Countries ranked by Forest area

How to read this number

The land area under forest: land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds. It does not include land mainly used for farming or in towns and cities. Source: World Bank (underlying data from the FAO).

A big country tends to have a large forest area, so this does not show how forested a country is; see the ranking of forest as a share of land area for that. Tree stands in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems, and trees in city parks and gardens, are not counted.

• Countries listed: 193 (of 193)
• Data years: 2023–2025 (differs by country)
• 190 countries use 2025 data