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Forest area

% land · higher is better · 214 countries

updated 2023
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League table

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  1. 1Suriname94.4%
  2. 2Micronesia, Fed. Sts.92.2%
  3. 3Gabon91.2%
  4. 4Palau90.5%
  5. 5Solomon Islands90.1%
  6. 6Guyana87.1%
  7. 7Equatorial Guinea86.4%
  8. 8American Samoa85.2%
  9. 9Papua New Guinea79%
  10. 10Liberia78.1%
  11. 11Finland73.7%
  12. 12Seychelles73.3%
  13. 13St. Vincent and the Grenadines73.2%
  14. 14Brunei Darussalam72.1%
  15. 15Bhutan71.6%
  16. 16Lao PDR71.5%
  17. 17Guinea-Bissau69.5%
  18. 18Sweden68.7%
  19. 19Japan68.4%
  20. 20Congo, Rep.64.1%
  21. 21Korea, Rep.64.1%
  22. 22Dominica63.8%
  23. 23Fiji63.5%
  24. 24Timor-Leste61.7%
  25. 25Montenegro61.5%
  26. 26Slovenia61.2%
  27. 27Costa Rica60.4%
  28. 28Zambia59.5%
  29. 29Brazil59%
  30. 30Virgin Islands (U.S.)58.2%
  31. 31Malaysia57.7%
  32. 32Samoa57.6%
  33. 33Estonia57.1%
  34. 34Panama56.3%
  35. 35Honduras56.3%
  36. 36Jamaica56.2%
  37. 37Puerto Rico (US)56.1%
  38. 38Peru56.1%
  39. 39Latvia55%
  40. 40Belize54.5%
  41. 41Congo, Dem. Rep.54.2%
  42. 42Northern Mariana Islands53%
  43. 43Colombia52.8%
  44. 44Cayman Islands52.5%
  45. 45Venezuela, RB52.2%
  46. 46Marshall Islands52.2%
  47. 47Sao Tome and Principe52.1%
  48. 48Angola52.1%
  49. 49Grenada52.1%
  50. 50Guam51.9%
  51. 51Bahamas, The50.9%
  52. 52Tanzania50.1%
  53. 53Russian Federation49.8%
  54. 54Korea, Dem. People's Rep.49.6%
  55. 55Ecuador49.5%
  56. 56Indonesia47.7%
  57. 57Viet Nam47.4%
  58. 58Austria47.2%
  59. 59Bolivia46.3%
  60. 60New Caledonia45.8%
  61. 61Mozambique45.8%
  62. 62Dominican Republic45%
  63. 63Zimbabwe44.7%
  64. 64Trinidad and Tobago44.2%
  65. 65Belarus43.4%
  66. 66Cambodia43.1%
  67. 67French Polynesia43.1%
  68. 68Bosnia and Herzegovina42.7%
  69. 69Cameroon42.7%
  70. 70Myanmar42.4%
  71. 71St. Kitts and Nevis42.3%
  72. 72Liechtenstein41.9%
  73. 73Nepal41.6%
  74. 74Senegal41.3%
  75. 75Georgia40.6%
  76. 76Slovak Republic40.1%
  77. 77North Macedonia39.7%
  78. 78Canada39.5%
  79. 79Thailand38.7%
  80. 80Paraguay38.5%
  81. 81New Zealand37.8%
  82. 82Spain37.2%
  83. 83Vanuatu36.3%
  84. 84Bulgaria36.2%
  85. 85Portugal36.2%
  86. 86Central African Republic35.7%
  87. 87Lithuania35.2%
  88. 88Ghana35.2%
  89. 89Croatia34.8%
  90. 90Czechia34.8%
  91. 91Luxembourg34.5%
  92. 92Sierra Leone34.3%
  93. 93St. Lucia34%
  94. 94Andorra34%
  95. 95Sri Lanka34%
  96. 96United States33.9%
  97. 97Mexico33.6%
  98. 98Norway33.5%
  99. 99Tuvalu33.3%
  100. 100Italy32.9%
  101. 101Germany32.7%
  102. 102Guatemala32.6%
  103. 103France32.5%
  104. 104Serbia32.4%
  105. 105Switzerland32.4%
  106. 106Cuba31.2%
  107. 107Poland31.1%
  108. 108Greece30.3%
  109. 109Romania30.1%
  110. 110Turkiye29.5%
  111. 111Eswatini29.1%
  112. 112Albania28.8%
  113. 113El Salvador27.5%
  114. 114Benin26.5%
  115. 115Botswana26.3%
  116. 116Nicaragua25.8%
  117. 117Chile25%
  118. 118St. Martin (French part)24.8%
  119. 119Guinea24.7%
  120. 120India24.5%
  121. 121Philippines24.5%
  122. 122British Virgin Islands24.1%
  123. 123China24%
  124. 124Nigeria23.2%
  125. 125Belgium22.6%
  126. 126Hungary22.4%
  127. 127Malawi22.4%
  128. 128Gambia, The22.3%
  129. 129Burkina Faso22.2%
  130. 130Togo22.1%
  131. 131Madagascar21.3%
  132. 132Singapore20.9%
  133. 133Mauritius19.5%
  134. 134Cyprus18.7%
  135. 135Bermuda18.5%
  136. 136Antigua and Barbuda18%
  137. 137Australia17.4%
  138. 138Comoros17%
  139. 139Ukraine16.8%
  140. 140San Marino16.7%
  141. 141Denmark15.8%
  142. 142Ethiopia14.9%
  143. 143Barbados14.7%
  144. 144Bangladesh14.5%
  145. 145Lebanon14.2%
  146. 146Azerbaijan14.1%
  147. 147South Africa14%
  148. 148United Kingdom13.3%
  149. 149Morocco12.9%
  150. 150Tonga12.4%
  151. 151Haiti12.3%
  152. 152Uruguay12%
  153. 153Moldova11.7%
  154. 154Armenia11.6%
  155. 155Cabo Verde11.6%
  156. 156Ireland11.5%
  157. 157South Sudan11.3%
  158. 158Rwanda11.3%
  159. 159Turks and Caicos Islands11.1%
  160. 160Netherlands11.1%
  161. 161Uganda11%
  162. 162Mali10.9%
  163. 163Burundi10.9%
  164. 164Sint Maarten (Dutch part)10.9%
  165. 165Argentina10.3%
  166. 166Sudan9.6%
  167. 167Somalia, Fed. Rep.9.2%
  168. 168Mongolia9.1%
  169. 169Turkmenistan8.8%
  170. 170Eritrea8.6%
  171. 171Uzbekistan8.5%
  172. 172Cote d'Ivoire7.9%
  173. 173Namibia7.8%
  174. 174Kyrgyz Republic7.1%
  175. 175Iran, Islamic Rep.6.6%
  176. 176Israel6.5%
  177. 177Kenya6.2%
  178. 178Isle of Man6.1%
  179. 179Pakistan4.7%
  180. 180Tunisia4.6%
  181. 181United Arab Emirates4.5%
  182. 182Chad3.2%
  183. 183Tajikistan3.1%
  184. 184Syrian Arab Republic2.8%
  185. 185Maldives2.8%
  186. 186Aruba2.3%
  187. 187Iraq1.9%
  188. 188Afghanistan1.9%
  189. 189West Bank and Gaza1.7%
  190. 190Kiribati1.5%
  191. 191Malta1.4%
  192. 192Kazakhstan1.3%
  193. 193Lesotho1.1%
  194. 194Jordan1.1%
  195. 195Yemen, Rep.1%
  196. 196Bahrain0.95%
  197. 197Algeria0.83%
  198. 198Niger0.82%
  199. 199Iceland0.53%
  200. 200Saudi Arabia0.45%
  201. 201Kuwait0.35%
  202. 202Mauritania0.29%
  203. 203Djibouti0.26%
  204. 204Curacao0.16%
  205. 205Libya0.12%
  206. 206Faroe Islands0.06%
  207. 207Egypt, Arab Rep.0.05%
  208. 208Oman0.01%
  209. 209Greenland0%
  210. 210Monaco0%
  211. 210Naoero0%
  212. 210Qatar0%
  213. 210Gibraltar0%

Forest area

Forest area by country 2023 | worldgovdata