Share of land covered by forest by country
Share of land area covered by forest, including both natural forests and forest plantations.
Countries reporting
213
Highest
95.6%
French Guiana
Lowest
0.0%
Greenland
Median
33.1%
Years covered
1026
1000β2025
Data points
7,823
What the numbers show
Share of land covered by forest is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 95.6% in French Guiana; the lowest is 0.0% in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.1%, and the mean is 33.4%.
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%).
Share of land covered by forest: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French Guiana | 95.6% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | Micronesia (country) | 92.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 3 | Suriname | 91.4% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 4 | Gabon | 91.4% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Palau | 91.0% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 89.8% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 7 | Guyana | 87.0% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 8 | Equatorial Guinea | 85.8% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 9 | American Samoa | 79.2% | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 10 | Dominica | 76.5% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 75.1% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 12 | Guinea-Bissau | 74.7% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 13 | Vanuatu | 74.4% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 14 | Finland | 74.2% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 15 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.2% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 72.4% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 17 | Brunei | 72.1% | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 18 | East Timor | 70.9% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 19 | Bhutan | 70.1% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 20 | Sweden | 68.6% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Japan | 68.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | Taiwan | 67.0% | 2015 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | British Virgin Islands | 66.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Liberia | 65.7% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 25 | South Korea | 64.3% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 26 | North Korea | 64.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 27 | Congo | 64.0% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | Fiji | 62.2% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 29 | Panama | 62.2% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 30 | Slovenia | 61.8% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 31 | Montenegro | 61.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 61.4% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 33 | Zambia | 60.4% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 34 | United States Virgin Islands | 59.0% | 2025 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 58.6% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 36 | Brazil | 58.2% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 37 | Belize | 57.7% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 38 | Seychelles | 57.7% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 57.6% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 40 | Malaysia | 57.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 41 | Samoa | 57.5% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 42 | Estonia | 57.3% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 43 | Jamaica | 56.9% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 44 | Laos | 56.5% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 45 | Latvia | 55.7% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 46 | Marshall Islands | 53.9% | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 53.8% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 48 | Colombia | 53.6% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 49 | Venezuela | 53.4% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 50 | Cayman Islands | 53.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Northern Mariana Islands | 53.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 52.5% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 53 | Honduras | 52.4% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 54 | Guam | 52.4% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Grenada | 52.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Bahamas | 50.9% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Russia | 50.8% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 58 | Angola | 50.7% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 59 | Indonesia | 50.7% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 60 | Bolivia | 50.2% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 61 | Ecuador | 49.6% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 62 | Puerto Rico | 49.2% | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 63 | Tanzania | 49.0% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 64 | New Caledonia | 48.8% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Austria | 47.3% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 66 | Vietnam | 47.2% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 46.8% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 68 | Senegal | 44.9% | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 69 | Georgia | 44.6% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Belarus | 44.2% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.1% | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 72 | Nepal | 43.7% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 73 | French Polynesia | 43.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 76 | Canada | 42.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 77 | Myanmar | 41.5% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 78 | Serbia | 41.3% | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 79 | Mozambique | 41.0% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 40.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 81 | Cameroon | 40.5% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 82 | Slovakia | 40.4% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 83 | Nicaragua | 39.7% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 84 | New Zealand | 39.1% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 85 | Andorra | 38.8% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 86 | Czechia | 38.5% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 87 | Thailand | 38.5% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 88 | Spain | 38.3% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 89 | Liechtenstein | 37.4% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 90 | Greece | 36.9% | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 91 | Portugal | 36.7% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 36.5% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 93 | Paraguay | 36.1% | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 94 | Cambodia | 35.9% | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 95 | Zimbabwe | 35.6% | 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 | 34.8% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 99 | Luxembourg | 34.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Albania | 34.3% | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 101 | Tuvalu | 34.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 34.3% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 103 | Mexico | 34.1% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 104 | United States | 33.8% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 105 | Sierra Leone | 33.8% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 106 | Norway | 33.2% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 107 | El Salvador | 33.1% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 108 | France | 33.0% | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 109 | Guatemala | 33.0% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 110 | Germany | 32.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 111 | Switzerland | 32.1% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 112 | Italy | 31.9% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 113 | Ghana | 31.0% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 114 | Poland | 31.0% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 115 | Romania | 30.2% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 116 | Turkey | 29.6% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 117 | Benin | 27.8% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 118 | Botswana | 27.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 119 | Rwanda | 25.7% | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 120 | Eswatini | 25.2% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 121 | Philippines | 24.9% | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 122 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 24.8% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | India | 24.5% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 124 | Chile | 24.4% | 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 | 22.9% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 128 | Togo | 22.5% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 129 | Singapore | 22.0% | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 130 | Belgium | 22.0% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 131 | Malawi | 21.5% | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 132 | Gambia | 20.7% | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 133 | Guinea | 19.8% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 134 | Mauritius | 19.2% | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 135 | South Africa | 18.9% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 136 | Nigeria | 18.8% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 137 | Cyprus | 18.6% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 138 | Comoros | 17.9% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 139 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.7% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 140 | Ukraine | 17.4% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 141 | Australia | 17.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 142 | Madagascar | 17.1% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 143 | Argentina | 17.0% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 144 | San Marino | 16.7% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Denmark | 16.1% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | 14.7% | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 147 | Barbados | 14.7% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Bermuda | 14.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 14.4% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 150 | Lebanon | 13.8% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 151 | United Kingdom | 13.5% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 152 | Haiti | 13.5% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 153 | Morocco | 12.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 154 | Cape Verde | 12.7% | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 155 | Maldives | 12.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Tonga | 12.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Ireland | 12.1% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 158 | Eritrea | 11.9% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 159 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.9% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 160 | Armenia | 11.8% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 11.8% | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 162 | Uganda | 11.8% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 163 | Sudan | 11.8% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 164 | Uruguay | 11.6% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 165 | South Sudan | 11.3% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 166 | Moldova | 11.2% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 167 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Netherlands | 11.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 169 | Burundi | 10.9% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 170 | Namibia | 9.8% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 171 | Mongolia | 9.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Uzbekistan | 8.8% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 173 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 8.8% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Mali | 8.6% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 175 | Somalia | 7.7% | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 176 | Israel | 6.9% | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 177 | Kenya | 6.7% | 2025 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 178 | Iran | 6.6% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.5% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 180 | Isle of Man | 6.4% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 181 | Bahrain | 5.5% | 2025 | up 219.0% | rising |
| 182 | Turkmenistan | 5.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | United Arab Emirates | 4.6% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 184 | Tunisia | 4.4% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 185 | Pakistan | 4.1% | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 186 | Tajikistan | 3.1% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 187 | Syria | 2.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 188 | Chad | 2.9% | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 189 | Aruba | 2.7% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Western Sahara | 1.9% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 191 | Afghanistan | 1.9% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | Palestine | 1.8% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 193 | Iraq | 1.6% | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 194 | Malta | 1.5% | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 195 | Kiribati | 1.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | Kazakhstan | 1.3% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 197 | Saudi Arabia | 1.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 198 | Lesotho | 1.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | Yemen | 1.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | Mauritania | 1.0% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 201 | Niger | 0.8% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 202 | Jordan | 0.8% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 203 | Algeria | 0.7% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 204 | Iceland | 0.6% | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 205 | Kuwait | 0.4% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 206 | Djibouti | 0.3% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 207 | Curacao | 0.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Qatar | 0.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 209 | Libya | 0.1% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 210 | Faroe Islands | 0.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | Oman | 0.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 212 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 213 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
About this data
Share of land area covered by forest, including both natural forests and forest plantations.