Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 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
240
Highest
100 %
Aruba
Lowest
1.37 %
Bahrain
Median
94.92 %
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
9,468
What the numbers show
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land is currently reported for 240 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Aruba; the lowest is 1.37 % in Bahrain.
The median across all reporting countries is 94.92 %, and the mean is 83.99 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 73.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Czechia (up 19.0%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 68.7%).
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aruba | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Afghanistan | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Andorra | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | American Samoa | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahamas | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Botswana | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Curacao | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominica | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guam | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guyana | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Haiti | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Northern Mariana Islands | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Namibia | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tuvalu | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States Virgin Islands | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Western Sahara | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montserrat | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Niue | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Curaçao | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 99.99 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 38 | French Guiana | 99.99 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Mongolia | 99.94 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 41 | Somalia | 99.92 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 42 | Angola | 99.91 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 99.91 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 99.9 % | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 44 | Belize | 99.9 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 44 | Suriname | 99.9 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | British Virgin Islands | 99.9 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Zambia | 99.88 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 99.83 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 50 | Gabon | 99.8 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 50 | Mexico | 99.8 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 52 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 99.79 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 53 | Lebanon | 99.76 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 54 | Mozambique | 99.74 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 55 | Peru | 99.72 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 56 | Chad | 99.42 % | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 57 | New Caledonia | 99.41 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Sudan | 99.41 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 59 | Congo | 99.39 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 59 | Honduras | 99.39 % | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 61 | Cameroon | 99.37 % | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 62 | Senegal | 99.35 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 63 | Guadeloupe | 99.34 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 64 | Eritrea | 99.31 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 65 | Bhutan | 99.24 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 66 | Gambia | 99.16 % | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 67 | Melanesia | 99.15 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 68 | Colombia | 99.09 % | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 68 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 99.09 % | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 70 | Norway | 99.07 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Montenegro | 99.03 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Ecuador | 99.02 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 98.99 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 73 | Sierra Leone | 98.99 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 75 | East Timor | 98.89 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 75 | Timor-Leste | 98.89 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 77 | Grenada | 98.81 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | United Republic of Tanzania | 98.73 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 79 | El Salvador | 98.7 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 80 | Benin | 98.65 % | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 81 | Jamaica | 98.63 % | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 98.5 % | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 82 | Georgia | 98.5 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Brunei | 98.47 % | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 84 | Brunei Darussalam | 98.47 % | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 86 | Australia | 98.46 % | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 87 | Panama | 98.37 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 88 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98.25 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 89 | Oman | 98.13 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Brazil | 98.1 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 91 | Vanuatu | 98 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Paraguay | 97.75 % | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 93 | Guinea | 97.71 % | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 97.7 % | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 95 | Zimbabwe | 97.67 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 97.64 % | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 97 | Madagascar | 97.62 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Iraq | 97.51 % | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 99 | Russia | 97.5 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 99 | Russian Federation | 97.5 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 101 | Sudan (former) | 97.32 % | 2011 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 97.28 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 103 | Laos | 97.1 % | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 103 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 97.1 % | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 105 | Malawi | 97.09 % | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 106 | Argentina | 97.04 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 107 | Australia and New Zealand | 96.88 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 108 | Liberia | 96.84 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 109 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 96.77 % | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 110 | Turkey | 96.69 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 110 | Türkiye | 96.69 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 112 | Greece | 96.43 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Ethiopia | 96.38 % | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 114 | Croatia | 96.19 % | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 115 | Kenya | 96.1 % | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 116 | Pakistan | 96.03 % | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 117 | United Arab Emirates | 95.81 % | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 118 | Ghana | 95.74 % | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 119 | Qatar | 95 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Mali | 94.97 % | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 121 | Martinique | 94.87 % | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 122 | Comoros | 94.73 % | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 123 | Myanmar | 94.63 % | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 123 | Serbia and Montenegro | 94.63 % | 2005 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 125 | Djibouti | 94.44 % | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 126 | Slovenia | 94.41 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 127 | Canada | 94.39 % | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 128 | Indonesia | 94.29 % | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 129 | Tonga | 94.27 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 130 | Nepal | 94.1 % | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 131 | French Polynesia | 93.67 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Turkmenistan | 93.56 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Serbia | 93.55 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 134 | Italy | 93.39 % | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 93.15 % | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 136 | Reunion | 93.03 % | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 136 | Réunion | 93.03 % | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 138 | Cook Islands | 92.37 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Mayotte | 92.29 % | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 140 | Togo | 92.18 % | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 141 | Guatemala | 91.28 % | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 142 | United States | 91.12 % | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 143 | Cambodia | 90.58 % | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 144 | Philippines | 90.43 % | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 145 | Romania | 90.28 % | 2025 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 146 | South Sudan | 90.02 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 147 | Dominican Republic | 89.95 % | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 148 | Norfolk Island | 89.8 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Morocco | 89.7 % | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 150 | Estonia | 89.61 % | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 151 | OECD | 89.43 % | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 152 | South Africa | 89.41 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 153 | Sri Lanka | 88.85 % | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 154 | Caribbean | 88.71 % | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 155 | Palestine | 87.93 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 155 | Palestine | 87.93 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 157 | Kazakhstan | 87.76 % | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 158 | Malaysia | 87.51 % | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 159 | Switzerland | 87.39 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 160 | France | 86.76 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 161 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 85.5 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Spain | 85.27 % | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 163 | Nigeria | 84.48 % | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 164 | Polynesia | 84.02 % | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 165 | Algeria | 83.88 % | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 166 | Latvia | 83.74 % | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 167 | Thailand | 83.13 % | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 168 | Chile | 82.63 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 169 | Bangladesh | 82.37 % | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 170 | Cuba | 81.8 % | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 171 | Seychelles | 81.6 % | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 172 | India | 81.48 % | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 173 | Bulgaria | 81.46 % | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 174 | Niger | 81.28 % | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 175 | Cyprus | 80.86 % | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 176 | Trinidad and Tobago | 80.53 % | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 177 | Fiji | 79.99 % | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 178 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 79.34 % | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 179 | Uganda | 78.28 % | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 180 | Tunisia | 78.08 % | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 181 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 77.99 % | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 182 | Micronesia | 76.87 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 183 | New Zealand | 76.37 % | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 184 | Cote d'Ivoire | 76.07 % | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 184 | Côte d'Ivoire | 76.07 % | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 186 | Lesotho | 74.88 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Belarus | 74.76 % | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 188 | Azerbaijan | 74.62 % | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 189 | Malta | 74.47 % | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 190 | Vietnam | 73.42 % | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 190 | Viet Nam | 73.42 % | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 192 | Lithuania | 73.4 % | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 193 | Tajikistan | 72.4 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Samoa | 71.11 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 195 | Yemen | 70 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | Sweden | 68.86 % | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 197 | Marshall Islands | 68.28 % | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 198 | Eswatini | 66.47 % | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 199 | Austria | 66.36 % | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 200 | Luxembourg | 66.18 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Finland | 65.24 % | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 202 | Libya | 65 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 203 | Republic of Korea | 64.01 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 204 | Hungary | 62.07 % | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 205 | Mauritania | 60.39 % | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 206 | Slovakia | 60 % | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 207 | Burundi | 59.6 % | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 208 | Japan | 59.54 % | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 209 | China | 59.23 % | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 209 | China, mainland | 59.23 % | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 211 | Jordan | 57.77 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 212 | Mauritius | 53.02 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 213 | Ukraine | 51.95 % | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 214 | Palau | 50.01 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 215 | Germany | 50 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 216 | Syria | 44.11 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 216 | Syrian Arab Republic | 44.11 % | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 218 | Moldova | 43.4 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 218 | Republic of Moldova | 43.4 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 220 | Uruguay | 42.34 % | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 221 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 41.72 % | 1999 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 222 | Armenia | 40.03 % | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 223 | Uzbekistan | 38.78 % | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 224 | Rwanda | 37.39 % | 2025 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 225 | Belgium | 36.29 % | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 226 | Israel | 33.33 % | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 227 | Denmark | 33.04 % | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 228 | Cabo Verde | 26.79 % | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 229 | Portugal | 26.01 % | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 230 | Poland | 22 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 231 | Iceland | 19.53 % | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 232 | Egypt | 17.03 % | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 233 | Czechia | 15.72 % | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 234 | Ireland | 14.09 % | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 235 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 11.51 % | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 236 | United Kingdom | 10.49 % | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 236 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.49 % | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 238 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.21 % | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 239 | Isle of Man | 4.63 % | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 240 | Bahrain | 1.37 % | 2025 | down 68.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 99.84 %
- Central America 99.18 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 98.37 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 98.29 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 98.2 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 97.99 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 97.96 %
- South America 97.96 %
- Africa 97.87 %
- Eastern Africa 97.83 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 97.56 %
- Oceania 97.32 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 96.58 %
- Northern Africa 96.05 %
- Americas 95.87 %
- Eastern Europe 95.34 %
- Southern Africa 94.53 %
- Western Asia 93.76 %
- Northern America 92.9 %
- World 92.36 %
- Western Africa 92.35 %
- Europe 91.91 %
- United States of America 91.12 %
- South-Eastern Asia 91.08 %
- Southern Asia 84.02 %
- Southern Europe 78.28 %
- Asia 76.81 %
- Central Asia 72.27 %
- Western Europe 70.9 %
- Northern Europe 70.62 %
- European Union (27) 70.07 %
- Eastern Asia 61.98 %
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.