Forest area (sq. km) by country
Forest area is land 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
8.15 million sq. km
Russia
Lowest
0 sq. km
Qatar
Median
20,940 sq. km
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,639
What the numbers show
Forest area (sq. km) is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 8.15 million sq. km in Russia; the lowest is 0 sq. km in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 20,940 sq. km, and the mean is 189,436 sq. km.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 33.8%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 31.1%).
Forest area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 8.15 million sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | Brazil | 4.93 million sq. km | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 3 | Canada | 3.47 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | United States | 3.10 million sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | China | 2.26 million sq. km | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 6 | Australia | 1.34 million sq. km | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.23 million sq. km | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 8 | Indonesia | 903,166 sq. km | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 9 | India | 729,592 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 10 | Peru | 718,119 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 11 | Mexico | 653,088 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 12 | Angola | 649,422 sq. km | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 585,441 sq. km | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 14 | Bolivia | 502,063 sq. km | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 15 | Venezuela | 460,729 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 16 | Tanzania | 443,380 sq. km | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 17 | Zambia | 442,494 sq. km | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 18 | Mozambique | 360,265 sq. km | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 357,552 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 20 | Argentina | 282,462 sq. km | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 21 | Sweden | 279,800 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | Myanmar | 276,748 sq. km | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 23 | Japan | 249,350 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Gabon | 234,950 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 25 | Turkey | 226,884 sq. km | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 26 | Finland | 224,090 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 27 | Central African Republic | 222,130 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 28 | Congo | 219,010 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 29 | Nigeria | 211,370 sq. km | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 30 | Cameroon | 201,725 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 31 | Thailand | 197,650 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 32 | Malaysia | 189,636 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 33 | Spain | 185,850 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 185,794 sq. km | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 35 | Guyana | 183,877 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | Sudan | 178,431 sq. km | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 37 | France | 175,032 sq. km | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 173,064 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 39 | South Africa | 169,409 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 168,495 sq. km | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 41 | Laos | 164,920 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 42 | Paraguay | 152,643 sq. km | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 43 | Suriname | 151,596 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 44 | Botswana | 148,998 sq. km | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 45 | Vietnam | 148,708 sq. km | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 46 | Mongolia | 141,694 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 47 | Mali | 132,960 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Madagascar | 123,902 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 49 | Ecuador | 123,050 sq. km | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 50 | Norway | 122,034 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 51 | Germany | 114,190 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 52 | Iran | 107,884 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 53 | New Zealand | 99,503 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 54 | Italy | 97,276 sq. km | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 55 | Ukraine | 97,080 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 56 | Poland | 95,190 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 57 | Belarus | 88,111 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 58 | Ghana | 80,074 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 59 | Senegal | 79,482 sq. km | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 60 | Cambodia | 76,013 sq. km | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 61 | Liberia | 75,267 sq. km | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 62 | Philippines | 72,933 sq. km | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 63 | South Sudan | 71,570 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Romania | 69,290 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 65 | Namibia | 64,259 sq. km | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 66 | Honduras | 62,964 sq. km | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 67 | South Korea | 62,570 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 68 | Guinea | 60,690 sq. km | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 69 | Burkina Faso | 60,664 sq. km | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 70 | North Korea | 59,664 sq. km | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 71 | Nepal | 59,620 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 72 | Morocco | 57,738 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 73 | Somalia | 57,498 sq. km | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 74 | Panama | 41,796 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 75 | Turkmenistan | 41,270 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Chad | 39,804 sq. km | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 39,320 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 78 | Greece | 39,018 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 79 | Austria | 38,983 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 80 | Uzbekistan | 37,672 sq. km | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 81 | Kenya | 36,111 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 82 | Pakistan | 36,019 sq. km | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 83 | Kazakhstan | 35,424 sq. km | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 84 | Guatemala | 34,930 sq. km | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 85 | Latvia | 34,224 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 86 | Portugal | 33,120 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 87 | Cuba | 32,420 sq. km | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 88 | United Kingdom | 32,154 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 31,075 sq. km | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 30,840 sq. km | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 91 | Benin | 29,852 sq. km | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 92 | Georgia | 28,224 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Bhutan | 27,310 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 94 | Serbia | 27,236 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 95 | Czechia | 26,825 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 96 | Solomon Islands | 25,208 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 97 | Cote d'Ivoire | 24,980 sq. km | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 98 | Sierra Leone | 24,757 sq. km | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 99 | Estonia | 24,384 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea | 24,233 sq. km | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 101 | Uganda | 22,141 sq. km | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 102 | Lithuania | 22,054 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21,879 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 21,684 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 105 | Malawi | 21,157 sq. km | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 21,035 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 107 | Uruguay | 20,940 sq. km | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 108 | Hungary | 20,486 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 109 | Algeria | 19,776 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 110 | Guinea-Bissau | 19,547 sq. km | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 111 | Croatia | 19,466 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 112 | Slovakia | 19,259 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 113 | Bangladesh | 18,834 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 13,701 sq. km | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 115 | Switzerland | 12,794 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 116 | Belize | 12,436 sq. km | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 117 | Slovenia | 12,317 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 12,084 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Togo | 12,004 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 11,664 sq. km | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 121 | Fiji | 11,601 sq. km | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 122 | Eritrea | 10,458 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 123 | Niger | 10,424 sq. km | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 10,015 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 125 | Saudi Arabia | 9,770 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | East Timor | 9,169 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 127 | New Caledonia | 8,377 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 128 | Montenegro | 8,270 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 129 | Iraq | 8,250 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 130 | Ireland | 7,940 sq. km | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 131 | Albania | 7,889 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 132 | Tunisia | 7,073 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 133 | Belgium | 6,893 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 134 | Denmark | 6,313 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 135 | Jamaica | 6,085 sq. km | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 136 | El Salvador | 5,704 sq. km | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 137 | Yemen | 5,490 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Syria | 5,221 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 139 | Bahamas | 5,099 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Eswatini | 5,012 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 141 | Puerto Rico | 4,978 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 142 | Vanuatu | 4,423 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 4,268 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 144 | Moldova | 3,865 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 145 | Brunei | 3,800 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 146 | Netherlands | 3,723 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 147 | Haiti | 3,380 sq. km | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 148 | Armenia | 3,276 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 149 | United Arab Emirates | 3,173 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Mauritania | 2,964 sq. km | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 151 | Burundi | 2,796 sq. km | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 152 | Rwanda | 2,790 sq. km | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,269 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 154 | Gambia | 2,255 sq. km | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 155 | Libya | 2,170 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Cyprus | 1,725 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 157 | Samoa | 1,602 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 158 | French Polynesia | 1,495 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Lebanon | 1,451 sq. km | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 160 | Israel | 1,400 sq. km | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 161 | Jordan | 975 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Luxembourg | 887 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Micronesia (country) | 645.1 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 164 | Iceland | 533.13 sq. km | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 165 | Sao Tome and Principe | 500.4 sq. km | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 166 | Dominica | 478.7 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Cape Verde | 466.2 sq. km | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 168 | Egypt | 449.8 sq. km | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 169 | Palau | 416.5 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 170 | Mauritius | 388.9 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 171 | Lesotho | 345.2 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Seychelles | 337 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Comoros | 316 sq. km | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 174 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 285.4 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Guam | 280 sq. km | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 176 | Northern Mariana Islands | 243.6 sq. km | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 207.7 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | United States Virgin Islands | 203.6 sq. km | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 179 | Grenada | 177 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | American Samoa | 170.4 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 181 | Andorra | 160 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Singapore | 150.3 sq. km | 2023 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 183 | Cayman Islands | 125.93 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 110 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 185 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 105.2 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Palestine | 101.4 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 187 | Marshall Islands | 94 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Tonga | 89.5 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 79.26 sq. km | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 190 | Liechtenstein | 67 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 191 | Barbados | 63 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | Kuwait | 62.5 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 193 | Djibouti | 60.44 sq. km | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 194 | British Virgin Islands | 36.2 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 195 | Isle of Man | 34.6 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | Oman | 23.59 sq. km | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 197 | Saint Martin (French part) | 12.4 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Kiribati | 11.8 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | Bermuda | 10 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | San Marino | 10 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | Tuvalu | 10 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 203 | Maldives | 8.2 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Bahrain | 7.6 sq. km | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 205 | Malta | 4.6 sq. km | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 206 | Aruba | 4.2 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.7 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Greenland | 2.2 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 209 | Faroe Islands | 0.8 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 210 | Curacao | 0.7 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | Gibraltar | 0 sq. km | 2023 | — | flat |
| 211 | Monaco | 0 sq. km | 2023 | — | flat |
| 211 | Nauru | 0 sq. km | 2023 | — | flat |
| 211 | Qatar | 0 sq. km | 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 10.2 sq. km
- World 40.35 million sq. km
- IDA & IBRD total 30.36 million sq. km
- IBRD only 23.88 million sq. km
- Low & middle income 21.61 million sq. km
- High income 18.74 million sq. km
- Middle income 18.69 million sq. km
- Late-demographic dividend 17.62 million sq. km
- Upper middle income 12.98 million sq. km
- OECD members 11.64 million sq. km
- Europe & Central Asia 10.59 million sq. km
- Post-demographic dividend 10.07 million sq. km
About this data
Forest area is land 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.