Forest land — Share in Land area by country
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...
Countries reporting
247
Highest
96.37 %
French Guiana
Lowest
0.01 %
Oman
Median
33.01 %
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,513
What the numbers show
Forest land — Share in Land area is currently reported for 247 countries. The highest value is 96.37 % in French Guiana; the lowest is 0.01 % in Oman.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.01 %, and the mean is 33.97 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9,637.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 173.0%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 27.8%).
Forest land — Share in Land area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French Guiana | 96.37 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 2 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 92.07 % | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | Suriname | 91.54 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 4 | Gabon | 91.44 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Palau | 90.83 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 89.84 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 7 | Guyana | 87.07 % | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 8 | Equatorial Guinea | 86.09 % | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 9 | American Samoa | 79.65 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 10 | Pitcairn | 78.51 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Dominica | 76.42 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 12 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 75.56 % | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 13 | Papua New Guinea | 75.15 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau | 74.82 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 15 | Vanuatu | 74.64 % | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 16 | Melanesia | 74.5 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Finland | 74.15 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 18 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.42 % | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 19 | Niue | 72.86 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 20 | Central African Republic | 72.46 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 21 | Brunei | 72.11 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | Brunei Darussalam | 72.11 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | East Timor | 70.96 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 23 | Timor-Leste | 70.96 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 25 | Bhutan | 70.35 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 26 | Sweden | 68.59 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 27 | Japan | 68.34 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 28 | Liberia | 66.1 % | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 29 | British Virgin Islands | 66.03 % | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 30 | Cook Islands | 64.96 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Republic of Korea | 64.37 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 32 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 64.09 % | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 33 | Congo | 63.95 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 34 | Panama | 62.25 % | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 35 | Slovenia | 61.76 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 36 | Fiji | 61.74 % | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 37 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.52 % | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 38 | Montenegro | 61.49 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 39 | Anguilla | 60.67 % | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 40 | Zambia | 60.5 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 59.06 % | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 42 | United States Virgin Islands | 58.94 % | 2024 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 43 | Brazil | 58.55 % | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 44 | Seychelles | 58.51 % | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 45 | Belize | 57.98 % | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 46 | Malaysia | 57.66 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 47 | Samoa | 57.64 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 48 | Sao Tome and Principe | 57.56 % | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 49 | Estonia | 57.25 % | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 50 | Laos | 56.64 % | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 50 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 56.64 % | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 52 | Jamaica | 56.55 % | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 53 | Latvia | 55.61 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 54 | Saint Lucia | 53.75 % | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 55 | Colombia | 53.71 % | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 56 | Marshall Islands | 53.65 % | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 57 | Micronesia | 53.51 % | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 58 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 53.44 % | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 59 | Northern Mariana Islands | 53.3 % | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 60 | Cayman Islands | 53 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Honduras | 52.83 % | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 62 | Peru | 52.7 % | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 63 | Guam | 52.26 % | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 64 | Grenada | 51.45 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 65 | Angola | 51.15 % | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 66 | Bahamas | 50.94 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Russia | 50.79 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 67 | Russian Federation | 50.79 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 69 | Indonesia | 50.67 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 70 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 50.19 % | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 71 | Puerto Rico | 49.75 % | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 72 | Ecuador | 49.69 % | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 73 | United Republic of Tanzania | 49.63 % | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 74 | Martinique | 49.62 % | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 75 | Polynesia | 48.35 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 76 | New Caledonia | 48.05 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 77 | Austria | 47.27 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 78 | Vietnam | 47.12 % | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 78 | Viet Nam | 47.12 % | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 46.7 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 81 | Guadeloupe | 46.5 % | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 82 | Senegal | 45.01 % | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 83 | Georgia | 44.62 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.16 % | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 85 | Belarus | 44.09 % | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 86 | Nepal | 43.6 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 87 | French Polynesia | 42.45 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.21 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 89 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.15 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 90 | Canada | 41.97 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 91 | Myanmar | 41.96 % | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 92 | Mozambique | 41.34 % | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 93 | North Macedonia | 40.81 % | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 94 | Cameroon | 40.74 % | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 95 | Slovakia | 40.32 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 40.28 % | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 97 | Tuvalu | 39.62 % | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 98 | Serbia | 39.22 % | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 99 | Andorra | 38.91 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 100 | New Zealand | 38.87 % | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 101 | Thailand | 38.73 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 102 | Czechia | 38.36 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 103 | Spain | 38.23 % | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 104 | Caribbean | 37.66 % | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 105 | Cambodia | 37.63 % | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 106 | Greece | 36.95 % | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 107 | Liechtenstein | 36.84 % | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 108 | Portugal | 36.65 % | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 109 | Paraguay | 36.52 % | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 36.35 % | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 35.72 % | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 112 | Lithuania | 35.37 % | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 113 | Cuba | 34.88 % | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 114 | Croatia | 34.75 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 115 | Luxembourg | 34.45 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Sri Lanka | 34.36 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 117 | Albania | 34.34 % | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 118 | Mexico | 34.15 % | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 119 | Sierra Leone | 34.03 % | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 120 | United States | 33.78 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 121 | Serbia and Montenegro | 33.41 % | 2005 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 122 | Norway | 33.25 % | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 123 | Guatemala | 33.12 % | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 124 | El Salvador | 33.01 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 125 | OECD | 32.94 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 126 | France | 32.85 % | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 127 | Germany | 32.84 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 128 | Switzerland | 32.02 % | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 129 | Italy | 31.82 % | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 130 | Poland | 31 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 131 | Ghana | 30.86 % | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 132 | Reunion | 30.82 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 132 | Réunion | 30.82 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 134 | Romania | 30.21 % | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 135 | Turkey | 29.48 % | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 135 | Türkiye | 29.48 % | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 137 | Benin | 28.12 % | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 138 | Botswana | 27.76 % | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 139 | Mayotte | 26.3 % | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 140 | Rwanda | 26.09 % | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 141 | Eswatini | 25.27 % | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 142 | Philippines | 24.81 % | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 143 | Chile | 24.48 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 144 | India | 24.44 % | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 145 | China, mainland | 24.02 % | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 146 | China | 23.93 % | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 147 | Ethiopia | 23.84 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 148 | Montserrat | 23.73 % | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 149 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 23.4 % | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 150 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 23 % | 1999 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 151 | Hungary | 22.81 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 152 | Togo | 22.46 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 153 | Malawi | 22 % | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 154 | Belgium | 21.99 % | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 155 | Singapore | 21.8 % | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 156 | Gambia | 21.34 % | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 157 | Guinea | 20.04 % | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 158 | Mauritius | 19.15 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 159 | Nigeria | 18.95 % | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 160 | South Africa | 18.79 % | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 161 | Cyprus | 18.6 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 162 | Australia and New Zealand | 18.08 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 163 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.84 % | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 164 | Comoros | 17.79 % | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 165 | Australia | 17.37 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 166 | Ukraine | 17.35 % | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 167 | Madagascar | 17.27 % | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 168 | Argentina | 17.09 % | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 169 | San Marino | 16.34 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 170 | Denmark | 16.01 % | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 171 | Barbados | 14.62 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 172 | Azerbaijan | 14.56 % | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 173 | Bermuda | 14.44 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Bangladesh | 14.4 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 175 | Lebanon | 13.8 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 176 | Norfolk Island | 13.61 % | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 177 | United Kingdom | 13.5 % | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 177 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13.5 % | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 179 | Haiti | 13.45 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 180 | Sudan (former) | 13.28 % | 2011 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 181 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 13.07 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Morocco | 12.76 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 183 | Cabo Verde | 12.52 % | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 184 | Maldives | 12.48 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 185 | Burkina Faso | 12.27 % | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 186 | Tonga | 12.13 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12.12 % | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 187 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.12 % | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 189 | Eritrea | 11.99 % | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 190 | Ireland | 11.97 % | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 191 | Uganda | 11.95 % | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 192 | Sudan | 11.86 % | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 193 | Armenia | 11.85 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 194 | Uruguay | 11.46 % | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 195 | South Sudan | 11.33 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 196 | Moldova | 11.26 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 196 | Republic of Moldova | 11.26 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 198 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.09 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 199 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 10.96 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 200 | Burundi | 10.89 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 201 | Namibia | 9.77 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 202 | Mongolia | 9.1 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 203 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 8.82 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Uzbekistan | 8.79 % | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 205 | Mali | 8.67 % | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 206 | Somalia | 7.82 % | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 207 | Israel | 6.84 % | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 208 | Kenya | 6.63 % | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 208 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6.63 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 210 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.55 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 211 | Isle of Man | 6.41 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 212 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 5.19 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 213 | Turkmenistan | 4.96 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4.88 % | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 215 | Bahrain | 4.86 % | 2024 | up 173.0% | rising |
| 216 | United Arab Emirates | 4.57 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 217 | Tunisia | 4.44 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 218 | Pakistan | 4.11 % | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 219 | Tajikistan | 3.06 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 220 | Chad | 2.97 % | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 221 | Syria | 2.87 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 221 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.87 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 223 | Aruba | 2.72 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 224 | Western Sahara | 1.99 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 225 | Afghanistan | 1.85 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 226 | Palestine | 1.84 % | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 226 | Palestine | 1.84 % | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 228 | Iraq | 1.61 % | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 229 | Malta | 1.49 % | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 230 | Kiribati | 1.32 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 231 | Kazakhstan | 1.3 % | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 232 | Saudi Arabia | 1.29 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 233 | Lesotho | 1.14 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 234 | Yemen | 1.04 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 235 | Mauritania | 0.99 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 236 | Niger | 0.84 % | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 237 | Jordan | 0.8 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 238 | Algeria | 0.71 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 239 | Iceland | 0.6 % | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 240 | Kuwait | 0.35 % | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 241 | Djibouti | 0.26 % | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 242 | Curacao | 0.16 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 242 | Curaçao | 0.16 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 244 | Libya | 0.12 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 244 | Qatar | 0.12 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 246 | Faroe Islands | 0.06 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 247 | Oman | 0.01 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 71.17 %
- Middle Africa 49.14 %
- South America 48.79 %
- Eastern Europe 48.66 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 47.21 %
- Europe 46.9 %
- South-Eastern Asia 46.41 %
- Northern Europe 44.5 %
- Americas 42.32 %
- European Union (27) 40.53 %
- Southern Europe 37.17 %
- Northern America 36.94 %
- Central America 36.82 %
- United States of America 33.78 %
- Western Europe 32.94 %
- World 31.85 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 28.77 %
- Eastern Africa 28.49 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 27.39 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 26.1 %
- Eastern Asia 24.09 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 23.58 %
- Africa 22.24 %
- Oceania 21.64 %
- Asia 20.21 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 17.9 %
- Southern Africa 17.75 %
- Southern Asia 15.76 %
- Western Africa 12.09 %
- Western Asia 6.84 %
- Northern Africa 3.93 %
- Central Asia 2.89 %
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.