Planted 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
207
Highest
100 %
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0.01 %
French Guiana
Median
7.82 %
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
8,260
What the numbers show
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0.01 % in French Guiana.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.82 %, and the mean is 20.01 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,000.
Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 3,650.0%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 56.6%).
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greenland | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Bahrain | 98.63 % | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 5 | Isle of Man | 95.37 % | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 94.79 % | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 89.51 % | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 89.51 % | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 9 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 88.49 % | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 10 | Ireland | 85.91 % | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 11 | Czechia | 84.28 % | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 12 | Egypt | 82.97 % | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 13 | Iceland | 80.47 % | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 78 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Portugal | 73.99 % | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 16 | Cabo Verde | 73.21 % | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 17 | Denmark | 66.96 % | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 18 | Israel | 66.67 % | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 19 | Belgium | 63.71 % | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 20 | Rwanda | 62.61 % | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 61.22 % | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 22 | Armenia | 59.97 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 23 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 58.25 % | 1999 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 24 | Uruguay | 57.66 % | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 25 | Moldova | 56.6 % | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 25 | Republic of Moldova | 56.6 % | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Syria | 55.86 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 27 | Syrian Arab Republic | 55.86 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 29 | Palau | 50.01 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 30 | Germany | 50 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Ukraine | 48.05 % | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 32 | Mauritius | 46.98 % | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 33 | Jordan | 42.23 % | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 34 | China | 40.77 % | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 34 | China, mainland | 40.77 % | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 36 | Japan | 40.46 % | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 37 | Burundi | 40.4 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 38 | Slovakia | 40 % | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 39 | Mauritania | 39.61 % | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 40 | Hungary | 37.93 % | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 41 | Republic of Korea | 35.99 % | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 42 | Libya | 35 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Finland | 34.76 % | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 44 | Luxembourg | 33.82 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Austria | 33.64 % | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 46 | Eswatini | 33.53 % | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 47 | Marshall Islands | 31.72 % | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 48 | Sweden | 31.14 % | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 49 | Yemen | 30 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Samoa | 28.91 % | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 27.6 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Lithuania | 26.6 % | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 53 | Vietnam | 26.58 % | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 53 | Viet Nam | 26.58 % | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 55 | Malta | 25.53 % | 2025 | up 332.0% | rising |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 25.38 % | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 57 | Belarus | 25.24 % | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 58 | Lesotho | 25.12 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Cote d'Ivoire | 23.93 % | 2025 | up 98.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Côte d'Ivoire | 23.93 % | 2025 | up 98.8% | volatile |
| 61 | New Zealand | 23.63 % | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 62 | Micronesia | 22.51 % | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 63 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 22.01 % | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 64 | Tunisia | 21.92 % | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 65 | Uganda | 21.72 % | 2025 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 66 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 20.66 % | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 67 | Fiji | 20.01 % | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.47 % | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 69 | Cyprus | 19.14 % | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 70 | Niger | 18.72 % | 2025 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 18.54 % | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 72 | India | 18.52 % | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 73 | Seychelles | 18.4 % | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 74 | Cuba | 18.2 % | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 75 | Bangladesh | 17.63 % | 2025 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Chile | 17.37 % | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 77 | Thailand | 16.87 % | 2025 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 78 | Latvia | 16.26 % | 2025 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 79 | Algeria | 16.12 % | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 80 | Nigeria | 15.52 % | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 81 | Polynesia | 15.03 % | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 82 | Spain | 14.73 % | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 83 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 14.5 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | France | 13.24 % | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 85 | Switzerland | 12.66 % | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 86 | Malaysia | 12.49 % | 2025 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 12.24 % | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 88 | Palestine | 12.07 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 88 | Palestine | 12.07 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 90 | Caribbean | 11.22 % | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 11.15 % | 2025 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 92 | South Africa | 10.59 % | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 93 | OECD | 10.57 % | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 94 | Estonia | 10.39 % | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 95 | Morocco | 10.3 % | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 96 | Norfolk Island | 10.2 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 10.05 % | 2025 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 98 | South Sudan | 10 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Romania | 9.72 % | 2025 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 100 | Philippines | 9.57 % | 2025 | up 83.7% | rising |
| 101 | Cambodia | 9.42 % | 2025 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 102 | United States | 8.88 % | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 103 | Guatemala | 8.72 % | 2025 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Togo | 7.82 % | 2025 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 105 | Mayotte | 7.71 % | 2025 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Cook Islands | 7.63 % | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 107 | Reunion | 6.97 % | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 107 | Réunion | 6.97 % | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.85 % | 2025 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 110 | Italy | 6.61 % | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 111 | Serbia | 6.45 % | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 112 | Turkmenistan | 6.44 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | French Polynesia | 6.33 % | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Nepal | 5.9 % | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 115 | Tonga | 5.73 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Indonesia | 5.71 % | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 117 | Canada | 5.61 % | 2025 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 118 | Slovenia | 5.59 % | 2025 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 119 | Myanmar | 5.37 % | 2025 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 120 | Serbia and Montenegro | 5.36 % | 2005 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 121 | Comoros | 5.27 % | 2025 | up 139.5% | falling |
| 122 | Djibouti | 5.23 % | 2025 | up 393.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Martinique | 5.13 % | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 124 | Mali | 5.03 % | 2025 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Qatar | 5 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Ghana | 4.26 % | 2025 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 127 | United Arab Emirates | 4.19 % | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 128 | Pakistan | 3.97 % | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 129 | Kenya | 3.9 % | 2025 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 130 | Croatia | 3.81 % | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Ethiopia | 3.62 % | 2025 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 132 | Greece | 3.57 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 3.33 % | 2025 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 134 | Turkey | 3.31 % | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 134 | Türkiye | 3.31 % | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 136 | Liberia | 3.16 % | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 137 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.12 % | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 138 | Argentina | 2.96 % | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 139 | Malawi | 2.91 % | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 140 | Laos | 2.9 % | 2025 | up 181.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.9 % | 2025 | up 181.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Saudi Arabia | 2.72 % | 2025 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 143 | Sudan (former) | 2.68 % | 2011 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 144 | Russia | 2.5 % | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 144 | Russian Federation | 2.5 % | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 146 | Iraq | 2.49 % | 2025 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 147 | Madagascar | 2.38 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.36 % | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 2.33 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Nicaragua | 2.3 % | 2022 | up 180.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Guinea | 2.29 % | 2025 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 152 | Paraguay | 2.25 % | 2025 | up 3,650.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 2 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Brazil | 1.9 % | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 155 | Oman | 1.88 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.75 % | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 157 | Panama | 1.63 % | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 158 | Australia | 1.54 % | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 159 | Brunei | 1.53 % | 2025 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.53 % | 2025 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Costa Rica | 1.5 % | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 161 | Georgia | 1.5 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Jamaica | 1.37 % | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 164 | Benin | 1.35 % | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 165 | El Salvador | 1.3 % | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 166 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.27 % | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 167 | Grenada | 1.19 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | East Timor | 1.11 % | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 168 | Timor-Leste | 1.11 % | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 1.02 % | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 171 | Sierra Leone | 1.01 % | 2025 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 172 | Ecuador | 0.98 % | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 173 | Montenegro | 0.97 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 174 | Norway | 0.93 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Colombia | 0.91 % | 2025 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.91 % | 2025 | — | rising |
| 177 | Melanesia | 0.85 % | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 178 | Gambia | 0.84 % | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 179 | Bhutan | 0.76 % | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 180 | Eritrea | 0.69 % | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 181 | Guadeloupe | 0.66 % | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 182 | Senegal | 0.65 % | 2025 | up 109.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Cameroon | 0.63 % | 2025 | up 152.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Congo | 0.61 % | 2025 | up 125.9% | rising |
| 184 | Honduras | 0.61 % | 2025 | up 154.2% | volatile |
| 186 | New Caledonia | 0.59 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 186 | Sudan | 0.59 % | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 188 | Chad | 0.58 % | 2025 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 189 | Peru | 0.28 % | 2025 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 190 | Mozambique | 0.26 % | 2025 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 191 | Lebanon | 0.25 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.21 % | 2025 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Gabon | 0.2 % | 2025 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 193 | Mexico | 0.2 % | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 195 | Papua New Guinea | 0.17 % | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 196 | Zambia | 0.12 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Burkina Faso | 0.11 % | 2025 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 198 | Belize | 0.1 % | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 198 | Suriname | 0.1 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | Angola | 0.09 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 200 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.09 % | 2025 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 202 | Somalia | 0.08 % | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 203 | Mongolia | 0.06 % | 2025 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Niue | 0.05 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 205 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 206 | Central African Republic | 0.01 % | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 206 | French Guiana | 0.01 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 38.02 %
- European Union (27) 29.93 %
- Northern Europe 29.38 %
- Western Europe 29.1 %
- Central Asia 27.73 %
- Asia 23.19 %
- Southern Europe 17.64 %
- Southern Asia 15.98 %
- South-Eastern Asia 8.92 %
- United States of America 8.88 %
- Europe 7.9 %
- Western Africa 7.65 %
- World 7.59 %
- Northern America 7.1 %
- Western Asia 6.24 %
- Southern Africa 5.47 %
- Eastern Europe 4.66 %
- Americas 4.13 %
- Northern Africa 3.95 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.07 %
- Oceania 2.68 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.44 %
- Eastern Africa 2.17 %
- Africa 2.13 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.04 %
- South America 2.04 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 2.01 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.8 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.7 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.63 %
- Central America 0.82 %
- Middle Africa 0.16 %
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.