Forest Area by Country

Ranking of 213 countries by Forest Area (% of land area)

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

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