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Share of land covered by forest

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  1. 1Micronesia, Fed. Sts.92.2%
  2. 2Suriname91.4%
  3. 3Gabon91.4%
  4. 4Palau91%
  5. 5Solomon Islands89.8%
  6. 6Guyana87%
  7. 7Equatorial Guinea85.8%
  8. 8American Samoa79.3%
  9. 9Dominica76.5%
  10. 10Papua New Guinea75.1%
  11. 11Guinea-Bissau74.7%
  12. 12Vanuatu74.4%
  13. 13Finland74.2%
  14. 14St. Vincent and the Grenadines73.2%
  15. 15Central African Republic72.4%
  16. 16Brunei Darussalam72.1%
  17. 17Timor-Leste70.9%
  18. 18Bhutan70.1%
  19. 19Sweden68.6%
  20. 20Japan68.3%
  21. 21British Virgin Islands66.5%
  22. 22Liberia65.7%
  23. 23Korea, Rep.64.3%
  24. 24Korea, Dem. People's Rep.64.2%
  25. 25Congo, Rep.64%
  26. 26Fiji62.2%
  27. 27Panama62.2%
  28. 28Slovenia61.8%
  29. 29Montenegro61.5%
  30. 30Congo, Dem. Rep.61.4%
  31. 31Zambia60.4%
  32. 32Virgin Islands (U.S.)59%
  33. 33Costa Rica58.6%
  34. 34Brazil58.2%
  35. 35Belize57.7%
  36. 36Seychelles57.7%
  37. 37Sao Tome and Principe57.6%
  38. 38Malaysia57.5%
  39. 39Samoa57.5%
  40. 40Estonia57.3%
  41. 41Jamaica56.9%
  42. 42Lao PDR56.5%
  43. 43Latvia55.7%
  44. 44Marshall Islands53.9%
  45. 45St. Lucia53.8%
  46. 46Colombia53.6%
  47. 47Venezuela, RB53.4%
  48. 48Cayman Islands53%
  49. 49Northern Mariana Islands53%
  50. 50Peru52.5%
  51. 51Honduras52.4%
  52. 52Guam52.4%
  53. 53Grenada52.1%
  54. 54Bahamas, The50.9%
  55. 55Russian Federation50.8%
  56. 56Angola50.7%
  57. 57Indonesia50.7%
  58. 58Bolivia50.2%
  59. 59Ecuador49.6%
  60. 60Puerto Rico (US)49.2%
  61. 61Tanzania49%
  62. 62New Caledonia48.8%
  63. 63Austria47.3%
  64. 64Viet Nam47.2%
  65. 65Dominican Republic46.8%
  66. 66Senegal44.9%
  67. 67Georgia44.6%
  68. 68Belarus44.2%
  69. 69Trinidad and Tobago44.1%
  70. 70Nepal43.7%
  71. 71French Polynesia43.1%
  72. 72St. Kitts and Nevis42.3%
  73. 73Bosnia and Herzegovina42.2%
  74. 74Canada42%
  75. 75Myanmar41.5%
  76. 76Serbia41.3%
  77. 77Mozambique41%
  78. 78North Macedonia40.7%
  79. 79Cameroon40.5%
  80. 80Slovak Republic40.4%
  81. 81Nicaragua39.7%
  82. 82New Zealand39.1%
  83. 83Andorra38.8%
  84. 84Czechia38.5%
  85. 85Thailand38.5%
  86. 86Spain38.3%
  87. 87Liechtenstein37.4%
  88. 88Greece36.9%
  89. 89Portugal36.7%
  90. 90Bulgaria36.5%
  91. 91Paraguay36.1%
  92. 92Cambodia35.9%
  93. 93Zimbabwe35.6%
  94. 94Lithuania35.4%
  95. 95Cuba34.9%
  96. 96Croatia34.8%
  97. 97Luxembourg34.5%
  98. 98Albania34.3%
  99. 99Tuvalu34.3%
  100. 100Sri Lanka34.3%
  101. 101Mexico34.1%
  102. 102United States33.8%
  103. 103Sierra Leone33.8%
  104. 104Norway33.2%
  105. 105El Salvador33.1%
  106. 106France33%
  107. 107Guatemala33%
  108. 108Germany32.9%
  109. 109Switzerland32.1%
  110. 110Italy31.9%
  111. 111Ghana31%
  112. 112Poland31%
  113. 113Romania30.2%
  114. 114Turkiye29.6%
  115. 115Benin27.8%
  116. 116Botswana27.8%
  117. 117Rwanda25.7%
  118. 118Eswatini25.2%
  119. 119Philippines24.9%
  120. 120St. Martin (French part)24.8%
  121. 121India24.5%
  122. 122Chile24.4%
  123. 123China24.2%
  124. 124Ethiopia23.7%
  125. 125Hungary22.9%
  126. 126Togo22.5%
  127. 127Singapore22%
  128. 128Belgium22%
  129. 129Malawi21.5%
  130. 130Gambia, The20.7%
  131. 131Guinea19.8%
  132. 132Mauritius19.2%
  133. 133South Africa18.9%
  134. 134Nigeria18.8%
  135. 135Cyprus18.6%
  136. 136Comoros17.9%
  137. 137Antigua and Barbuda17.7%
  138. 138Ukraine17.4%
  139. 139Australia17.4%
  140. 140Madagascar17.1%
  141. 141Argentina17%
  142. 142San Marino16.7%
  143. 143Denmark16.1%
  144. 144Azerbaijan14.7%
  145. 145Barbados14.7%
  146. 146Bermuda14.4%
  147. 147Bangladesh14.4%
  148. 148Lebanon13.8%
  149. 149United Kingdom13.5%
  150. 150Haiti13.5%
  151. 151Morocco12.8%
  152. 152Cabo Verde12.7%
  153. 153Maldives12.5%
  154. 154Tonga12.1%
  155. 155Ireland12.1%
  156. 156Eritrea11.9%
  157. 157Cote d'Ivoire11.9%
  158. 158Armenia11.8%
  159. 159Burkina Faso11.8%
  160. 160Uganda11.8%
  161. 161Sudan11.8%
  162. 162Uruguay11.6%
  163. 163South Sudan11.3%
  164. 164Moldova11.2%
  165. 165Turks and Caicos Islands11.1%
  166. 166Netherlands11%
  167. 167Burundi10.9%
  168. 168Namibia9.8%
  169. 169Mongolia9.1%
  170. 170Uzbekistan8.8%
  171. 171Sint Maarten (Dutch part)8.8%
  172. 172Mali8.6%
  173. 173Somalia, Fed. Rep.7.7%
  174. 174Israel6.9%
  175. 175Kenya6.7%
  176. 176Iran, Islamic Rep.6.6%
  177. 177Kyrgyz Republic6.5%
  178. 178Isle of Man6.4%
  179. 179Bahrain5.5%
  180. 180Turkmenistan5%
  181. 181United Arab Emirates4.6%
  182. 182Tunisia4.4%
  183. 183Pakistan4.1%
  184. 184Tajikistan3.1%
  185. 185Syrian Arab Republic2.9%
  186. 186Chad2.9%
  187. 187Aruba2.7%
  188. 188Afghanistan1.9%
  189. 189West Bank and Gaza1.8%
  190. 190Iraq1.6%
  191. 191Malta1.5%
  192. 192Kiribati1.3%
  193. 193Kazakhstan1.3%
  194. 194Saudi Arabia1.3%
  195. 195Lesotho1.1%
  196. 196Yemen, Rep.1%
  197. 197Mauritania0.99%
  198. 198Niger0.83%
  199. 199Jordan0.8%
  200. 200Algeria0.71%
  201. 201Iceland0.61%
  202. 202Kuwait0.35%
  203. 203Djibouti0.26%
  204. 204Curacao0.16%
  205. 205Qatar0.12%
  206. 206Libya0.12%
  207. 207Faroe Islands0.06%
  208. 208Oman0.01%
  209. 209Egypt, Arab Rep.0%
  210. 210Greenland0%
  211. 211Gibraltar0%
  212. 211Naoero0%
  213. 211Monaco0%

Share of land covered by forest