Share of forest with a long-term management plan by country
Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan (%)
Countries reporting
115
Highest
100.0%
Belarus
Lowest
0.0%
Iraq
Median
49.8%
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
926
What the numbers show
Share of forest with a long-term management plan is currently reported for 115 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 0.0% in Iraq.
The median across all reporting countries is 49.8%, and the mean is 49.4%.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 466.7%), and the largest decrease in Mauritania (down 92.0%).
Share of forest with a long-term management plan: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Czechia | 100.0% | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2020 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 1 | Isle of Man | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2020 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100.0% | 2020 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 1 | Latvia | 100.0% | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Russia | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100.0% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Turkey | 100.0% | 2020 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | Norfolk Island | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Japan | 100.0% | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 14 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Hungary | 99.6% | 2020 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 17 | Slovenia | 99.2% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 97.4% | 2020 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 19 | Poland | 96.2% | 2017 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 95.8% | 2020 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 21 | Myanmar | 93.0% | 2020 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 91.0% | 2020 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 23 | Ukraine | 89.6% | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 89.0% | 2020 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 25 | Switzerland | 86.1% | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 26 | Iceland | 85.9% | 2020 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 27 | Guyana | 84.4% | 2020 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 28 | Nepal | 82.7% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Sweden | 81.1% | 2020 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 30 | Romania | 81.0% | 2020 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 31 | Cuba | 80.5% | 2020 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 32 | Moldova | 80.4% | 2020 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 33 | Netherlands | 79.1% | 2020 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 34 | New Zealand | 75.3% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 35 | India | 74.8% | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 36 | Ireland | 73.4% | 2020 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 37 | China | 73.2% | 2020 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 38 | Senegal | 70.4% | 2020 | up 105.2% | rising |
| 39 | Tunisia | 70.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Estonia | 69.8% | 2020 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 41 | Zambia | 69.6% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | United States | 67.5% | 2020 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 43 | Germany | 66.4% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Cyprus | 66.1% | 2020 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 45 | Reunion | 65.6% | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 46 | Morocco | 61.6% | 2020 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 47 | United Kingdom | 61.0% | 2020 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 48 | Canada | 60.8% | 2020 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 49 | Cameroon | 59.9% | 2020 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 50 | Uruguay | 58.6% | 2020 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 51 | Mozambique | 58.6% | 2020 | up 190.0% | rising |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 55.9% | 2020 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 53 | Malaysia | 54.6% | 2020 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 54 | Norway | 51.2% | 2020 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 55 | Gabon | 50.9% | 2020 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 56 | Austria | 50.2% | 2020 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 57 | Vietnam | 49.9% | 2020 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 58 | Denmark | 49.8% | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | France | 46.3% | 2020 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 61 | Ecuador | 44.8% | 2020 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 62 | Dominica | 44.7% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Colombia | 44.0% | 2020 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 64 | Serbia | 42.2% | 2020 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 65 | Benin | 41.8% | 2020 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 66 | South Korea | 39.3% | 2020 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 37.6% | 2020 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 68 | Montenegro | 36.8% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Congo | 35.8% | 2020 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 70 | Gambia | 34.7% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Australia | 32.5% | 2020 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 72 | French Guiana | 30.3% | 2020 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 73 | Suriname | 29.7% | 2020 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 74 | Iran | 29.0% | 2020 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 76 | Venezuela | 26.5% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Sudan | 25.8% | 2020 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 78 | Ghana | 25.2% | 2020 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 79 | Indonesia | 23.3% | 2020 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 80 | Bolivia | 23.1% | 2020 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 81 | Tonga | 22.4% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Mauritius | 21.6% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 83 | Niger | 19.3% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Jamaica | 18.9% | 2020 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 85 | Philippines | 18.1% | 2020 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 86 | Central African Republic | 16.8% | 2020 | up 466.7% | rising |
| 87 | Bangladesh | 16.6% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Georgia | 16.1% | 2020 | up 182.3% | rising |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.9% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | American Samoa | 15.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Lesotho | 14.5% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 14.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Burkina Faso | 13.7% | 2020 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 94 | Bhutan | 13.6% | 2020 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 95 | Algeria | 13.5% | 2020 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 96 | Peru | 12.3% | 2018 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 97 | Malta | 11.4% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 98 | Nigeria | 10.9% | 2020 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 99 | Botswana | 10.8% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Brazil | 9.0% | 2020 | up 90.6% | rising |
| 102 | Zimbabwe | 4.6% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Tanzania | 4.4% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Kenya | 4.3% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Guinea | 3.8% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Namibia | 3.0% | 2020 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 107 | Sierra Leone | 2.9% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.5% | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.3% | 2020 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 0.5% | 2020 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 111 | Mauritania | 0.1% | 2020 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Chile | 0.1% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2020 | unchanged | falling |
| 114 | Eswatini | 0.1% | 2020 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 115 | El Salvador | 0.1% | 2020 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 116 | Angola | 0.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 116 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 116 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
About this data
Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan (%)