Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan (%) by country

Countries reporting
117
Highest
100.0%
Bulgaria
Lowest
0.0%
Saint Barthélemy
Median
49.8%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
916

What the numbers show

Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan (%) is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bulgaria; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Barthélemy.

The median across all reporting countries is 49.8%, and the mean is 50.0%.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Viet Nam (up 113.3%), and the largest decrease in Côte d'Ivoire (down 68.9%).

Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bulgaria 100.0% 2025 up 4.4% rising
1 Belarus 100.0% 2025 unchanged rising
1 Cayman Islands 100.0% 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Finland 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Croatia 100.0% 2025 up 21.0% rising
1 Hungary 100.0% 2025 unchanged rising
1 Kazakhstan 100.0% 2025 unchanged rising
1 Lithuania 100.0% 2025 unchanged rising
1 Malta 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Slovakia 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Norfolk Island 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Russian Federation 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Viet Nam 100.0% 2025 up 113.3% rising
1 Türkiye 100.0% 2025 unchanged rising
15 Mongolia 100.0% 2025 down 0.0% flat
16 Japan 99.9% 2025 down 0.1% flat
17 Slovenia 99.6% 2025 down 0.4% flat
18 Poland 98.6% 2025 up 4.0% rising
19 Iceland 96.3% 2025 up 16.4% rising
20 Uzbekistan 95.8% 2025 up 15.3% rising
21 Cook Islands 95.6% 2025 unchanged flat
22 Latvia 95.3% 2025 up 2.6% rising
23 Kyrgyzstan 93.2% 2025 up 21.7% rising
24 Ukraine 91.2% 2025 up 3.4% rising
25 Czechia 91.1% 2025 up 1.1% flat
26 Myanmar 90.3% 2025 down 2.9% rising
27 Andorra 85.8% 2025 unchanged flat
28 Guyana 84.4% 2025 down 2.0% falling
29 Sweden 83.4% 2025 up 2.9% falling
30 Republic of Moldova 82.6% 2025 up 3.5% rising
31 Zambia 82.5% 2025 up 18.7% rising
32 Romania 81.0% 2025 unchanged falling
33 Gabon 77.8% 2025 up 70.7% volatile
34 Ireland 76.9% 2025 up 7.6% rising
35 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 76.7% 2025 down 19.1% volatile
36 China 75.9% 2025 up 16.7% rising
37 Australia and New Zealand 75.3% 2025 up 0.9% rising
38 New Zealand 75.3% 2025 up 0.9% rising
39 India 74.8% 2025 up 0.4% flat
40 Estonia 71.2% 2025 up 11.7% flat
41 Tunisia 70.1% 2025 up 1.6% flat
42 Germany 68.4% 2025 up 3.2% flat
43 Uruguay 67.0% 2025 up 16.2% rising
44 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 66.5% 2025 down 15.0% falling
45 Cyprus 66.1% 2025 up 6.5% rising
46 Réunion 64.8% 2025 down 20.6% rising
47 Cuba 64.7% 2025 up 16.5% rising
48 Mozambique 63.7% 2025 up 44.0% volatile
49 Morocco 61.5% 2025 up 17.5% rising
50 Canada 61.3% 2025 down 0.1% flat
51 Bhutan 61.0% 2025 up 20.3% rising
52 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 60.7% 2025 up 5.9% rising
53 Congo 59.7% 2025 up 63.8% volatile
54 Malaysia 57.4% 2025 down 2.4% rising
55 Cameroon 57.3% 2025 up 7.5% rising
56 Norway 57.2% 2025 up 25.6% rising
57 Nepal 56.3% 2025 down 2.6% rising
58 Austria 51.4% 2025 up 2.7% rising
59 Denmark 49.8% 2025 unchanged rising
60 France 48.0% 2025 up 5.8% rising
61 Luxembourg 47.4% 2025 unchanged rising
62 Ecuador 46.8% 2025 up 3.0% rising
63 Serbia 42.4% 2025 up 12.7% rising
64 Republic of Korea 42.4% 2025 down 18.1% falling
65 Colombia 40.0% 2025 up 58.3% rising
66 Polynesia 39.0% 2025 unchanged flat
67 Senegal 37.9% 2025 up 31.9% rising
68 Ghana 37.3% 2025 up 25.4% rising
69 Dominica 37.0% 2025 unchanged flat
70 Gambia 34.8% 2025 unchanged flat
71 Guadeloupe 31.6% 2025 down 30.9% falling
72 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28.8% 2025 unchanged flat
73 Suriname 28.5% 2025 down 4.4% rising
74 French Guiana 27.7% 2025 up 7.3% rising
75 Martinique 26.8% 2025 up 1.9% volatile
76 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 25.6% 2025 up 23.5% rising
77 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 25.0% 2025 up 3.2% rising
78 Equatorial Guinea 23.3% 2025 up 18.5% rising
79 Tonga 22.9% 2025 unchanged flat
80 Nigeria 22.3% 2025 unchanged falling
81 Mauritius 21.6% 2025 unchanged rising
82 Zimbabwe 21.5% 2025 unchanged flat
83 Niger 19.3% 2025 unchanged flat
84 Jamaica 18.8% 2025 up 0.3% rising
85 Indonesia 18.5% 2025 down 20.5% rising
86 Burkina Faso 16.3% 2025 down 3.7% falling
87 Micronesia 16.2% 2025 unchanged flat
87 Micronesia (Federated States of) 16.2% 2025 unchanged flat
89 Côte d'Ivoire 15.2% 2025 down 68.9% volatile
90 Philippines 15.0% 2025 down 13.1% falling
91 Papua New Guinea 14.8% 2025 unchanged flat
91 Melanesia 14.8% 2025 unchanged flat
93 Lesotho 14.5% 2025 unchanged flat
94 Guatemala 14.0% 2025 unchanged rising
95 Brazil 12.6% 2025 up 0.9% rising
96 Chad 11.2% 2025 unchanged flat
97 Botswana 10.9% 2025 unchanged flat
98 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8.3% 2025 up 68.9% rising
99 Sudan 8.2% 2025 unchanged rising
100 Mexico 8.0% 2025 down 40.3% volatile
101 Kenya 4.5% 2025 unchanged flat
102 Guinea 4.4% 2025 unchanged flat
103 Argentina 2.7% 2025 up 3.0% rising
104 Namibia 2.6% 2025 unchanged rising
105 Algeria 2.0% 2025 down 5.2% rising
106 Yemen 1.3% 2025 unchanged flat
107 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.9% 2025 unchanged volatile
108 Mauritania 0.7% 2025 down 34.5% volatile
109 Chile 0.1% 2025 volatile
110 Angola 0.0% 2025 flat
110 Djibouti 0.0% 2025 flat
110 Greenland 0.0% 2025 flat
110 Iraq 0.0% 2025 flat
110 Qatar 0.0% 2025 flat
110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2025 flat
110 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0% 2025 flat
110 Saint Barthélemy 0.0% 2025 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan (%)
Unit
%
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
154 places, 916 data points, 1990–2025
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