Forest area by country
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.
Countries reporting
228
Highest
832.63 million hectares
Russia
Lowest
0 hectares
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Median
1.78 million hectares
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
8,460
What the numbers show
Forest area is currently reported for 228 countries. The highest value is 832.63 million hectares in Russia; the lowest is 0 hectares in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.78 million hectares, and the mean is 18.15 million hectares.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 219.0%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 28.4%).
Forest area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 832.63 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 2 | Brazil | 486.09 million hectares | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 3 | Canada | 368.82 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | United States | 308.89 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 5 | China | 227.15 million hectares | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 139.19 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 7 | Australia | 133.56 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 8 | Indonesia | 95.97 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 9 | India | 72.74 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 10 | Peru | 67.16 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 11 | Mexico | 66.27 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 12 | Angola | 63.26 million hectares | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 59.46 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 14 | Bolivia | 54.37 million hectares | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 15 | Venezuela | 47.09 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 16 | Argentina | 46.60 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 45.09 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 18 | Zambia | 44.87 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 19 | Tanzania | 43.40 million hectares | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 20 | Papua New Guinea | 34.03 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 21 | Mozambique | 32.24 million hectares | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 22 | Sweden | 27.93 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Myanmar | 27.10 million hectares | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 26.75 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 25 | Japan | 24.91 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Gabon | 23.56 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 27 | South Africa | 22.88 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 28 | Turkey | 22.81 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 29 | Finland | 22.54 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 30 | Sudan | 21.98 million hectares | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 31 | Congo | 21.85 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 32 | Thailand | 19.65 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 33 | Cameroon | 19.14 million hectares | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 34 | Spain | 19.13 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 35 | Malaysia | 18.88 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 36 | Guyana | 18.38 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 37 | Chile | 18.16 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 38 | France | 17.80 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 39 | Nigeria | 17.13 million hectares | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 40 | Botswana | 15.73 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 41 | Vietnam | 14.79 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 42 | Suriname | 14.67 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 43 | Paraguay | 14.30 million hectares | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 44 | Mongolia | 14.18 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 13.77 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 46 | Laos | 13.04 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 47 | Ecuador | 12.31 million hectares | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 48 | Norway | 12.11 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 49 | Germany | 11.48 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 50 | Iran | 10.75 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Mali | 10.48 million hectares | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 52 | New Zealand | 10.30 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 53 | Ukraine | 10.09 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 54 | Madagascar | 9.92 million hectares | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 55 | Poland | 9.49 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 56 | Italy | 9.42 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 57 | Belarus | 8.98 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 58 | Senegal | 8.65 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 59 | Namibia | 8.04 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 60 | French Guiana | 7.98 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 61 | North Korea | 7.73 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 62 | Philippines | 7.44 million hectares | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 63 | South Sudan | 7.16 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 64 | Ghana | 7.06 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 6.96 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 66 | Cambodia | 6.33 million hectares | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 67 | Liberia | 6.33 million hectares | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 68 | South Korea | 6.28 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 69 | Nepal | 6.27 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 70 | Honduras | 5.86 million hectares | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 71 | Morocco | 5.70 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 72 | Guinea | 4.86 million hectares | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 73 | Somalia | 4.83 million hectares | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 74 | Nicaragua | 4.78 million hectares | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 75 | Greece | 4.76 million hectares | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 76 | Panama | 4.61 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 3.96 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 78 | Kenya | 3.91 million hectares | 2025 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 79 | Austria | 3.90 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 80 | Uzbekistan | 3.89 million hectares | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.77 million hectares | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 82 | Cuba | 3.62 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 83 | Chad | 3.61 million hectares | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 84 | Guatemala | 3.54 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 3.52 million hectares | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 86 | Serbia | 3.48 million hectares | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 87 | Latvia | 3.47 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 88 | Portugal | 3.36 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 89 | United Kingdom | 3.28 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 3.24 million hectares | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 91 | Pakistan | 3.19 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 92 | Benin | 3.13 million hectares | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 93 | Georgia | 3.10 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 2.99 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 95 | Czechia | 2.97 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | 2.78 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 97 | Bhutan | 2.67 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 98 | Solomon Islands | 2.51 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 99 | Estonia | 2.45 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 2.44 million hectares | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.41 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 102 | Uganda | 2.37 million hectares | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 2.33 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 2.26 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 105 | Lithuania | 2.22 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.16 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 2.12 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 108 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.10 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 109 | Hungary | 2.09 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 110 | Malawi | 2.03 million hectares | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 111 | Uruguay | 2.02 million hectares | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 112 | Croatia | 1.95 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 113 | Slovakia | 1.94 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 114 | Bangladesh | 1.87 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 115 | Algeria | 1.69 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 116 | Eritrea | 1.44 million hectares | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 117 | Belize | 1.32 million hectares | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 118 | Switzerland | 1.27 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.26 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 120 | Slovenia | 1.24 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 121 | Togo | 1.22 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 122 | Azerbaijan | 1.21 million hectares | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 123 | Afghanistan | 1.21 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Fiji | 1.14 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 125 | Niger | 1.06 million hectares | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 126 | East Timor | 1.05 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 1.03 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 128 | Mauritania | 1.02 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 129 | Albania | 941,000 hectares | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 907,440 hectares | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 131 | New Caledonia | 892,610 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | Montenegro | 827,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Iraq | 692,550 hectares | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 135 | Tunisia | 687,490 hectares | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 136 | El Salvador | 684,840 hectares | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 137 | Belgium | 670,520 hectares | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 138 | Denmark | 642,560 hectares | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 139 | Rwanda | 634,630 hectares | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 140 | Jamaica | 616,310 hectares | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 141 | Yemen | 549,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Western Sahara | 529,220 hectares | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 143 | Syria | 527,810 hectares | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 144 | Bahamas | 509,860 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 436,060 hectares | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 146 | Eswatini | 433,070 hectares | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 424,500 hectares | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 148 | Brunei | 380,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 149 | Haiti | 372,100 hectares | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 150 | Moldova | 370,300 hectares | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 151 | Netherlands | 369,330 hectares | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 152 | Armenia | 334,100 hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 153 | United Arab Emirates | 324,580 hectares | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 154 | Burundi | 279,640 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 226,050 hectares | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 156 | Gambia | 209,470 hectares | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 157 | Libya | 205,330 hectares | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 158 | Cyprus | 171,700 hectares | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 159 | Samoa | 159,760 hectares | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 160 | Israel | 150,000 hectares | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 161 | French Polynesia | 149,460 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Lebanon | 141,320 hectares | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 164 | Reunion | 77,150 hectares | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 166 | Jordan | 70,700 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Micronesia (country) | 64,570 hectares | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 168 | Iceland | 61,480 hectares | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 169 | Dominica | 57,350 hectares | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 170 | Sao Tome and Principe | 55,280 hectares | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 172 | Cape Verde | 51,060 hectares | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 173 | Palau | 41,870 hectares | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 174 | Mauritius | 38,290 hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 175 | Lesotho | 34,520 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Comoros | 33,370 hectares | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 32,840 hectares | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28,560 hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 179 | Guam | 28,270 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 180 | Seychelles | 26,520 hectares | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 181 | Northern Mariana Islands | 24,360 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 182 | United States Virgin Islands | 20,660 hectares | 2025 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 183 | Niue | 18,870 hectares | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 184 | Andorra | 18,220 hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 185 | Grenada | 17,700 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | American Samoa | 15,850 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 187 | Singapore | 15,800 hectares | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 188 | Cook Islands | 15,590 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Cayman Islands | 12,720 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Palestine | 11,100 hectares | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | Wallis and Futuna | 10,820 hectares | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 193 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10,520 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | British Virgin Islands | 9,970 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Marshall Islands | 9,710 hectares | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 197 | Tonga | 8,730 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7,790 hectares | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 199 | Barbados | 6,300 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | Kuwait | 6,300 hectares | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 202 | Djibouti | 5,930 hectares | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 203 | Anguilla | 5,500 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Bahrain | 4,370 hectares | 2025 | up 219.0% | rising |
| 205 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 4,210 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 206 | Egypt | 4,110 hectares | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 207 | Maldives | 3,720 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Pitcairn | 3,690 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 209 | Isle of Man | 3,670 hectares | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 210 | Montserrat | 2,420 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 211 | Oman | 1,600 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 212 | Qatar | 1,400 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 213 | Saint Martin (French part) | 1,240 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1,100 hectares | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 215 | Kiribati | 1,070 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 1,030 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 217 | San Marino | 1,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 218 | Bermuda | 780 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 219 | Jersey | 680 hectares | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 220 | Aruba | 490 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 220 | Norfolk Island | 490 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 222 | Guernsey | 470 hectares | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 224 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 300 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 225 | Greenland | 220 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 226 | Saint Barthelemy | 170 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 227 | Faroe Islands | 80 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 228 | Curacao | 70 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 229 | Gibraltar | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 229 | Monaco | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 229 | Nauru | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 229 | Falkland Islands | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 229 | Tokelau | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 229 | Vatican | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 229 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.