Countries ranked by Forest area (share of land)

The part of the land covered by forest.

#1 Micronesia (92.1%), #2 Suriname (91.5%), #3 Gabon (91.4%). Several countries are tied for last place, including Nauru (0.0%).

How to read this number

The share of a country’s land area covered by natural or planted stands of trees at least 5 meters tall, whether productive or not.

Tree stands in agricultural production systems (such as fruit plantations and agroforestry) and trees in urban parks and gardens are not counted.

  • Countries listed: 193 (of 193)
  • Data years: 2023–2024 (differs by country)
  • 190 countries use 2024 data

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Ranking table

Sorted from the highest value

RankCountryForest area (share of land)YearBar
1 Micronesia 92.1% 2024
2 Suriname 91.5% 2024
3 Gabon 91.4% 2024
4 Palau 90.8% 2024
5 Solomon Islands 89.8% 2024
6 Guyana 87.1% 2024
7 Equatorial Guinea 86.1% 2024
8 Dominica 76.4% 2024
9 Papua New Guinea 75.2% 2024
10 Guinea-Bissau 74.8% 2024
11 Vanuatu 74.6% 2024
12 Finland 74.2% 2024
13 St. Vincent & Grenadines 73.4% 2024
14 Central African Republic 72.5% 2024
15 Brunei 72.1% 2024
16 Timor-Leste 71.0% 2024
17 Bhutan 70.4% 2024
18 Sweden 68.6% 2024
19 Japan 68.3% 2024
20 Liberia 66.1% 2024
21 South Korea 64.4% 2024
22 North Korea 64.1% 2024
23 Republic of the Congo 64.0% 2024
24 Panama 62.2% 2024
25 Slovenia 61.8% 2024
26 Fiji 61.7% 2024
27 Democratic Republic of the Congo 61.5% 2024
28 Montenegro 61.5% 2024
29 Zambia 60.5% 2024
30 Costa Rica 59.1% 2024
31 Brazil 58.5% 2024
32 Seychelles 58.5% 2024
33 Belize 58.0% 2024
34 Malaysia 57.7% 2024
35 Samoa 57.6% 2024
36 São Tomé & Príncipe 57.6% 2024
37 Estonia 57.2% 2024
38 Laos 56.6% 2024
39 Jamaica 56.5% 2024
40 Latvia 55.6% 2024
41 St. Lucia 53.8% 2024
42 Colombia 53.7% 2024
43 Marshall Islands 53.6% 2024
44 Venezuela 53.4% 2024
45 Honduras 52.8% 2024
46 Peru 52.7% 2024
47 Grenada 51.5% 2024
48 Angola 51.2% 2024
49 Bahamas 50.9% 2024
50 Russia 50.8% 2024
51 Indonesia 50.7% 2024
52 Bolivia 50.2% 2024
53 Ecuador 49.7% 2024
54 Tanzania 49.6% 2024
55 Austria 47.3% 2024
56 Vietnam 47.1% 2024
57 Dominican Republic 46.7% 2024
58 Senegal 45.0% 2024
59 Georgia 44.6% 2024
60 Trinidad & Tobago 44.2% 2024
61 Belarus 44.1% 2024
62 Nepal 43.6% 2024
63 Bosnia & Herzegovina 42.2% 2024
64 St. Kitts & Nevis 42.1% 2024
65 Canada 42.0% 2024
66 Myanmar 42.0% 2024
67 Mozambique 41.3% 2024
68 North Macedonia 40.8% 2024
69 Cameroon 40.7% 2024
70 Slovakia 40.3% 2024
71 Tuvalu 39.6% 2024
72 Serbia 39.2% 2024
73 Andorra 38.9% 2024
74 New Zealand 38.9% 2024
75 Thailand 38.7% 2024
76 Czechia 38.4% 2024
77 Spain 38.2% 2024
78 Cambodia 37.6% 2024
79 Greece 36.9% 2024
80 Liechtenstein 36.8% 2024
81 Portugal 36.6% 2024
82 Paraguay 36.5% 2024
83 Bulgaria 36.4% 2024
84 Zimbabwe 35.7% 2024
85 Lithuania 35.4% 2024
86 Cuba 34.9% 2024
87 Croatia 34.8% 2024
88 Luxembourg 34.5% 2024
89 Sri Lanka 34.4% 2024
90 Albania 34.3% 2024
91 Mexico 34.2% 2024
92 Sierra Leone 34.0% 2024
93 United States 33.8% 2024
94 Norway 33.2% 2024
95 Guatemala 33.1% 2024
96 El Salvador 33.0% 2024
97 France 32.9% 2024
98 Germany 32.8% 2024
99 Switzerland 32.0% 2024
100 Italy 31.8% 2024
101 Poland 31.0% 2024
102 Ghana 30.9% 2024
103 Romania 30.2% 2024
104 Türkiye 29.5% 2024
105 Benin 28.1% 2024
106 Botswana 27.8% 2024
107 Rwanda 26.1% 2024
108 Nicaragua 25.8% 2023
109 Eswatini 25.3% 2024
110 Philippines 24.8% 2024
111 Chile 24.5% 2024
112 India 24.4% 2024
113 China 24.0% 2024
114 Ethiopia 23.8% 2024
115 Hungary 22.8% 2024
116 Togo 22.5% 2024
117 Malawi 22.0% 2024
118 Belgium 22.0% 2024
119 Singapore 21.8% 2024
120 Gambia 21.3% 2024
121 Guinea 20.0% 2024
122 Mauritius 19.1% 2024
123 Nigeria 18.9% 2024
124 South Africa 18.8% 2024
125 Cyprus 18.6% 2024
126 Antigua & Barbuda 17.9% 2024
127 Comoros 17.8% 2024
128 Australia 17.4% 2024
129 Ukraine 17.3% 2024
130 Madagascar 17.3% 2024
131 Argentina 17.1% 2024
132 San Marino 16.3% 2024
133 Denmark 16.0% 2024
134 Barbados 14.6% 2024
135 Azerbaijan 14.6% 2024
136 Bangladesh 14.4% 2024
137 Lebanon 13.8% 2024
138 United Kingdom 13.5% 2024
139 Haiti 13.5% 2024
140 Morocco 12.8% 2024
141 Cape Verde 12.5% 2024
142 Maldives 12.5% 2024
143 Burkina Faso 12.3% 2024
144 Tonga 12.1% 2024
145 Côte d’Ivoire 12.1% 2024
146 Eritrea 12.0% 2024
147 Ireland 12.0% 2024
148 Uganda 11.9% 2024
149 Sudan 11.9% 2024
150 Armenia 11.8% 2024
151 Uruguay 11.5% 2024
152 South Sudan 11.3% 2024
153 Moldova 11.3% 2024
154 Netherlands 11.0% 2024
155 Burundi 10.9% 2024
156 Namibia 9.8% 2024
157 Mongolia 9.1% 2024
158 Uzbekistan 8.8% 2024
159 Mali 8.7% 2024
160 Somalia 7.8% 2024
161 Israel 6.8% 2024
162 Kenya 6.6% 2024
163 Iran 6.6% 2024
164 Kyrgyzstan 6.5% 2024
165 Turkmenistan 5.0% 2024
166 Bahrain 4.9% 2024
167 United Arab Emirates 4.6% 2024
168 Tunisia 4.4% 2024
169 Pakistan 4.1% 2024
170 Tajikistan 3.1% 2024
171 Chad 3.0% 2024
172 Syria 2.9% 2024
173 Afghanistan 1.9% 2024
174 Iraq 1.6% 2024
175 Malta 1.5% 2024
176 Kiribati 1.3% 2024
177 Kazakhstan 1.3% 2024
178 Saudi Arabia 1.3% 2024
179 Lesotho 1.1% 2024
180 Yemen 1.0% 2024
181 Mauritania 1.0% 2024
182 Niger 0.8% 2024
183 Jordan 0.8% 2024
184 Algeria 0.7% 2024
185 Iceland 0.6% 2024
186 Kuwait 0.4% 2024
187 Djibouti 0.3% 2024
188 Qatar 0.1% 2024
189 Libya 0.1% 2024
190 Oman 0.0% 2024
191 Egypt 0.0% 2024
192= Monaco 0.0% 2023
192= Nauru 0.0% 2023

Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.

Data is available for 193 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.

Source: Forest area (% of land area), indicator AG.LND.FRST.ZS. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org

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