Forest Area by Country
Forest area as a percentage of total land area.
Countries
215
Highest
94.4%
Suriname
Lowest
0.0%
Nauru
Latest Year
2023
| # | Country | Forest Area (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Suriname | 94.4% | 2023 |
| 2 |  Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 92.2% | 2023 |
| 3 |  Gabon | 91.2% | 2023 |
| 4 |  Palau | 90.5% | 2023 |
| 5 |  Solomon Islands | 90.1% | 2023 |
| 6 |  Guyana | 87.1% | 2023 |
| 7 |  Equatorial Guinea | 86.4% | 2023 |
| 8 |  American Samoa | 85.2% | 2023 |
| 9 |  Papua New Guinea | 79.0% | 2023 |
| 10 |  Liberia | 78.1% | 2023 |
| 11 |  Finland | 73.7% | 2023 |
| 12 |  Seychelles | 73.3% | 2023 |
| 13 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.2% | 2023 |
| 14 |  Brunei Darussalam | 72.1% | 2023 |
| 15 |  Bhutan | 71.6% | 2023 |
| 16 |  Lao PDR | 71.5% | 2023 |
| 17 |  Guinea-Bissau | 69.5% | 2023 |
| 18 |  Sweden | 68.7% | 2023 |
| 19 |  Japan | 68.4% | 2023 |
| 20 |  Congo, Rep. | 64.1% | 2023 |
| 21 |  Korea, Rep. | 64.1% | 2023 |
| 22 |  Dominica | 63.8% | 2023 |
| 23 |  Fiji | 63.5% | 2023 |
| 24 |  Timor-Leste | 61.7% | 2023 |
| 25 |  Montenegro | 61.5% | 2023 |
| 26 |  Slovenia | 61.2% | 2023 |
| 27 |  Costa Rica | 60.4% | 2023 |
| 28 |  Zambia | 59.5% | 2023 |
| 29 |  Brazil | 59.0% | 2023 |
| 30 |  Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 58.2% | 2023 |
| 31 |  Malaysia | 57.7% | 2023 |
| 32 |  Samoa | 57.6% | 2023 |
| 33 |  Estonia | 57.1% | 2023 |
| 34 |  Panama | 56.3% | 2023 |
| 35 |  Honduras | 56.3% | 2023 |
| 36 |  Jamaica | 56.2% | 2023 |
| 37 |  Puerto Rico (US) | 56.1% | 2023 |
| 38 |  Peru | 56.1% | 2023 |
| 39 |  Latvia | 55.0% | 2023 |
| 40 |  Belize | 54.5% | 2023 |
| 41 |  Congo, Dem. Rep. | 54.2% | 2023 |
| 42 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 53.0% | 2023 |
| 43 |  Colombia | 52.8% | 2023 |
| 44 |  Cayman Islands | 52.5% | 2023 |
| 45 |  Venezuela, RB | 52.2% | 2023 |
| 46 |  Marshall Islands | 52.2% | 2023 |
| 47 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 52.1% | 2023 |
| 48 |  Angola | 52.1% | 2023 |
| 49 |  Grenada | 52.1% | 2023 |
| 50 |  Guam | 51.9% | 2023 |
| 51 |  Bahamas, The | 50.9% | 2023 |
| 52 |  Tanzania | 50.1% | 2023 |
| 53 |  Russian Federation | 49.8% | 2023 |
| 54 |  Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 49.6% | 2023 |
| 55 |  Ecuador | 49.5% | 2023 |
| 56 |  Indonesia | 47.7% | 2023 |
| 57 |  Viet Nam | 47.4% | 2023 |
| 58 |  Austria | 47.2% | 2023 |
| 59 |  Bolivia | 46.3% | 2023 |
| 60 |  New Caledonia | 45.8% | 2023 |
| 61 |  Mozambique | 45.8% | 2023 |
| 62 |  Dominican Republic | 45.0% | 2023 |
| 63 |  Zimbabwe | 44.7% | 2023 |
| 64 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 44.2% | 2023 |
| 65 |  Belarus | 43.4% | 2023 |
| 66 |  Cambodia | 43.1% | 2023 |
| 67 |  French Polynesia | 43.1% | 2023 |
| 68 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.7% | 2023 |
| 69 |  Cameroon | 42.7% | 2023 |
| 70 |  Myanmar | 42.4% | 2023 |
| 71 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 42.3% | 2023 |
| 72 |  Liechtenstein | 41.9% | 2023 |
| 73 |  Nepal | 41.6% | 2023 |
| 74 |  Senegal | 41.3% | 2023 |
| 75 |  Georgia | 40.6% | 2023 |
| 76 |  Slovak Republic | 40.1% | 2023 |
| 77 |  North Macedonia | 39.7% | 2023 |
| 78 |  Canada | 39.5% | 2023 |
| 79 |  Thailand | 38.7% | 2023 |
| 80 |  Paraguay | 38.5% | 2023 |
| 81 |  New Zealand | 37.8% | 2023 |
| 82 |  Spain | 37.2% | 2023 |
| 83 |  Vanuatu | 36.3% | 2023 |
| 84 |  Bulgaria | 36.2% | 2023 |
| 85 |  Portugal | 36.2% | 2023 |
| 86 |  Central African Republic | 35.7% | 2023 |
| 87 |  Lithuania | 35.2% | 2023 |
| 88 |  Ghana | 35.2% | 2023 |
| 89 |  Croatia | 34.8% | 2023 |
| 90 |  Czechia | 34.8% | 2023 |
| 91 |  Luxembourg | 34.5% | 2023 |
| 92 |  Sierra Leone | 34.3% | 2023 |
| 93 |  St. Lucia | 34.0% | 2023 |
| 94 |  Andorra | 34.0% | 2023 |
| 95 |  Sri Lanka | 34.0% | 2023 |
| 96 |  United States | 33.9% | 2023 |
| 97 |  Mexico | 33.6% | 2023 |
| 98 |  Norway | 33.5% | 2023 |
| 99 |  Tuvalu | 33.3% | 2023 |
| 100 |  Italy | 32.9% | 2023 |
| 101 |  Germany | 32.7% | 2023 |
| 102 |  Guatemala | 32.6% | 2023 |
| 103 |  France | 32.5% | 2023 |
| 104 |  Serbia | 32.4% | 2023 |
| 105 |  Switzerland | 32.4% | 2023 |
| 106 |  Cuba | 31.2% | 2023 |
| 107 |  World | 31.1% | 2022 |
| 108 |  Poland | 31.1% | 2023 |
| 109 |  Greece | 30.3% | 2023 |
| 110 |  Romania | 30.1% | 2023 |
| 111 |  Turkiye | 29.5% | 2023 |
| 112 |  Eswatini | 29.1% | 2023 |
| 113 |  Albania | 28.8% | 2023 |
| 114 |  El Salvador | 27.5% | 2023 |
| 115 |  Benin | 26.5% | 2023 |
| 116 |  Botswana | 26.3% | 2023 |
| 117 |  Nicaragua | 25.8% | 2023 |
| 118 |  Chile | 25.0% | 2023 |
| 119 |  St. Martin (French part) | 24.8% | 2023 |
| 120 |  Guinea | 24.7% | 2023 |
| 121 |  India | 24.5% | 2023 |
| 122 |  Philippines | 24.5% | 2023 |
| 123 |  British Virgin Islands | 24.1% | 2023 |
| 124 |  China | 24.0% | 2023 |
| 125 |  Nigeria | 23.2% | 2023 |
| 126 |  Belgium | 22.6% | 2023 |
| 127 |  Hungary | 22.4% | 2023 |
| 128 |  Malawi | 22.4% | 2023 |
| 129 |  Gambia, The | 22.3% | 2023 |
| 130 |  Burkina Faso | 22.2% | 2023 |
| 131 |  Togo | 22.1% | 2023 |
| 132 |  Madagascar | 21.3% | 2023 |
| 133 |  Singapore | 20.9% | 2023 |
| 134 |  Mauritius | 19.5% | 2023 |
| 135 |  Cyprus | 18.7% | 2023 |
| 136 |  Bermuda | 18.5% | 2023 |
| 137 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 18.0% | 2023 |
| 138 |  Australia | 17.4% | 2023 |
| 139 |  Comoros | 17.0% | 2023 |
| 140 |  Ukraine | 16.8% | 2023 |
| 141 |  San Marino | 16.7% | 2023 |
| 142 |  Denmark | 15.8% | 2023 |
| 143 |  Ethiopia | 14.9% | 2023 |
| 144 |  Barbados | 14.7% | 2023 |
| 145 |  Bangladesh | 14.5% | 2023 |
| 146 |  Lebanon | 14.2% | 2023 |
| 147 |  Azerbaijan | 14.1% | 2023 |
| 148 |  South Africa | 14.0% | 2023 |
| 149 |  United Kingdom | 13.3% | 2023 |
| 150 |  Morocco | 12.9% | 2023 |
| 151 |  Tonga | 12.4% | 2023 |
| 152 |  Haiti | 12.3% | 2023 |
| 153 |  Uruguay | 12.0% | 2023 |
| 154 |  Moldova | 11.7% | 2023 |
| 155 |  Armenia | 11.6% | 2023 |
| 156 |  Cabo Verde | 11.6% | 2023 |
| 157 |  Ireland | 11.5% | 2023 |
| 158 |  South Sudan | 11.3% | 2023 |
| 159 |  Rwanda | 11.3% | 2023 |
| 160 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.1% | 2023 |
| 161 |  Netherlands | 11.1% | 2023 |
| 162 |  Uganda | 11.0% | 2023 |
| 163 |  Mali | 10.9% | 2023 |
| 164 |  Burundi | 10.9% | 2023 |
| 165 |  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 10.9% | 2023 |
| 166 |  Argentina | 10.3% | 2023 |
| 167 |  Sudan | 9.6% | 2023 |
| 168 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 9.2% | 2023 |
| 169 |  Mongolia | 9.1% | 2023 |
| 170 |  Turkmenistan | 8.8% | 2023 |
| 171 |  Eritrea | 8.6% | 2023 |
| 172 |  Uzbekistan | 8.5% | 2023 |
| 173 |  Cote d'Ivoire | 7.9% | 2023 |
| 174 |  Namibia | 7.8% | 2023 |
| 175 |  Kyrgyz Republic | 7.1% | 2023 |
| 176 |  Iran, Islamic Rep. | 6.6% | 2023 |
| 177 |  Israel | 6.5% | 2023 |
| 178 |  Kenya | 6.2% | 2023 |
| 179 |  Isle of Man | 6.1% | 2023 |
| 180 |  Channel Islands | 5.2% | 2021 |
| 181 |  Pakistan | 4.7% | 2023 |
| 182 |  Tunisia | 4.6% | 2023 |
| 183 |  United Arab Emirates | 4.5% | 2023 |
| 184 |  Chad | 3.2% | 2023 |
| 185 |  Tajikistan | 3.1% | 2023 |
| 186 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 2.8% | 2023 |
| 187 |  Maldives | 2.8% | 2023 |
| 188 |  Aruba | 2.3% | 2023 |
| 189 |  Iraq | 1.9% | 2023 |
| 190 |  Afghanistan | 1.9% | 2023 |
| 191 |  West Bank and Gaza | 1.7% | 2023 |
| 192 |  Kiribati | 1.5% | 2023 |
| 193 |  Malta | 1.4% | 2023 |
| 194 |  Kazakhstan | 1.3% | 2023 |
| 195 |  Lesotho | 1.1% | 2023 |
| 196 |  Jordan | 1.1% | 2023 |
| 197 |  Yemen, Rep. | 1.0% | 2023 |
| 198 |  Bahrain | 0.9% | 2023 |
| 199 |  Algeria | 0.8% | 2023 |
| 200 |  Niger | 0.8% | 2023 |
| 201 |  Iceland | 0.5% | 2023 |
| 202 |  Saudi Arabia | 0.5% | 2023 |
| 203 |  Kuwait | 0.4% | 2023 |
| 204 |  Mauritania | 0.3% | 2023 |
| 205 |  Djibouti | 0.3% | 2023 |
| 206 |  Curacao | 0.2% | 2023 |
| 207 |  Libya | 0.1% | 2023 |
| 208 |  Faroe Islands | 0.1% | 2023 |
| 209 |  Egypt, Arab Rep. | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 210 |  Oman | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 211 |  Greenland | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 212 |  Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 213 |  Qatar | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 214 |  Monaco | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 215 |  Nauru | 0.0% | 2023 |