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 109 | Romania | 30.1% | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 110 | Turkey | 29.5% | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 111 | Eswatini | 29.1% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 112 | Albania | 28.8% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 113 | El Salvador | 27.5% | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 114 | Benin | 26.5% | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 115 | Botswana | 26.3% | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 116 | Nicaragua | 25.8% | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 117 | Chile | 25.0% | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 118 | Saint Martin (French part) | 24.8% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Guinea | 24.7% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 120 | India | 24.5% | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 121 | Philippines | 24.5% | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 122 | British Virgin Islands | 24.1% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 123 | China | 24.0% | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 124 | Nigeria | 23.2% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 125 | Belgium | 22.6% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 126 | Hungary | 22.4% | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 127 | Malawi | 22.4% | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 128 | Gambia | 22.3% | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 129 | Burkina Faso | 22.2% | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 130 | Togo | 22.1% | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 131 | Madagascar | 21.3% | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 132 | Singapore | 20.9% | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 133 | Mauritius | 19.5% | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 134 | Cyprus | 18.7% | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 135 | Bermuda | 18.5% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.0% | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 137 | Australia | 17.4% | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 138 | Comoros | 17.0% | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 139 | Ukraine | 16.8% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 140 | San Marino | 16.7% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Denmark | 15.8% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 142 | Ethiopia | 14.9% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 143 | Barbados | 14.7% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Bangladesh | 14.5% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 145 | Lebanon | 14.2% | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | 14.1% | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 147 | South Africa | 14.0% | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 148 | United Kingdom | 13.3% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 149 | Morocco | 12.9% | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 150 | Tonga | 12.4% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Haiti | 12.3% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 152 | Uruguay | 12.0% | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 153 | Moldova | 11.7% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 154 | Armenia | 11.6% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 155 | Cape Verde | 11.6% | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 156 | Ireland | 11.5% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 157 | South Sudan | 11.3% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Rwanda | 11.3% | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 159 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.1% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Netherlands | 11.1% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 161 | Uganda | 11.0% | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 162 | Mali | 10.9% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Burundi | 10.9% | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 164 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 10.9% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Argentina | 10.3% | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 166 | Sudan | 9.6% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 167 | Somalia | 9.2% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 168 | Mongolia | 9.1% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | 8.8% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Eritrea | 8.6% | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 171 | Uzbekistan | 8.5% | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 172 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.9% | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 173 | Namibia | 7.8% | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 174 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.1% | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 175 | Iran | 6.6% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 176 | Israel | 6.5% | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 177 | Kenya | 6.2% | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 178 | Isle of Man | 6.1% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Pakistan | 4.7% | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 181 | Tunisia | 4.6% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 182 | United Arab Emirates | 4.5% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 183 | Chad | 3.2% | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 184 | Tajikistan | 3.1% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 185 | Syria | 2.8% | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 186 | Maldives | 2.8% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 187 | Aruba | 2.3% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Iraq | 1.9% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 189 | Afghanistan | 1.9% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Palestine | 1.7% | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 191 | Kiribati | 1.5% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | Malta | 1.4% | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 193 | Kazakhstan | 1.3% | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 194 | Lesotho | 1.1% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Jordan | 1.1% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 196 | Yemen | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Bahrain | 0.9% | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 198 | Algeria | 0.8% | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 199 | Niger | 0.8% | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 200 | Iceland | 0.5% | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 201 | Saudi Arabia | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 202 | Kuwait | 0.4% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 203 | Mauritania | 0.3% | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 204 | Djibouti | 0.3% | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 205 | Curacao | 0.2% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 206 | Libya | 0.1% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Faroe Islands | 0.1% | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 208 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 209 | Oman | 0.0% | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 210 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 211 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 211 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 211 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 211 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Channel Islands 5.2%
- Caribbean small states 86.4%
- Pacific island small states 68.7%
- Small states 64.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 46.7%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 46.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean 46.1%
- European Union 40.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 39.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 39.3%
- Euro area 38.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 38.6%
About this data
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.