Share of forest with a long-term management plan by country

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

Countries reporting
123
Highest
100.0%
Bulgaria
Lowest
0.1%
El Salvador
Median
48.0%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
794

What the numbers show

Share of forest with a long-term management plan is currently reported for 123 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bulgaria; the lowest is 0.1% in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 48.0%, and the mean is 50.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,000.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 182.3%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 68.9%).

Share of forest 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 Isle of Man 100.0% 2020 unchanged flat
1 Kazakhstan 100.0% 2025 unchanged rising
1 Lithuania 100.0% 2025 unchanged rising
1 Malta 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Russia 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Slovakia 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Turkey 100.0% 2025 unchanged rising
1 Vietnam 100.0% 2025 up 113.3% rising
1 Norfolk Island 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
16 Mongolia 100.0% 2025 down 0.0% flat
17 Japan 99.9% 2025 down 0.1% flat
18 Slovenia 99.6% 2025 down 0.4% flat
19 Poland 98.6% 2025 up 4.0% rising
20 Iceland 96.3% 2025 up 16.4% rising
21 Uzbekistan 95.8% 2025 up 15.3% rising
22 Cook Islands 95.6% 2025 unchanged flat
23 Latvia 95.3% 2025 up 2.6% rising
24 Kyrgyzstan 93.2% 2025 up 21.7% rising
25 Ukraine 91.2% 2025 up 3.4% rising
26 Czechia 91.1% 2025 up 1.1% flat
27 Myanmar 90.3% 2025 down 2.9% rising
28 Switzerland 86.1% 2020 up 9.1% rising
29 Andorra 85.8% 2025 unchanged flat
30 Guyana 84.4% 2025 down 2.0% falling
31 Sweden 83.4% 2025 up 2.9% falling
32 Moldova 82.6% 2025 up 3.5% rising
33 Zambia 82.5% 2025 up 18.7% rising
34 Romania 81.0% 2025 unchanged falling
35 Gabon 77.8% 2025 up 70.7% volatile
36 Ireland 76.9% 2025 up 7.6% rising
37 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 76.7% 2025 down 19.1% volatile
38 China 75.9% 2025 up 16.7% rising
39 New Zealand 75.3% 2025 up 0.9% rising
40 India 74.8% 2025 up 0.4% flat
41 Estonia 71.2% 2025 up 11.7% flat
42 Tunisia 70.1% 2025 up 1.6% flat
43 United States 68.6% 2025 up 0.7% rising
44 Germany 68.4% 2025 up 3.2% flat
45 Uruguay 67.0% 2025 up 16.2% rising
46 Netherlands 66.5% 2025 down 15.0% falling
47 Cyprus 66.1% 2025 up 6.5% rising
48 Reunion 64.8% 2025 down 20.6% rising
49 Cuba 64.7% 2025 up 16.5% rising
50 Mozambique 63.7% 2025 up 44.0% volatile
51 Morocco 61.5% 2025 up 17.5% rising
52 Canada 61.3% 2025 down 0.1% flat
53 Bhutan 61.0% 2025 up 20.3% rising
54 United Kingdom 60.7% 2025 up 5.9% rising
55 Congo 59.7% 2025 up 63.8% volatile
56 Malaysia 57.4% 2025 down 2.4% rising
57 Cameroon 57.3% 2025 up 7.5% rising
58 Norway 57.2% 2025 up 25.6% rising
59 Nepal 56.3% 2025 down 2.6% rising
60 Austria 51.4% 2025 up 2.7% rising
61 Denmark 49.8% 2025 unchanged rising
62 France 48.0% 2025 up 5.8% rising
63 Luxembourg 47.4% 2025 unchanged rising
64 Ecuador 46.8% 2025 up 3.0% rising
65 Serbia 42.4% 2025 up 12.7% rising
66 South Korea 42.4% 2025 down 18.1% falling
67 Benin 41.8% 2020 up 12.2% rising
68 Colombia 40.0% 2025 up 58.3% rising
69 Senegal 37.9% 2025 up 31.9% rising
70 Costa Rica 37.6% 2020 up 4.3% flat
71 Ghana 37.3% 2025 up 25.4% rising
72 Dominica 37.0% 2025 unchanged flat
73 Montenegro 36.8% 2020 unchanged flat
74 Gambia 34.8% 2025 unchanged flat
75 Australia 32.5% 2020 up 50.0% rising
76 Guadeloupe 31.6% 2025 down 30.9% falling
77 Iran 28.8% 2025 unchanged flat
78 Suriname 28.5% 2025 down 4.4% rising
79 French Guiana 27.7% 2025 up 7.3% rising
80 Martinique 26.8% 2025 up 1.9% volatile
81 Bolivia 25.6% 2025 up 23.5% rising
82 Venezuela 25.0% 2025 up 3.2% rising
83 Equatorial Guinea 23.3% 2025 up 18.5% rising
84 Tonga 22.9% 2025 unchanged flat
85 Nigeria 22.3% 2025 unchanged falling
86 Mauritius 21.6% 2025 unchanged rising
87 Zimbabwe 21.5% 2025 unchanged flat
88 Niger 19.3% 2025 unchanged flat
89 Jamaica 18.8% 2025 up 0.3% rising
90 Indonesia 18.5% 2025 down 20.5% rising
91 Bangladesh 16.6% 2020 unchanged flat
92 Burkina Faso 16.3% 2025 down 3.7% falling
93 Micronesia (country) 16.2% 2025 unchanged flat
94 Georgia 16.1% 2020 up 182.3% rising
95 American Samoa 16.0% 2025 unchanged falling
96 Cote d'Ivoire 15.2% 2025 down 68.9% volatile
97 Philippines 15.0% 2025 down 13.1% falling
98 Papua New Guinea 14.8% 2025 unchanged flat
99 Lesotho 14.5% 2025 unchanged flat
100 Guatemala 14.0% 2025 unchanged rising
101 Brazil 12.6% 2025 up 0.9% rising
102 Peru 12.3% 2018 up 12.1% rising
103 Chad 11.2% 2025 unchanged flat
104 Botswana 10.9% 2025 unchanged flat
105 Democratic Republic of Congo 8.3% 2025 up 68.9% rising
106 Central African Republic 8.3% 2025 up 1.7% volatile
107 Sudan 8.2% 2025 unchanged rising
108 Mexico 8.0% 2025 down 40.3% volatile
109 Kenya 4.5% 2025 unchanged flat
110 Tanzania 4.4% 2020 unchanged flat
111 Guinea 4.4% 2025 unchanged flat
112 Sierra Leone 2.9% 2020 unchanged flat
113 Argentina 2.7% 2025 up 3.0% rising
114 Namibia 2.6% 2025 unchanged rising
115 Algeria 2.0% 2025 down 5.2% rising
116 Guinea-Bissau 1.3% 2020 down 3.7% flat
117 Yemen 1.3% 2025 unchanged flat
118 Wallis and Futuna 0.9% 2025 unchanged volatile
119 Mauritania 0.7% 2025 down 34.5% volatile
120 Nicaragua 0.5% 2020 up 25.0% falling
121 Chile 0.1% 2025 volatile
122 Eswatini 0.1% 2020 up 75.0% rising
123 El Salvador 0.1% 2020 up 66.7% rising

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Indicator
Share of forest with a long-term management plan
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
131 places, 794 data points, 1990–2025
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Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan (%).