Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted by country
Countries reporting
179
Highest
92.60 million hectares
China
Lowest
10 hectares
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
145,210 hectares
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
6,421
What the numbers show
Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 92.60 million hectares in China; the lowest is 10 hectares in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
The median across all reporting countries is 145,210 hectares, and the mean is 1.75 million hectares.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 2,985.5%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 56.3%).
Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 92.60 million hectares | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 27.42 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 3 | Russia | 20.80 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 4 | Canada | 20.71 million hectares | 2025 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 5 | India | 13.47 million hectares | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 6 | Japan | 10.08 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 7 | Brazil | 9.21 million hectares | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 8 | Sweden | 8.70 million hectares | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 9 | Finland | 7.84 million hectares | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 10 | Poland | 7.41 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 11 | Germany | 5.74 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 12 | Indonesia | 5.48 million hectares | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 4.85 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 3.93 million hectares | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 15 | Thailand | 3.31 million hectares | 2025 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 16 | Chile | 3.15 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 2.93 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 18 | Spain | 2.82 million hectares | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 19 | Nigeria | 2.66 million hectares | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 20 | Czechia | 2.50 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 21 | Portugal | 2.49 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 22 | New Zealand | 2.43 million hectares | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 23 | South Africa | 2.42 million hectares | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 2.38 million hectares | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 25 | Malaysia | 2.36 million hectares | 2025 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 26 | France | 2.36 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 27 | Belarus | 2.27 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 28 | South Korea | 2.26 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 29 | Australia | 2.06 million hectares | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.05 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 31 | North Korea | 1.60 million hectares | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 32 | Iran | 1.56 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Myanmar | 1.45 million hectares | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 34 | Argentina | 1.38 million hectares | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 35 | Austria | 1.31 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 36 | Uruguay | 1.17 million hectares | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 37 | Venezuela | 1.11 million hectares | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 968,500 hectares | 2025 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 39 | Cote d'Ivoire | 903,320 hectares | 2025 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Hungary | 791,690 hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 41 | Slovakia | 776,200 hectares | 2025 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 42 | Turkey | 755,010 hectares | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 734,000 hectares | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 44 | South Sudan | 715,700 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Philippines | 712,110 hectares | 2025 | up 94.8% | rising |
| 47 | Romania | 676,440 hectares | 2025 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 48 | Cuba | 659,390 hectares | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 49 | Italy | 623,230 hectares | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 50 | Cambodia | 596,450 hectares | 2025 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Lithuania | 589,550 hectares | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 52 | Morocco | 586,820 hectares | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 53 | Latvia | 563,600 hectares | 2025 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 54 | Tanzania | 553,040 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Colombia | 541,120 hectares | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 56 | Mali | 527,330 hectares | 2025 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Uganda | 514,350 hectares | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 430,910 hectares | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 59 | Denmark | 430,250 hectares | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 60 | Belgium | 427,220 hectares | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 61 | Mauritania | 403,660 hectares | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 62 | Rwanda | 397,350 hectares | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 63 | Laos | 377,620 hectares | 2025 | up 173.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Nepal | 370,010 hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 330,350 hectares | 2025 | up 109.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Netherlands | 326,820 hectares | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 67 | Paraguay | 321,690 hectares | 2025 | up 2,985.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 320,750 hectares | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 69 | Guatemala | 308,230 hectares | 2025 | up 133.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 308,030 hectares | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 71 | Ghana | 300,860 hectares | 2025 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Syria | 294,810 hectares | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 73 | Algeria | 272,640 hectares | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 74 | Estonia | 254,210 hectares | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 75 | Madagascar | 236,550 hectares | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 236,430 hectares | 2025 | up 27.6% | falling |
| 77 | Fiji | 227,410 hectares | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 226,810 hectares | 2025 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Serbia | 224,080 hectares | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 80 | Moldova | 209,600 hectares | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 81 | Armenia | 200,350 hectares | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 82 | Liberia | 200,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Niger | 197,500 hectares | 2025 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 84 | Peru | 191,120 hectares | 2025 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 85 | Greece | 170,130 hectares | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 86 | Yemen | 164,700 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Switzerland | 160,420 hectares | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 88 | Kenya | 152,700 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Tunisia | 150,720 hectares | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 90 | Turkmenistan | 150,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Eswatini | 145,210 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Mexico | 134,210 hectares | 2025 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 93 | Congo | 134,100 hectares | 2025 | up 126.9% | rising |
| 94 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 130,920 hectares | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 95 | Sudan | 130,250 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Pakistan | 126,740 hectares | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 97 | Cameroon | 121,100 hectares | 2025 | up 137.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Ecuador | 120,150 hectares | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 118,396 hectares | 2023 | up 140.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Tajikistan | 117,160 hectares | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 101 | Bolivia | 116,250 hectares | 2025 | up 104.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Norway | 113,110 hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 103 | Burundi | 112,970 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 104 | Guinea | 111,450 hectares | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 105 | Israel | 100,000 hectares | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 106 | Togo | 95,700 hectares | 2025 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 85,950 hectares | 2025 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 108 | Mozambique | 84,260 hectares | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 75,590 hectares | 2025 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 110 | Panama | 75,070 hectares | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 111 | Croatia | 74,120 hectares | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 112 | Libya | 71,860 hectares | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 113 | Slovenia | 69,520 hectares | 2025 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 114 | Malawi | 59,030 hectares | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 115 | Papua New Guinea | 58,590 hectares | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 116 | Senegal | 56,080 hectares | 2025 | up 108.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Angola | 55,640 hectares | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 118 | Zambia | 53,850 hectares | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 119 | Iceland | 49,470 hectares | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 120 | Gabon | 47,920 hectares | 2025 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 121 | Georgia | 46,510 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Samoa | 46,180 hectares | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 44,920 hectares | 2025 | down 29.6% | flat |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44,020 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Benin | 42,440 hectares | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 126 | Cape Verde | 37,380 hectares | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 127 | Honduras | 35,800 hectares | 2025 | up 132.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Cyprus | 32,870 hectares | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 130 | Jordan | 29,860 hectares | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 131 | Solomon Islands | 25,760 hectares | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 24,680 hectares | 2025 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 133 | Chad | 21,000 hectares | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 134 | Palau | 20,940 hectares | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 135 | Bhutan | 20,380 hectares | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 136 | Vanuatu | 18,180 hectares | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 137 | Mauritius | 17,990 hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 138 | Iraq | 17,250 hectares | 2025 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 139 | Micronesia (country) | 14,210 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 140 | Suriname | 14,150 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | United Arab Emirates | 13,610 hectares | 2025 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 142 | East Timor | 11,730 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Eritrea | 10,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | French Polynesia | 9,460 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 145 | El Salvador | 8,880 hectares | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 146 | Lesotho | 8,670 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Jamaica | 8,420 hectares | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 148 | Montenegro | 8,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Mongolia | 7,910 hectares | 2025 | up 457.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Kuwait | 6,300 hectares | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 151 | Brunei | 5,800 hectares | 2025 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Reunion | 5,380 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | New Caledonia | 5,300 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 154 | Seychelles | 4,880 hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 155 | Bahrain | 4,310 hectares | 2025 | up 229.0% | rising |
| 156 | Somalia | 4,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Central African Republic | 3,970 hectares | 2025 | up 98.5% | rising |
| 158 | Isle of Man | 3,500 hectares | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 159 | Burkina Faso | 3,450 hectares | 2025 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 160 | Egypt | 3,410 hectares | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 161 | Marshall Islands | 3,080 hectares | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 163 | Comoros | 1,760 hectares | 2025 | up 131.6% | falling |
| 164 | Gambia | 1,750 hectares | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 165 | Palestine | 1,340 hectares | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 166 | Belize | 1,310 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Cook Islands | 1,190 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | French Guiana | 800 hectares | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 170 | Tonga | 500 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 500 hectares | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau | 370 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 174 | Wallis and Futuna | 360 hectares | 2025 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 175 | Lebanon | 350 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Djibouti | 310 hectares | 2025 | up 416.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Greenland | 220 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Grenada | 210 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Faroe Islands | 80 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Qatar | 70 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Norfolk Island | 50 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Oman | 30 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Niue | 10 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 10 hectares | 2025 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- OECD (FAO) 118.70 million hectares