Forest area km by country
Countries reporting
228
Highest
832.63 million
Russia
Lowest
70
Curacao
Median
1.78 million
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
8,460
What the numbers show
Forest area km is currently reported for 228 countries. The highest value is 832.63 million in Russia; the lowest is 70 in Curacao.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.78 million, and the mean is 18.16 million.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 219.0%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 28.4%).
Forest area km: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 832.63 million | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 2 | Brazil | 486.09 million | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 3 | Canada | 368.82 million | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | United States | 308.89 million | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 5 | China | 227.15 million | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 139.19 million | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 7 | Australia | 133.56 million | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 8 | Indonesia | 95.97 million | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 9 | India | 72.74 million | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 10 | Peru | 67.16 million | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 11 | Mexico | 66.27 million | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 12 | Angola | 63.26 million | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 59.46 million | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 14 | Bolivia | 54.37 million | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 15 | Venezuela | 47.09 million | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 16 | Argentina | 46.60 million | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 45.09 million | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 18 | Zambia | 44.87 million | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 19 | Tanzania | 43.40 million | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 20 | Papua New Guinea | 34.03 million | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 21 | Mozambique | 32.24 million | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 22 | Sweden | 27.93 million | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Myanmar | 27.10 million | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 26.75 million | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 25 | Japan | 24.91 million | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Gabon | 23.56 million | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 27 | South Africa | 22.88 million | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 28 | Turkey | 22.81 million | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 29 | Finland | 22.54 million | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 30 | Sudan | 21.98 million | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 31 | Congo | 21.85 million | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 32 | Thailand | 19.65 million | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 33 | Cameroon | 19.14 million | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 34 | Spain | 19.13 million | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 35 | Malaysia | 18.88 million | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 36 | Guyana | 18.38 million | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 37 | Chile | 18.16 million | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 38 | France | 17.80 million | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 39 | Nigeria | 17.13 million | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 40 | Botswana | 15.73 million | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 41 | Vietnam | 14.79 million | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 42 | Suriname | 14.67 million | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 43 | Paraguay | 14.30 million | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 44 | Mongolia | 14.18 million | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 13.77 million | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 46 | Laos | 13.04 million | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 47 | Ecuador | 12.31 million | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 48 | Norway | 12.11 million | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 49 | Germany | 11.48 million | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 50 | Iran | 10.75 million | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Mali | 10.48 million | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 52 | New Zealand | 10.30 million | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 53 | Ukraine | 10.09 million | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 54 | Madagascar | 9.92 million | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 55 | Poland | 9.49 million | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 56 | Italy | 9.42 million | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 57 | Belarus | 8.98 million | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 58 | Senegal | 8.65 million | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 59 | Namibia | 8.04 million | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 60 | French Guiana | 7.98 million | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 61 | North Korea | 7.73 million | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 62 | Philippines | 7.44 million | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 63 | South Sudan | 7.16 million | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 64 | Ghana | 7.06 million | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 6.96 million | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 66 | Cambodia | 6.33 million | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 67 | Liberia | 6.33 million | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 68 | South Korea | 6.28 million | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 69 | Nepal | 6.27 million | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 70 | Honduras | 5.86 million | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 71 | Morocco | 5.70 million | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 72 | Guinea | 4.86 million | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 73 | Somalia | 4.83 million | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 74 | Nicaragua | 4.78 million | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 75 | Greece | 4.76 million | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 76 | Panama | 4.61 million | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 3.96 million | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 78 | Kenya | 3.91 million | 2025 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 79 | Austria | 3.90 million | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 80 | Uzbekistan | 3.89 million | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.77 million | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 82 | Cuba | 3.62 million | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 83 | Chad | 3.61 million | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 84 | Guatemala | 3.54 million | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 3.52 million | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 86 | Serbia | 3.48 million | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 87 | Latvia | 3.47 million | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 88 | Portugal | 3.36 million | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 89 | United Kingdom | 3.28 million | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 3.24 million | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 91 | Pakistan | 3.19 million | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 92 | Benin | 3.13 million | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 93 | Georgia | 3.10 million | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 2.99 million | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 95 | Czechia | 2.97 million | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | 2.78 million | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 97 | Bhutan | 2.67 million | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 98 | Solomon Islands | 2.51 million | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 99 | Estonia | 2.45 million | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 2.44 million | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.41 million | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 102 | Uganda | 2.37 million | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 2.33 million | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 2.26 million | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 105 | Lithuania | 2.22 million | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.16 million | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 2.12 million | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 108 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.10 million | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 109 | Hungary | 2.09 million | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 110 | Malawi | 2.03 million | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 111 | Uruguay | 2.02 million | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 112 | Croatia | 1.95 million | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 113 | Slovakia | 1.94 million | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 114 | Bangladesh | 1.87 million | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 115 | Algeria | 1.69 million | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 116 | Eritrea | 1.44 million | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 117 | Belize | 1.32 million | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 118 | Switzerland | 1.27 million | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.26 million | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 120 | Slovenia | 1.24 million | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 121 | Togo | 1.22 million | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 122 | Azerbaijan | 1.21 million | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 123 | Afghanistan | 1.21 million | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Fiji | 1.14 million | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 125 | Niger | 1.06 million | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 126 | East Timor | 1.05 million | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 1.03 million | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 128 | Mauritania | 1.02 million | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 129 | Albania | 941,000 | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 907,440 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 131 | New Caledonia | 892,610 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Ireland | 832,850 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 133 | Montenegro | 827,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Iraq | 692,550 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 135 | Tunisia | 687,490 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 136 | El Salvador | 684,840 | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 137 | Belgium | 670,520 | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 138 | Denmark | 642,560 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 139 | Rwanda | 634,630 | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 140 | Jamaica | 616,310 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 141 | Yemen | 549,000 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Western Sahara | 529,220 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 143 | Syria | 527,810 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 144 | Bahamas | 509,860 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 436,060 | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 146 | Eswatini | 433,070 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 424,500 | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 148 | Brunei | 380,000 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 149 | Haiti | 372,100 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 150 | Moldova | 370,300 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 151 | Netherlands | 369,330 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 152 | Armenia | 334,100 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 153 | United Arab Emirates | 324,580 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 154 | Burundi | 279,640 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 226,050 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 156 | Gambia | 209,470 | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 157 | Libya | 205,330 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 158 | Cyprus | 171,700 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 159 | Samoa | 159,760 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 160 | Israel | 150,000 | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 161 | French Polynesia | 149,460 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Lebanon | 141,320 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 163 | Luxembourg | 88,700 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Reunion | 77,150 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 165 | Guadeloupe | 75,600 | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 166 | Jordan | 70,700 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Micronesia (country) | 64,570 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 168 | Iceland | 61,480 | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 169 | Dominica | 57,350 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 170 | Sao Tome and Principe | 55,280 | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 171 | Martinique | 52,670 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 172 | Cape Verde | 51,060 | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 173 | Palau | 41,870 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 174 | Mauritius | 38,290 | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 175 | Lesotho | 34,520 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Comoros | 33,370 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 32,840 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28,560 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 179 | Guam | 28,270 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 180 | Seychelles | 26,520 | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 181 | Northern Mariana Islands | 24,360 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 182 | United States Virgin Islands | 20,660 | 2025 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 183 | Niue | 18,870 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 184 | Andorra | 18,220 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 185 | Grenada | 17,700 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | American Samoa | 15,850 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 187 | Singapore | 15,800 | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 188 | Cook Islands | 15,590 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Cayman Islands | 12,720 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Palestine | 11,100 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11,000 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | Wallis and Futuna | 10,820 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 193 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10,520 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | British Virgin Islands | 9,970 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Marshall Islands | 9,710 | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 196 | Mayotte | 9,600 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 197 | Tonga | 8,730 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7,790 | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 199 | Barbados | 6,300 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | Kuwait | 6,300 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 201 | Liechtenstein | 5,980 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 202 | Djibouti | 5,930 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 203 | Anguilla | 5,500 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Bahrain | 4,370 | 2025 | up 219.0% | rising |
| 205 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 4,210 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 206 | Egypt | 4,110 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 207 | Maldives | 3,720 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Pitcairn | 3,690 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 209 | Isle of Man | 3,670 | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 210 | Montserrat | 2,420 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 211 | Oman | 1,600 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 212 | Qatar | 1,400 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 213 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 1,240 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1,100 | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 215 | Kiribati | 1,070 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 1,030 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 217 | San Marino | 1,000 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 218 | Bermuda | 780 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 219 | Jersey | 680 | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 220 | Aruba | 490 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 220 | Norfolk Island | 490 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 222 | Malta | 470 | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 222 | Guernsey | 470 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 224 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 300 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 225 | Greenland | 220 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 226 | Saint Barthelemy | 170 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 227 | Faroe Islands | 80 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 228 | Curacao | 70 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |