Forest area as share of land area by country
Countries reporting
216
Highest
95.55
French Guiana
Lowest
0
Nauru
Median
33.01
Years covered
1026
1000–2025
Data points
7,823
What the numbers show
Forest area as share of land area is currently reported for 216 countries. The highest value is 95.55 in French Guiana; the lowest is 0 in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.01, and the mean is 32.98.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 219.0%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 28.4%).
Forest area as share of land area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French Guiana | 95.55 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | Micronesia (country) | 92.24 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 3 | Suriname | 91.42 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 4 | Gabon | 91.42 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Palau | 91.02 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 89.82 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 7 | Guyana | 87.04 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 8 | Equatorial Guinea | 85.8 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 9 | American Samoa | 79.25 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 10 | Dominica | 76.47 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 75.14 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 12 | Guinea-Bissau | 74.67 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 13 | Vanuatu | 74.44 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 14 | Finland | 74.16 | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 15 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.23 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 72.39 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 17 | Brunei | 72.11 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 18 | East Timor | 70.9 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 19 | Bhutan | 70.13 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 20 | Sweden | 68.59 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Japan | 68.32 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | Taiwan | 67 | 2015 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | British Virgin Islands | 66.47 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Liberia | 65.68 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 25 | South Korea | 64.34 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 26 | North Korea | 64.18 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 27 | Congo | 63.99 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | Fiji | 62.21 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 29 | Panama | 62.21 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 30 | Slovenia | 61.76 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 31 | Montenegro | 61.49 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 61.4 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 33 | Zambia | 60.36 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 34 | United States Virgin Islands | 59.03 | 2025 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 58.55 | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 36 | Brazil | 58.16 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 37 | Belize | 57.65 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 38 | Seychelles | 57.65 | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 57.58 | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 40 | Malaysia | 57.48 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 41 | Samoa | 57.47 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 42 | Estonia | 57.26 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 43 | Jamaica | 56.91 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 44 | Laos | 56.48 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 45 | Latvia | 55.71 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 46 | Marshall Islands | 53.94 | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 53.84 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 48 | Colombia | 53.59 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 49 | Venezuela | 53.38 | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 50 | Cayman Islands | 53 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Northern Mariana Islands | 52.96 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 52.47 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 53 | Honduras | 52.38 | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 54 | Guam | 52.35 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Grenada | 52.06 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Bahamas | 50.94 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Russia | 50.84 | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 58 | Angola | 50.74 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 59 | Indonesia | 50.71 | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 60 | Bolivia | 50.19 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 61 | Ecuador | 49.57 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 62 | Puerto Rico | 49.16 | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 63 | Tanzania | 49 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 64 | New Caledonia | 48.83 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Austria | 47.31 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 66 | Vietnam | 47.19 | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 46.84 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 68 | Senegal | 44.92 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 69 | Georgia | 44.62 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Belarus | 44.22 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.06 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 72 | Nepal | 43.71 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 73 | French Polynesia | 43.06 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.31 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.23 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 76 | Canada | 41.97 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 77 | Myanmar | 41.51 | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 78 | Serbia | 41.33 | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 79 | Mozambique | 41 | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 40.69 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 81 | Cameroon | 40.5 | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 82 | Slovakia | 40.36 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 83 | Nicaragua | 39.73 | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 84 | New Zealand | 39.13 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 85 | Andorra | 38.77 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 86 | Czechia | 38.47 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 87 | Thailand | 38.46 | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 88 | Spain | 38.29 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 89 | Liechtenstein | 37.38 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 90 | Greece | 36.95 | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 91 | Portugal | 36.71 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 36.47 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 93 | Paraguay | 36.1 | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 94 | Cambodia | 35.88 | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 95 | Zimbabwe | 35.58 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 96 | Lithuania | 35.4 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 97 | Cuba | 34.9 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 98 | Croatia | 34.78 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 99 | Luxembourg | 34.45 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Albania | 34.34 | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 101 | Tuvalu | 34.33 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 34.28 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 103 | Mexico | 34.09 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 104 | United States | 33.77 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 105 | Sierra Leone | 33.75 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 106 | Norway | 33.24 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 107 | El Salvador | 33.05 | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 108 | France | 33.02 | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 109 | Guatemala | 32.99 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 110 | Germany | 32.86 | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 111 | Switzerland | 32.07 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 112 | Italy | 31.86 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 113 | Ghana | 31.01 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 114 | Poland | 31 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 115 | Romania | 30.24 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 116 | Turkey | 29.63 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 117 | Benin | 27.79 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 118 | Botswana | 27.76 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 119 | Rwanda | 25.72 | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 120 | Eswatini | 25.18 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 121 | Philippines | 24.95 | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 122 | Saint Martin (French part) | 24.8 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | India | 24.46 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 124 | Chile | 24.45 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 125 | China | 24.2 | 2025 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 126 | Ethiopia | 23.7 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 127 | Hungary | 22.87 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 128 | Togo | 22.51 | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 129 | Singapore | 22.01 | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 130 | Belgium | 21.99 | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 131 | Malawi | 21.55 | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 132 | Gambia | 20.7 | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 133 | Guinea | 19.77 | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 134 | Mauritius | 19.17 | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 135 | South Africa | 18.86 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 136 | Nigeria | 18.81 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 137 | Cyprus | 18.58 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 138 | Comoros | 17.93 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 139 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.7 | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 140 | Ukraine | 17.41 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 141 | Australia | 17.36 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 142 | Madagascar | 17.05 | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 143 | Argentina | 17.03 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 144 | San Marino | 16.67 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Denmark | 16.06 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | 14.68 | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 147 | Barbados | 14.65 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Bermuda | 14.44 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 14.41 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 150 | Lebanon | 13.81 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 151 | United Kingdom | 13.55 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 152 | Haiti | 13.5 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 153 | Morocco | 12.76 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 154 | Cape Verde | 12.67 | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 155 | Maldives | 12.48 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Tonga | 12.12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Ireland | 12.09 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 158 | Eritrea | 11.9 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 159 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.87 | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 160 | Armenia | 11.85 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 11.83 | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 162 | Uganda | 11.81 | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 163 | Sudan | 11.77 | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 164 | Uruguay | 11.56 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 165 | South Sudan | 11.33 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 166 | Moldova | 11.25 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 167 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.07 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Netherlands | 10.97 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 169 | Burundi | 10.89 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 170 | Namibia | 9.77 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 171 | Mongolia | 9.1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Uzbekistan | 8.84 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 173 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 8.82 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Mali | 8.59 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 175 | Somalia | 7.7 | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 176 | Israel | 6.93 | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 177 | Kenya | 6.74 | 2025 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 178 | Iran | 6.63 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.55 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 180 | Isle of Man | 6.44 | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 181 | Bahrain | 5.46 | 2025 | up 219.0% | rising |
| 182 | Turkmenistan | 4.96 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | United Arab Emirates | 4.57 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 184 | Tunisia | 4.43 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 185 | Pakistan | 4.14 | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 186 | Tajikistan | 3.06 | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 187 | Syria | 2.87 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 188 | Chad | 2.87 | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 189 | Aruba | 2.72 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Western Sahara | 1.95 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 191 | Afghanistan | 1.85 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | Palestine | 1.84 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 193 | Iraq | 1.6 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 194 | Malta | 1.47 | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 195 | Kiribati | 1.32 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | Kazakhstan | 1.3 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 197 | Saudi Arabia | 1.29 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 198 | Lesotho | 1.14 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | Yemen | 1.04 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | Mauritania | 0.9888 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 201 | Niger | 0.833 | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 202 | Jordan | 0.7962 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 203 | Algeria | 0.7101 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 204 | Iceland | 0.6097 | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 205 | Kuwait | 0.3535 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 206 | Djibouti | 0.2558 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 207 | Curacao | 0.1577 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Qatar | 0.1218 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 209 | Libya | 0.1167 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 210 | Faroe Islands | 0.0584 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | Oman | 0.0052 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 212 | Egypt | 0.0041 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 213 | Greenland | 0.0005 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Gibraltar | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 214 | Monaco | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 214 | Nauru | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |