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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

Indicator
Share of global forest area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
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Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.