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Share of global forest area

Name: Share of global forest area by country, 2025
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2025

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213 countries · 2025

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Share of global forest area league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Russian Federation	20.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Brazil	11.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
3	Canada	8.9%	North America	High income
4	United States	7.5%	North America	High income
5	China	5.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
6	Congo, Dem. Rep.	3.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Australia	3.2%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
8	Indonesia	2.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
9	India	1.8%	South Asia	Lower middle income
10	Peru	1.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
11	Mexico	1.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
12	Angola	1.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Colombia	1.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
14	Bolivia	1.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
15	Venezuela, RB	1.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
16	Argentina	1.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
17	Central African Republic	1.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
18	Zambia	1.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
19	Tanzania	1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
20	Papua New Guinea	0.82%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
21	Mozambique	0.78%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
22	Sweden	0.67%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Myanmar	0.65%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
24	Ethiopia	0.65%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
25	Japan	0.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
26	Gabon	0.57%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
27	South Africa	0.55%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
28	Turkiye	0.55%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
29	Finland	0.54%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Sudan	0.53%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Congo, Rep.	0.53%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Thailand	0.47%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
33	Cameroon	0.46%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Spain	0.46%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Malaysia	0.46%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
36	Guyana	0.44%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
37	Chile	0.44%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
38	France	0.43%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Nigeria	0.41%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
40	Botswana	0.38%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
41	Viet Nam	0.36%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
42	Suriname	0.35%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
43	Paraguay	0.35%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
44	Mongolia	0.34%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
45	Zimbabwe	0.33%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Lao PDR	0.31%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
47	Ecuador	0.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
48	Norway	0.29%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Germany	0.28%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.26%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
51	Mali	0.25%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
52	New Zealand	0.25%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
53	Ukraine	0.24%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
54	Madagascar	0.24%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
55	Poland	0.23%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Italy	0.23%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Belarus	0.22%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
58	Senegal	0.21%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
59	Namibia	0.19%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
60	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.19%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
61	Philippines	0.18%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
62	South Sudan	0.17%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	Ghana	0.17%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
64	Romania	0.17%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Cambodia	0.15%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
66	Liberia	0.15%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
67	Korea, Rep.	0.15%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
68	Nepal	0.15%	South Asia	Lower middle income
69	Honduras	0.14%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
70	Morocco	0.14%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
71	Guinea	0.12%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
72	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.12%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
73	Nicaragua	0.12%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
74	Greece	0.12%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
75	Panama	0.11%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
76	Bulgaria	0.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Kenya	0.09%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
78	Austria	0.09%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Uzbekistan	0.09%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
80	Cote d'Ivoire	0.09%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
81	Cuba	0.09%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Chad	0.09%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
83	Guatemala	0.09%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
84	Kazakhstan	0.09%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	Serbia	0.08%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
86	Latvia	0.08%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Portugal	0.08%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
88	United Kingdom	0.08%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
89	Burkina Faso	0.08%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
90	Pakistan	0.08%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
91	Benin	0.08%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
92	Georgia	0.07%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	Costa Rica	0.07%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
94	Czechia	0.07%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
95	Saudi Arabia	0.07%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
96	Bhutan	0.06%	South Asia	Lower middle income
97	Solomon Islands	0.06%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
98	Estonia	0.06%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	Sierra Leone	0.06%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
100	Equatorial Guinea	0.06%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
101	Uganda	0.06%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
102	Turkmenistan	0.06%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
103	Dominican Republic	0.05%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Lithuania	0.05%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.05%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
106	Sri Lanka	0.05%	South Asia	Upper middle income
107	Guinea-Bissau	0.05%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
108	Hungary	0.05%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
109	Malawi	0.05%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
110	Uruguay	0.05%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
111	Croatia	0.05%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
112	Slovak Republic	0.05%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Bangladesh	0.05%	South Asia	Lower middle income
114	Algeria	0.04%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
115	Eritrea	0.03%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
116	Belize	0.03%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
117	Switzerland	0.03%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
118	Kyrgyz Republic	0.03%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
119	Slovenia	0.03%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
120	Togo	0.03%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
121	Azerbaijan	0.03%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
122	Afghanistan	0.03%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
123	Fiji	0.03%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
124	Niger	0.03%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
125	Timor-Leste	0.03%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
126	North Macedonia	0.02%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
127	Mauritania	0.02%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
128	Albania	0.02%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
129	Vanuatu	0.02%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
130	New Caledonia	0.02%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
131	Ireland	0.02%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	Montenegro	0.02%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
133	Iraq	0.02%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
134	Tunisia	0.02%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
135	El Salvador	0.02%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
136	Belgium	0.02%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
137	Denmark	0.02%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	Rwanda	0.02%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
139	Jamaica	0.01%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
140	Yemen, Rep.	0.01%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
141	Syrian Arab Republic	0.01%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
142	Bahamas, The	0.01%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
143	Puerto Rico (US)	0.01%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
144	Eswatini	0.01%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Tajikistan	0.01%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
146	Brunei Darussalam	0.01%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
147	Haiti	0.01%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
148	Moldova	0.01%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
149	Netherlands	0.01%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Armenia	0.01%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
151	United Arab Emirates	0.01%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
152	Burundi	0.01%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
153	Trinidad and Tobago	0.01%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
154	Gambia, The	0.01%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
155	Libya	0%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
156	Cyprus	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Samoa	0%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
158	Israel	0%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
159	French Polynesia	0%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
160	Lebanon	0%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
161	Luxembourg	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	Jordan	0%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
163	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
164	Iceland	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Dominica	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
166	Sao Tome and Principe	0%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
167	Cabo Verde	0%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
168	Palau	0%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
169	Mauritius	0%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
170	Lesotho	0%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
171	Comoros	0%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
172	St. Lucia	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
173	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
174	Guam	0%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
175	Seychelles	0%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
176	Northern Mariana Islands	0%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
177	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
178	Andorra	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
179	Grenada	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
180	American Samoa	0%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
181	Singapore	0%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
182	Cayman Islands	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
183	West Bank and Gaza	0%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
184	St. Kitts and Nevis	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
185	Turks and Caicos Islands	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
186	British Virgin Islands	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
187	Marshall Islands	0%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
188	Tonga	0%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
189	Antigua and Barbuda	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
190	Kuwait	0%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
191	Barbados	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
192	Liechtenstein	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
193	Djibouti	0%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
194	Bahrain	0%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
195	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
196	Maldives	0%	South Asia	Upper middle income
197	Isle of Man	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
198	Oman	0%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
199	Qatar	0%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
200	St. Martin (French part)	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
201	Kiribati	0%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
202	Tuvalu	0%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
203	San Marino	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
204	Bermuda	0%	North America	High income
205	Aruba	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
206	Malta	0%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
207	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
208	Greenland	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
209	Faroe Islands	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
210	Curacao	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
211	Gibraltar	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
212	Monaco	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
213	Naoero	0%	East Asia & Pacific	High income

Share of global forest area