Forest land — Area by country
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Countries reporting
231
Highest
1.12 million 1000 ha
OECD
Lowest
0.07 1000 ha
Curaçao
Median
1,946 1000 ha
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
9,311
What the numbers show
Forest land — Area is currently reported for 231 countries. The highest value is 1.12 million 1000 ha in OECD; the lowest is 0.07 1000 ha in Curaçao.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,946 1000 ha, and the mean is 23,125 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 219.0%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 28.4%).
Forest land — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 1.12 million 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 832,630 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 3 | Brazil | 486,087 1000 ha | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 4 | Canada | 368,819 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 5 | China | 227,153 1000 ha | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 5 | China, mainland | 227,153 1000 ha | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 143,865 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 139,189 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 9 | Australia | 133,562 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 10 | Indonesia | 95,969 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 11 | India | 72,739 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 12 | Peru | 67,160 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 13 | Mexico | 66,266 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 14 | Angola | 63,262 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 15 | Colombia | 59,457 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 16 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 54,370 1000 ha | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 17 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 47,088 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 18 | Argentina | 46,598 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 19 | Zambia | 44,874 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 20 | United Republic of Tanzania | 43,400 1000 ha | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 21 | Melanesia | 39,480 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 22 | Papua New Guinea | 34,029 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 23 | Mozambique | 32,243 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 24 | Sudan (former) | 31,559 1000 ha | 2011 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 25 | Sweden | 27,934 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 26 | Myanmar | 27,095 1000 ha | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 26,747 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 28 | Japan | 24,908 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 29 | Gabon | 23,555 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 30 | Türkiye | 22,806 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 31 | Finland | 22,543 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 32 | Sudan | 21,980 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 33 | Congo | 21,854 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Thailand | 19,648 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 35 | Cameroon | 19,143 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 36 | Spain | 19,133 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 37 | Malaysia | 18,885 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 38 | Guyana | 18,377 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 39 | Chile | 18,162 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 40 | France | 17,795 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 41 | Nigeria | 17,130 1000 ha | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 42 | Botswana | 15,730 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 43 | Viet Nam | 14,790 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 44 | Suriname | 14,674 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 45 | Paraguay | 14,297 1000 ha | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 46 | Mongolia | 14,178 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 13,766 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 48 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 13,036 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 49 | Ecuador | 12,310 1000 ha | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 50 | Norway | 12,109 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 51 | Germany | 11,481 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 52 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 10,751 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Mali | 10,479 1000 ha | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 54 | New Zealand | 10,303 1000 ha | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 55 | Ukraine | 10,090 1000 ha | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 56 | Madagascar | 9,922 1000 ha | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 57 | Poland | 9,495 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 58 | Italy | 9,422 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 59 | Belarus | 8,975 1000 ha | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 60 | Senegal | 8,649 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 61 | Caribbean | 8,398 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 62 | Namibia | 8,043 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 63 | French Guiana | 7,982 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 64 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 7,728 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 65 | Philippines | 7,439 1000 ha | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 66 | South Sudan | 7,160 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 67 | Ghana | 7,056 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 68 | Romania | 6,957 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 69 | Cambodia | 6,333 1000 ha | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 70 | Liberia | 6,327 1000 ha | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 71 | Republic of Korea | 6,279 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 72 | Nepal | 6,266 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 73 | Honduras | 5,861 1000 ha | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 74 | Morocco | 5,695 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 75 | Guinea | 4,857 1000 ha | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 4,847 1000 ha | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 77 | Somalia | 4,830 1000 ha | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 78 | Greece | 4,763 1000 ha | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 79 | Panama | 4,615 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 3,959 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 81 | Kenya | 3,914 1000 ha | 2025 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 82 | Austria | 3,904 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 83 | Uzbekistan | 3,894 1000 ha | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 84 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3,774 1000 ha | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 85 | Cuba | 3,622 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 86 | Chad | 3,611 1000 ha | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 87 | Guatemala | 3,536 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 3,521 1000 ha | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 89 | Serbia | 3,475 1000 ha | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 90 | Latvia | 3,467 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 91 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3,408 1000 ha | 2005 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 92 | Portugal | 3,363 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 93 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3,278 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 94 | Burkina Faso | 3,237 1000 ha | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 95 | Pakistan | 3,192 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 96 | Benin | 3,133 1000 ha | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 97 | Georgia | 3,100 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 2,990 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 99 | Czechia | 2,968 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 100 | Saudi Arabia | 2,776 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 101 | Bhutan | 2,675 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 102 | Solomon Islands | 2,514 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 103 | Estonia | 2,447 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 104 | Sierra Leone | 2,436 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 105 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,407 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 106 | Uganda | 2,368 1000 ha | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 2,330 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 2,257 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 109 | Lithuania | 2,216 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,162 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 2,121 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 112 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,100 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 113 | Hungary | 2,087 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 114 | Malawi | 2,032 1000 ha | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 115 | Uruguay | 2,024 1000 ha | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 116 | Croatia | 1,946 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 117 | Slovakia | 1,940 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 118 | Bangladesh | 1,873 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 119 | Algeria | 1,691 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 120 | Eritrea | 1,442 1000 ha | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 121 | Belize | 1,315 1000 ha | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 122 | Switzerland | 1,267 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,255 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 124 | Slovenia | 1,244 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 125 | Togo | 1,224 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 1,214 1000 ha | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 127 | Afghanistan | 1,209 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Fiji | 1,137 1000 ha | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 129 | Niger | 1,055 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 130 | Timor-Leste | 1,054 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 131 | North Macedonia | 1,026 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 132 | Mauritania | 1,019 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 133 | Albania | 941 1000 ha | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 134 | Vanuatu | 907.44 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 135 | New Caledonia | 892.61 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Ireland | 832.85 1000 ha | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 137 | Montenegro | 827 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 754.92 1000 ha | 1999 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 139 | Iraq | 692.55 1000 ha | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 140 | Tunisia | 687.49 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 141 | El Salvador | 684.84 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 142 | Belgium | 670.52 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 143 | Denmark | 642.56 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 144 | Rwanda | 634.63 1000 ha | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 145 | Jamaica | 616.31 1000 ha | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 146 | Yemen | 549 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Western Sahara | 529.22 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 148 | Syrian Arab Republic | 527.81 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 149 | Bahamas | 509.86 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Puerto Rico | 436.06 1000 ha | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 151 | Eswatini | 433.07 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 424.5 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 153 | Polynesia | 383.8 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 154 | Brunei Darussalam | 380 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 155 | Haiti | 372.1 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 156 | Republic of Moldova | 370.3 1000 ha | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 157 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 369.33 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 158 | Armenia | 334.1 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | 324.58 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 160 | Burundi | 279.64 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 161 | Trinidad and Tobago | 226.05 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 162 | Gambia | 209.47 1000 ha | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 163 | Libya | 205.33 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 164 | Cyprus | 171.7 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 165 | Micronesia | 169.85 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 166 | Samoa | 159.76 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 167 | Israel | 150 1000 ha | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 168 | French Polynesia | 149.46 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Lebanon | 141.32 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 88.7 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Guadeloupe | 75.6 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 172 | Jordan | 70.7 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 64.57 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 174 | Iceland | 61.48 1000 ha | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 175 | Dominica | 57.35 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 55.28 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 177 | Martinique | 52.67 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 178 | Cabo Verde | 51.06 1000 ha | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 179 | Palau | 41.87 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 180 | Mauritius | 38.29 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 181 | Lesotho | 34.52 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Comoros | 33.37 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 32.84 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.56 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 185 | Guam | 28.27 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Seychelles | 26.52 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 187 | Northern Mariana Islands | 24.36 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | United States Virgin Islands | 20.66 1000 ha | 2025 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 189 | Niue | 18.87 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 190 | Andorra | 18.22 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 191 | Grenada | 17.7 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | Singapore | 15.8 1000 ha | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 193 | Cook Islands | 15.59 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Cayman Islands | 12.72 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Palestine | 11.1 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 196 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 10.82 1000 ha | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 198 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10.52 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | British Virgin Islands | 9.97 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | Marshall Islands | 9.71 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 201 | Mayotte | 9.6 1000 ha | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 202 | Tonga | 8.73 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 203 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.79 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 204 | Barbados | 6.3 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Kuwait | 6.3 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 206 | Liechtenstein | 5.98 1000 ha | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 207 | Djibouti | 5.93 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 208 | Anguilla | 5.5 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 209 | Bahrain | 4.37 1000 ha | 2025 | up 219.0% | rising |
| 210 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 4.21 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | Egypt | 4.11 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 212 | Maldives | 3.72 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 213 | Pitcairn | 3.69 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Isle of Man | 3.67 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 215 | Montserrat | 2.42 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 216 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 2.02 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 217 | Oman | 1.6 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 218 | Qatar | 1.4 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 219 | Saint Martin (French part) | 1.24 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 220 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.1 1000 ha | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 221 | Kiribati | 1.07 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 222 | Tuvalu | 1.03 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 223 | San Marino | 1 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 224 | Bermuda | 0.78 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 225 | Aruba | 0.49 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 225 | Norfolk Island | 0.49 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 227 | Malta | 0.47 1000 ha | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 228 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.3 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 229 | Greenland | 0.22 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 230 | Faroe Islands | 0.08 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 231 | Curaçao | 0.07 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4.14 million 1000 ha
- Americas 1.62 million 1000 ha
- Europe 1.04 million 1000 ha
- Latin America and the Caribbean 947,026 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 879,473 1000 ha
- South America 848,587 1000 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 766,192 1000 ha
- Northern America 677,716 1000 ha
- Africa 662,630 1000 ha
- Sub-Saharan Africa 631,760 1000 ha
- Asia 630,029 1000 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 554,231 1000 ha
About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.