Countries by forest area
172 countries, highest first. Each row shows the latest value published for that country and the year it refers to.
Sources: World Bank (172 countries). Read through PiSpace Open Data.
| Rank | Country | Forest area | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Micronesia | 92.1% | 2024 |
| 2 | Gabon | 91.4% | 2024 |
| 3 | Palau | 90.8% | 2024 |
| 4 | Guyana | 87.1% | 2024 |
| 5 | Equatorial Guinea | 86.1% | 2024 |
| 6 | American Samoa | 79.6% | 2024 |
| 7 | Dominica | 76.4% | 2024 |
| 8 | Papua New Guinea | 75.2% | 2024 |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 74.8% | 2024 |
| 10 | Vanuatu | 74.6% | 2024 |
| 11 | Finland | 74.2% | 2024 |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 72.5% | 2024 |
| 13 | Brunei | 72.1% | 2024 |
| 14 | Bhutan | 70.4% | 2024 |
| 15 | Japan | 68.3% | 2024 |
| 16 | Liberia | 66.1% | 2024 |
| 17 | British Virgin Islands | 66% | 2024 |
| 18 | North Korea | 64.1% | 2024 |
| 19 | Republic of the Congo | 64% | 2024 |
| 20 | Panama | 62.2% | 2024 |
| 21 | Fiji | 61.7% | 2024 |
| 22 | Montenegro | 61.5% | 2024 |
| 23 | Zambia | 60.5% | 2024 |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 59.1% | 2024 |
| 25 | Brazil | 58.5% | 2024 |
| 26 | Belize | 58% | 2024 |
| 27 | Malaysia | 57.7% | 2024 |
| 28 | Samoa | 57.6% | 2024 |
| 29 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 57.6% | 2024 |
| 30 | Estonia | 57.2% | 2024 |
| 31 | Laos | 56.6% | 2024 |
| 32 | Jamaica | 56.5% | 2024 |
| 33 | Latvia | 55.6% | 2024 |
| 34 | Saint Lucia | 53.8% | 2024 |
| 35 | Colombia | 53.7% | 2024 |
| 36 | Marshall Islands | 53.6% | 2024 |
| 37 | Venezuela | 53.4% | 2024 |
| 38 | Northern Mariana Islands | 53.3% | 2024 |
| 39 | Cayman Islands | 53% | 2024 |
| 40 | Honduras | 52.8% | 2024 |
| 41 | Peru | 52.7% | 2024 |
| 42 | Guam | 52.3% | 2024 |
| 43 | Grenada | 51.5% | 2024 |
| 44 | Angola | 51.2% | 2024 |
| 45 | Bahamas | 50.9% | 2024 |
| 46 | Russia | 50.8% | 2024 |
| 47 | Indonesia | 50.7% | 2024 |
| 48 | Bolivia | 50.2% | 2024 |
| 49 | Puerto Rico (US) | 49.7% | 2024 |
| 50 | Ecuador | 49.7% | 2024 |
| 51 | New Caledonia | 48.1% | 2024 |
| 52 | Austria | 47.3% | 2024 |
| 53 | Viet Nam | 47.1% | 2024 |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 46.7% | 2024 |
| 55 | Senegal | 45% | 2024 |
| 56 | Georgia | 44.6% | 2024 |
| 57 | Belarus | 44.1% | 2024 |
| 58 | Nepal | 43.6% | 2024 |
| 59 | French Polynesia | 42.4% | 2024 |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.2% | 2024 |
| 61 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.1% | 2024 |
| 62 | Canada | 42% | 2024 |
| 63 | Myanmar | 42% | 2024 |
| 64 | Mozambique | 41.3% | 2024 |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 40.8% | 2024 |
| 66 | Cameroon | 40.7% | 2024 |
| 67 | Andorra | 38.9% | 2024 |
| 68 | New Zealand | 38.9% | 2024 |
| 69 | Czechia | 38.4% | 2024 |
| 70 | Cambodia | 37.6% | 2024 |
| 71 | Greece | 36.9% | 2024 |
| 72 | Liechtenstein | 36.8% | 2024 |
| 73 | Portugal | 36.6% | 2024 |
| 74 | Paraguay | 36.5% | 2024 |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 36.4% | 2024 |
| 76 | Zimbabwe | 35.7% | 2024 |
| 77 | Lithuania | 35.4% | 2024 |
| 78 | Cuba | 34.9% | 2024 |
| 79 | Croatia | 34.8% | 2024 |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 34.5% | 2024 |
| 81 | Albania | 34.3% | 2024 |
| 82 | Mexico | 34.2% | 2024 |
| 83 | Norway | 33.2% | 2024 |
| 84 | Guatemala | 33.1% | 2024 |
| 85 | El Salvador | 33% | 2024 |
| 86 | France | 32.9% | 2024 |
| 87 | Germany | 32.8% | 2024 |
| 88 | Italy | 31.8% | 2024 |
| 89 | Poland | 31% | 2024 |
| 90 | Ghana | 30.9% | 2024 |
| 91 | Romania | 30.2% | 2024 |
| 92 | Benin | 28.1% | 2024 |
| 93 | Botswana | 27.8% | 2024 |
| 94 | Rwanda | 26.1% | 2024 |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 25.8% | 2023 |
| 96 | Eswatini | 25.3% | 2024 |
| 97 | Philippines | 24.8% | 2024 |
| 98 | Chile | 24.5% | 2024 |
| 99 | India | 24.4% | 2024 |
| 100 | China | 24% | 2024 |
| 101 | Ethiopia | 23.8% | 2024 |
| 102 | Saint Martin (French part) | 23.4% | 2024 |
| 103 | Hungary | 22.8% | 2024 |
| 104 | Malawi | 22% | 2024 |
| 105 | Belgium | 22% | 2024 |
| 106 | Gambia | 21.3% | 2024 |
| 107 | Guinea | 20% | 2024 |
| 108 | Mauritius | 19.1% | 2024 |
| 109 | Nigeria | 18.9% | 2024 |
| 110 | Cyprus | 18.6% | 2024 |
| 111 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.9% | 2024 |
| 112 | Comoros | 17.8% | 2024 |
| 113 | Australia | 17.4% | 2024 |
| 114 | Madagascar | 17.3% | 2024 |
| 115 | Argentina | 17.1% | 2024 |
| 116 | San Marino | 16.3% | 2024 |
| 117 | Denmark | 16% | 2024 |
| 118 | Barbados | 14.6% | 2024 |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | 14.6% | 2024 |
| 120 | Bermuda | 14.4% | 2024 |
| 121 | Bangladesh | 14.4% | 2024 |
| 122 | Lebanon | 13.8% | 2024 |
| 123 | Haiti | 13.5% | 2024 |
| 124 | Morocco | 12.8% | 2024 |
| 125 | Cabo Verde | 12.5% | 2024 |
| 126 | Maldives | 12.5% | 2024 |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 12.3% | 2024 |
| 128 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.1% | 2024 |
| 129 | Eritrea | 12% | 2024 |
| 130 | Ireland | 12% | 2024 |
| 131 | Armenia | 11.8% | 2024 |
| 132 | Moldova | 11.3% | 2024 |
| 133 | Netherlands | 11% | 2024 |
| 134 | Burundi | 10.9% | 2024 |
| 135 | Namibia | 9.8% | 2024 |
| 136 | Mongolia | 9.1% | 2024 |
| 137 | Mali | 8.7% | 2024 |
| 138 | Israel | 6.8% | 2024 |
| 139 | Kenya | 6.6% | 2024 |
| 140 | Iran | 6.6% | 2024 |
| 141 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.5% | 2024 |
| 142 | Isle of Man | 6.4% | 2024 |
| 143 | Channel Islands | 5.2% | 2021 |
| 144 | Bahrain | 4.9% | 2024 |
| 145 | Pakistan | 4.1% | 2024 |
| 146 | Chad | 3% | 2024 |
| 147 | Aruba | 2.7% | 2024 |
| 148 | West Bank and Gaza | 1.8% | 2024 |
| 149 | Iraq | 1.6% | 2024 |
| 150 | Malta | 1.5% | 2024 |
| 151 | Kiribati | 1.3% | 2024 |
| 152 | Kazakhstan | 1.3% | 2024 |
| 153 | Saudi Arabia | 1.3% | 2024 |
| 154 | Lesotho | 1.1% | 2024 |
| 155 | Yemen | 1% | 2024 |
| 156 | Mauritania | 1% | 2024 |
| 157 | Niger | 0.8% | 2024 |
| 158 | Jordan | 0.8% | 2024 |
| 159 | Algeria | 0.7% | 2024 |
| 160 | Iceland | 0.6% | 2024 |
| 161 | Kuwait | 0.4% | 2024 |
| 162 | Djibouti | 0.3% | 2024 |
| 163 | Curaçao | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 164 | Qatar | 0.1% | 2024 |
| 165 | Libya | 0.1% | 2024 |
| 166 | Faroe Islands | 0.1% | 2024 |
| 167 | Oman | 0% | 2024 |
| 168 | Egypt | 0% | 2024 |
| 169 | Greenland | 0% | 2024 |
| 170 | Gibraltar | 0% | 2023 |
| 171 | Monaco | 0% | 2023 |
| 172 | Naoero | 0% | 2023 |
Measure: Forest area as a share of land area, in % of land area. Where a country has no value for the first measure, a close equivalent from another official source is used; the definition of each is on PiSpace Open Data.