Forest rents (% of GDP) by country
Forest rents are roundwood harvest times the product of regional prices and a regional rental rate.
Countries reporting
211
Highest
18.4%
Solomon Islands
Lowest
0.0%
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
11,690
What the numbers show
Forest rents (% of GDP) is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 18.4% in Solomon Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 1.2%.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 134 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 5,810.9%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom (down 100.0%).
Forest rents: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 18.4% | 2021 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 2 | Liberia | 16.5% | 2021 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 3 | Burundi | 14.0% | 2021 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Somalia | 11.2% | 2021 | down 36.9% | rising |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.4% | 2021 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 9.5% | 2021 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 9.4% | 2021 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 8.8% | 2021 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 9 | Uganda | 7.5% | 2021 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Mozambique | 7.3% | 2021 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 11 | Zambia | 6.8% | 2021 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 5.6% | 2021 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 13 | Madagascar | 5.4% | 2021 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 14 | Niger | 4.9% | 2021 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 4.7% | 2021 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 16 | Chad | 4.6% | 2021 | up 22.0% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea | 4.5% | 2021 | down 54.3% | rising |
| 18 | Lesotho | 4.3% | 2021 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 19 | Malawi | 4.2% | 2021 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 20 | Rwanda | 4.0% | 2021 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 3.8% | 2021 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 3.0% | 2021 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 23 | Congo | 3.0% | 2021 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 24 | Eswatini | 2.9% | 2021 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Gambia | 2.9% | 2021 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 26 | Sudan | 2.8% | 2021 | up 168.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Bhutan | 2.7% | 2021 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 28 | South Sudan | 2.6% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Gabon | 2.6% | 2021 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Cameroon | 2.6% | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 31 | Tanzania | 2.4% | 2021 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Eritrea | 2.3% | 2011 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 33 | Benin | 2.3% | 2021 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 34 | Mali | 2.2% | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 35 | Guyana | 2.2% | 2021 | down 67.1% | falling |
| 36 | Myanmar | 2.2% | 2021 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 2.0% | 2021 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 38 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.9% | 2021 | up 474.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Uruguay | 1.9% | 2021 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.9% | 2021 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 1.8% | 2021 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Malaysia | 1.7% | 2021 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Suriname | 1.6% | 2021 | up 135.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Comoros | 1.6% | 2021 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 45 | Senegal | 1.5% | 2021 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 46 | Laos | 1.5% | 2021 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 47 | Paraguay | 1.3% | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.2% | 2021 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Kenya | 1.2% | 2021 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 50 | Mauritania | 1.2% | 2021 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 1.1% | 2021 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Nigeria | 1.1% | 2021 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Fiji | 1.1% | 2021 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 54 | Latvia | 1.1% | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 55 | Vietnam | 1.1% | 2021 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Belarus | 1.0% | 2021 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 1.0% | 2021 | up 3,196.8% | volatile |
| 58 | New Zealand | 1.0% | 2021 | up 67.4% | falling |
| 59 | Namibia | 0.9% | 2021 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 60 | Honduras | 0.8% | 2021 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Cambodia | 0.8% | 2021 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Brazil | 0.8% | 2021 | up 81.0% | falling |
| 63 | Estonia | 0.8% | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 0.8% | 2021 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Guatemala | 0.7% | 2021 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 66 | Angola | 0.7% | 2021 | up 103.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Chile | 0.6% | 2021 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 68 | South Africa | 0.6% | 2021 | up 42.2% | falling |
| 69 | Vanuatu | 0.6% | 2021 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 70 | El Salvador | 0.5% | 2021 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 71 | Nepal | 0.5% | 2021 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Montenegro | 0.5% | 2021 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Cape Verde | 0.5% | 2021 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5% | 2021 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Bolivia | 0.4% | 2021 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 76 | Indonesia | 0.4% | 2021 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Afghanistan | 0.4% | 2021 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 78 | Thailand | 0.4% | 2021 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Serbia | 0.3% | 2021 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Haiti | 0.3% | 2021 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Russia | 0.3% | 2021 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Botswana | 0.3% | 2021 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Finland | 0.3% | 2021 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Ecuador | 0.3% | 2021 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 85 | Samoa | 0.3% | 2021 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Czechia | 0.3% | 2021 | up 81.8% | flat |
| 87 | Djibouti | 0.3% | 2021 | down 68.8% | rising |
| 88 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2021 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Armenia | 0.3% | 2021 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Belize | 0.2% | 2021 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Moldova | 0.2% | 2021 | up 118.1% | falling |
| 92 | Croatia | 0.2% | 2021 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 93 | Tunisia | 0.2% | 2021 | up 26.5% | flat |
| 94 | Ukraine | 0.2% | 2021 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 2021 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Sweden | 0.2% | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 97 | Romania | 0.2% | 2021 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Mongolia | 0.2% | 2021 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 0.2% | 2021 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 100 | Philippines | 0.2% | 2021 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Poland | 0.2% | 2021 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 102 | Jamaica | 0.2% | 2021 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 103 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 104 | India | 0.2% | 2021 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Argentina | 0.1% | 2021 | up 63.4% | falling |
| 106 | Albania | 0.1% | 2021 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 108 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2021 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 109 | North Macedonia | 0.1% | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 110 | Australia | 0.1% | 2021 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 111 | Seychelles | 0.1% | 2021 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Peru | 0.1% | 2021 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2021 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 114 | Egypt | 0.1% | 2021 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 115 | Mexico | 0.1% | 2021 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2021 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Colombia | 0.1% | 2021 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Panama | 0.1% | 2021 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2021 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2021 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 121 | Libya | 0.1% | 2021 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 122 | Bangladesh | 0.1% | 2021 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2020 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 124 | China | 0.1% | 2021 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Canada | 0.1% | 2021 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 126 | Georgia | 0.1% | 2021 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Austria | 0.1% | 2021 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Yemen | 0.1% | 2018 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 129 | Venezuela | 0.1% | 2014 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2021 | up 144.8% | volatile |
| 131 | East Timor | 0.1% | 2021 | down 89.1% | falling |
| 132 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2021 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2021 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 134 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2021 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Norway | 0.0% | 2021 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 136 | United States | 0.0% | 2021 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 137 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2021 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2021 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 139 | Germany | 0.0% | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 140 | Syria | 0.0% | 2020 | up 2,303.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Japan | 0.0% | 2021 | up 205.4% | volatile |
| 142 | France | 0.0% | 2021 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 143 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 38.5% | flat |
| 144 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2021 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2021 | up 5,810.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Spain | 0.0% | 2021 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2021 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2021 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 149 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2021 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2021 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2021 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 154 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2021 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2021 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2021 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Italy | 0.0% | 2021 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2021 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Greece | 0.0% | 2021 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Iran | 0.0% | 2021 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2021 | up 86.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2021 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2021 | up 76.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2021 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 165 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 167 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2021 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2021 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2021 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2021 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2020 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Oman | 0.0% | 2021 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 174 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2021 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Macao | 0.0% | 2021 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2021 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2020 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2019 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2021 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 181 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2021 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Israel | 0.0% | 2021 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2021 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 184 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2021 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 185 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2021 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | American Samoa | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Curacao | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | United Kingdom | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 186 | Guam | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Isle of Man | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 186 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Malta | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 186 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Palau | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Puerto Rico | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 186 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 186 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 186 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Channel Islands 0.0%
- Kosovo 0.0%
- Low income 6.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 3.9%
- Pacific island small states 3.6%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 2.6%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 2.6%
- IDA only 2.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.3%
- Pre-demographic dividend 2.2%
About this data
Forest rents are roundwood harvest times the product of regional prices and a regional rental rate.