Primary Forest — 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
125
Highest
310,239 1000 ha
OECD
Lowest
0.03 1000 ha
British Virgin Islands
Median
220 1000 ha
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
7,478
What the numbers show
Primary Forest — Area is currently reported for 125 countries. The highest value is 310,239 1000 ha in OECD; the lowest is 0.03 1000 ha in British Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 220 1000 ha, and the mean is 14,427 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Reunion (up 24.6%), and the largest decrease in American Samoa (down 93.5%).
Primary Forest — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 310,239 1000 ha | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 2 | Russia | 306,645 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 306,645 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 4 | Brazil | 224,502 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 5 | Canada | 200,316 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 100,216 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 7 | Indonesia | 46,648 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 8 | Peru | 38,281 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 9 | Mexico | 33,046 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 10 | Angola | 24,663 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 11 | Melanesia | 21,424 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 19,444 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 13 | Australia and New Zealand | 17,092 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Australia | 15,092 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | China | 12,953 1000 ha | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 15 | China, mainland | 12,953 1000 ha | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 17 | Congo | 12,931 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | India | 11,904 1000 ha | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 19 | Suriname | 9,701 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Guyana | 9,477 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Chile | 8,928 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 22 | French Guiana | 7,587 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 23 | Madagascar | 7,373 1000 ha | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 24 | Central African Republic | 3,898 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 25 | Cameroon | 3,557 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 26 | Myanmar | 3,192 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Japan | 2,974 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 28 | Sweden | 2,096 1000 ha | 2025 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 29 | New Zealand | 2,000 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 30 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,945 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 31 | Chad | 1,734 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Senegal | 1,654 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 33 | Solomon Islands | 1,642 1000 ha | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 34 | Pakistan | 1,212 1000 ha | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 35 | Benin | 1,205 1000 ha | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 36 | Belize | 1,197 1000 ha | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 37 | Sudan | 1,136 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Sudan (former) | 1,136 1000 ha | 2011 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Malaysia | 1,086 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 1,076 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 41 | Nepal | 773.87 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 42 | Georgia | 683.96 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Guinea | 659.96 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Finland | 602.99 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 596 1000 ha | 2025 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 46 | Vietnam | 584.8 1000 ha | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 46 | Viet Nam | 584.8 1000 ha | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 48 | Caribbean | 487.3 1000 ha | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | 463.4 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | South Africa | 427.55 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 51 | Bhutan | 413 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 407.36 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Côte d'Ivoire | 407.36 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 360.17 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | New Caledonia | 337.6 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Cambodia | 322.17 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 57 | Iraq | 308.36 1000 ha | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 296 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 294.08 1000 ha | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 60 | Brunei | 263 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 60 | Brunei Darussalam | 263 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 62 | Norway | 224.54 1000 ha | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 63 | Niger | 220 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Philippines | 219.1 1000 ha | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 210.3 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 194.87 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Belarus | 134.8 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 68 | Uruguay | 133.4 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Polynesia | 117.3 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 70 | Slovenia | 108.27 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 71 | Turkmenistan | 104 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Italy | 93.26 1000 ha | 2025 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 73 | Albania | 84.8 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Jamaica | 81.77 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 75 | Romania | 71.08 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Sierra Leone | 71.07 1000 ha | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 77 | Reunion | 66.04 1000 ha | 2025 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 77 | Réunion | 66.04 1000 ha | 2025 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 65.78 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 80 | Burundi | 64.78 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 81 | Austria | 63 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 62.4 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Samoa | 54.76 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 84 | Estonia | 54.03 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 85 | Micronesia | 53.99 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 86 | Switzerland | 42.86 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | French Polynesia | 40 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 38.29 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 89 | Dominica | 28.13 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Sao Tome and Principe | 28 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Lithuania | 27.28 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 92 | Portugal | 24.77 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 93 | Ukraine | 23.4 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Eswatini | 21.57 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Armenia | 20.06 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 96 | Jordan | 20 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Czechia | 19.26 1000 ha | 2025 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 98 | Latvia | 17.47 1000 ha | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 99 | Yemen | 15.37 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Cook Islands | 14.4 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Gambia | 13.06 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 102 | Slovakia | 10.58 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Denmark | 10.53 1000 ha | 2025 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 104 | Palau | 9.07 1000 ha | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 105 | Guadeloupe | 6.9 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 106 | Croatia | 6.73 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Marshall Islands | 6.63 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 108 | Niue | 5.4 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.1 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.49 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Maldives | 3.72 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2.6 1000 ha | 2005 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Grenada | 2.32 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Tonga | 2.29 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Martinique | 2.08 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Seychelles | 1.98 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 117 | Montenegro | 1.6 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Liechtenstein | 1.5 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Serbia | 1 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Djibouti | 0.9 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Mayotte | 0.74 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 122 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 0.36 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 123 | Singapore | 0.21 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | American Samoa | 0.09 1000 ha | 2025 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 125 | British Virgin Islands | 0.03 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 1.18 million 1000 ha
- Americas 578,171 1000 ha
- Latin America and the Caribbean 333,339 1000 ha
- Europe 310,961 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 307,500 1000 ha
- South America 298,609 1000 ha
- Northern America 244,832 1000 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 189,843 1000 ha
- Africa 163,436 1000 ha
- Sub-Saharan Africa 162,234 1000 ha
- Middle Africa 148,972 1000 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 148,948 1000 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 137,661 1000 ha
- Asia 85,225 1000 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 52,315 1000 ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 42,556 1000 ha
- Oceania 38,687 1000 ha
- Central America 34,242 1000 ha
- Eastern Asia 15,927 1000 ha
- Southern Asia 14,502 1000 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 9,295 1000 ha
- Eastern Africa 8,583 1000 ha
- Western Africa 4,296 1000 ha
- European Union (27) 3,801 1000 ha
- Northern Europe 3,033 1000 ha
- Western Asia 1,408 1000 ha
- Northern Africa 1,136 1000 ha
- Central Asia 1,074 1000 ha
- Southern Africa 449.12 1000 ha
- Southern Europe 320.43 1000 ha
- Western Europe 107.36 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.