Share of global forest area by country
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.
Countries reporting
228
Highest
20.1%
Russia
Lowest
0.0%
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Median
0.0%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
8,460
What the numbers show
Share of global forest area is currently reported for 228 countries. The highest value is 20.1% in Russia; the lowest is 0.0% in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.4%.
Over the past decade 155 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 222.2%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 27.7%).
Share of global forest area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 20.1% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 11.7% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 3 | Canada | 8.9% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 7.5% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 5 | China | 5.5% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.4% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 7 | Australia | 3.2% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 8 | Indonesia | 2.3% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 9 | India | 1.8% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 10 | Peru | 1.6% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 11 | Mexico | 1.6% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 12 | Angola | 1.5% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 1.4% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 14 | Bolivia | 1.3% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 15 | Venezuela | 1.1% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 16 | Argentina | 1.1% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 1.1% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 18 | Zambia | 1.1% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 19 | Tanzania | 1.0% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 20 | Papua New Guinea | 0.8% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 21 | Mozambique | 0.8% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 22 | Sweden | 0.7% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 23 | Myanmar | 0.7% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 0.6% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 25 | Japan | 0.6% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 26 | Gabon | 0.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 27 | South Africa | 0.6% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 28 | Turkey | 0.6% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 29 | Finland | 0.5% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 30 | Sudan | 0.5% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 31 | Congo | 0.5% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 32 | Thailand | 0.5% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 33 | Cameroon | 0.5% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 34 | Spain | 0.5% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 35 | Malaysia | 0.5% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 36 | Guyana | 0.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 37 | Chile | 0.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 38 | France | 0.4% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 39 | Nigeria | 0.4% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 40 | Botswana | 0.4% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 41 | Vietnam | 0.4% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 42 | Suriname | 0.4% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 43 | Paraguay | 0.3% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 44 | Mongolia | 0.3% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 0.3% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 46 | Laos | 0.3% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 47 | Ecuador | 0.3% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 48 | Norway | 0.3% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 49 | Germany | 0.3% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 50 | Iran | 0.3% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 51 | Mali | 0.3% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 52 | New Zealand | 0.2% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 53 | Ukraine | 0.2% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 54 | Madagascar | 0.2% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 55 | Poland | 0.2% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 56 | Italy | 0.2% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 57 | Belarus | 0.2% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 58 | Senegal | 0.2% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 59 | Namibia | 0.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 60 | French Guiana | 0.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 61 | North Korea | 0.2% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 62 | Philippines | 0.2% | 2025 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 63 | South Sudan | 0.2% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 64 | Ghana | 0.2% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 0.2% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 66 | Cambodia | 0.2% | 2025 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 67 | Liberia | 0.2% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 68 | South Korea | 0.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 69 | Nepal | 0.2% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 70 | Honduras | 0.1% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 71 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 72 | Guinea | 0.1% | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 73 | Somalia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 74 | Nicaragua | 0.1% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 75 | Greece | 0.1% | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 76 | Panama | 0.1% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 78 | Kenya | 0.1% | 2025 | up 16.8% | flat |
| 79 | Austria | 0.1% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 80 | Uzbekistan | 0.1% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1% | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 82 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 83 | Chad | 0.1% | 2025 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 84 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 86 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 87 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 88 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 89 | United Kingdom | 0.1% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 0.1% | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 91 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 92 | Benin | 0.1% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 93 | Georgia | 0.1% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 0.1% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 95 | Czechia | 0.1% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 97 | Bhutan | 0.1% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 98 | Solomon Islands | 0.1% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 99 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 0.1% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 102 | Uganda | 0.1% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 0.1% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 105 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 108 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 109 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 110 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 111 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 112 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 113 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 114 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 115 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 116 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 117 | Belize | 0.0% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 118 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 120 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 121 | Togo | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 122 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 123 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 124 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 125 | Niger | 0.0% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 126 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 128 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 129 | Albania | 0.0% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 131 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 133 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 134 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 135 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 136 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 137 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 138 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 139 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2025 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 140 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 141 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 142 | Western Sahara | 0.0% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 143 | Syria | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 144 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 0.0% | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 146 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 148 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 149 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 150 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 151 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 152 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 153 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 154 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 156 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 157 | Libya | 0.0% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 158 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 159 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 160 | Israel | 0.0% | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 161 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 162 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 164 | Reunion | 0.0% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 166 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 167 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 168 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 169 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 170 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 172 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 173 | Palau | 0.0% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 174 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 175 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 176 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 179 | Guam | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 180 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 181 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 182 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 183 | Niue | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 184 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 185 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 186 | American Samoa | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 187 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 188 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 189 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 190 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 192 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 193 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 194 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 195 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 197 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 199 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 199 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 202 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 203 | Anguilla | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 204 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2025 | up 222.2% | rising |
| 205 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 206 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 207 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 208 | Pitcairn | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 209 | Isle of Man | 0.0% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 210 | Montserrat | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 211 | Oman | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 212 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 213 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 214 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 215 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 217 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 218 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 219 | Jersey | 0.0% | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 220 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 220 | Norfolk Island | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 222 | Guernsey | 0.0% | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 224 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 225 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 226 | Saint Barthelemy | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 227 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 228 | Curacao | 0.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 229 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 229 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 229 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 229 | Falkland Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 229 | Tokelau | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 229 | Vatican | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 229 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.