Share global forest by country

Countries reporting
228
Highest
20.11
Russia
Lowest
0
Curacao
Median
0.0431
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
8,460

What the numbers show

Share global forest is currently reported for 228 countries. The highest value is 20.11 in Russia; the lowest is 0 in Curacao.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0431, and the mean is 0.4386.

Over the past decade 161 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 222.2%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 27.7%).

Share global forest: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 20.11 2025 up 2.2% rising
2 Brazil 11.74 2025 down 4.8% falling
3 Canada 8.91 2025 up 1.2% rising
4 United States 7.46 2025 up 0.6% rising
5 China 5.49 2025 up 9.1% rising
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.36 2025 down 1.0% falling
7 Australia 3.23 2025 up 1.8% flat
8 Indonesia 2.32 2025 up 2.0% falling
9 India 1.76 2025 up 3.7% rising
10 Peru 1.62 2025 down 2.5% falling
11 Mexico 1.6 2025 down 0.9% flat
12 Angola 1.53 2025 down 6.5% falling
13 Colombia 1.44 2025 down 1.5% flat
14 Bolivia 1.31 2025 down 3.1% falling
15 Venezuela 1.14 2025 down 0.7% flat
16 Argentina 1.13 2025 down 2.9% falling
17 Central African Republic 1.09 2025 down 0.0% flat
18 Zambia 1.08 2025 down 0.9% flat
19 Tanzania 1.05 2025 down 8.9% falling
20 Papua New Guinea 0.8219 2025 up 0.6% flat
21 Mozambique 0.7788 2025 down 6.7% falling
22 Sweden 0.6747 2025 up 0.8% flat
23 Myanmar 0.6544 2025 down 8.8% falling
24 Ethiopia 0.646 2025 up 0.8% flat
25 Japan 0.6016 2025 up 0.8% flat
26 Gabon 0.5689 2025 up 0.7% flat
27 South Africa 0.5527 2025 up 5.0% rising
28 Turkey 0.5508 2025 up 6.5% rising
29 Finland 0.5445 2025 up 1.6% rising
30 Sudan 0.5309 2025 down 6.4% falling
31 Congo 0.5278 2025 up 0.7% flat
32 Thailand 0.4746 2025 down 1.1% flat
33 Cameroon 0.4624 2025 down 6.2% falling
34 Spain 0.4621 2025 up 4.0% rising
35 Malaysia 0.4561 2025 down 2.0% flat
36 Guyana 0.4439 2025 up 0.5% flat
37 Chile 0.4387 2025 up 0.7% rising
38 France 0.4298 2025 up 6.7% rising
39 Nigeria 0.4137 2025 down 6.0% falling
40 Botswana 0.3799 2025 up 1.0% flat
41 Vietnam 0.3572 2025 up 6.2% rising
42 Suriname 0.3544 2025 down 0.1% flat
43 Paraguay 0.3453 2025 down 11.8% falling
44 Mongolia 0.3425 2025 up 1.0% flat
45 Zimbabwe 0.3325 2025 down 2.8% falling
46 Laos 0.3149 2025 down 1.5% falling
47 Ecuador 0.2973 2025 down 3.0% falling
48 Norway 0.2925 2025 up 0.8% flat
49 Germany 0.2773 2025 up 1.4% rising
50 Iran 0.2597 2025 up 1.0% flat
51 Mali 0.2531 2025 down 7.8% falling
52 New Zealand 0.2489 2025 up 5.7% rising
53 Ukraine 0.2437 2025 up 5.1% rising
54 Madagascar 0.2397 2025 down 10.1% falling
55 Poland 0.2293 2025 up 1.8% rising
56 Italy 0.2276 2025 up 6.8% rising
57 Belarus 0.2168 2025 up 5.0% rising
58 Senegal 0.2089 2025 down 0.8% flat
59 Namibia 0.1943 2025 up 0.9% flat
60 French Guiana 0.1928 2025 up 0.5% flat
61 North Korea 0.1867 2025 up 2.5% rising
62 Philippines 0.1797 2025 up 7.1% flat
63 South Sudan 0.1729 2025 up 1.0% rising
64 Ghana 0.1704 2025 up 6.4% rising
65 Romania 0.168 2025 up 1.8% rising
66 Cambodia 0.153 2025 down 27.7% falling
67 Liberia 0.1528 2025 down 9.2% falling
68 South Korea 0.1517 2025 up 0.1% flat
69 Nepal 0.1514 2025 up 3.7% rising
70 Honduras 0.1416 2025 down 9.3% falling
71 Morocco 0.1376 2025 up 1.1% flat
72 Guinea 0.1173 2025 down 11.2% falling
73 Somalia 0.1167 2025 down 18.4% falling
74 Nicaragua 0.1155 2025 down 3.5% falling
75 Greece 0.115 2025 up 17.4% rising
76 Panama 0.1115 2025 up 0.3% flat
77 Bulgaria 0.0956 2025 up 4.3% rising
78 Kenya 0.0945 2025 up 16.8% flat
79 Austria 0.0943 2025 up 1.7% rising
80 Uzbekistan 0.0941 2025 up 10.8% rising
81 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0912 2025 down 14.3% falling
82 Cuba 0.0875 2025 up 4.0% rising
83 Chad 0.0872 2025 down 25.4% falling
84 Guatemala 0.0854 2025 down 2.7% falling
85 Kazakhstan 0.085 2025 up 7.5% rising
86 Serbia 0.0839 2025 up 14.0% rising
87 Latvia 0.0837 2025 up 3.0% rising
88 Portugal 0.0812 2025 up 2.5% flat
89 United Kingdom 0.0792 2025 up 4.9% rising
90 Burkina Faso 0.0782 2025 down 26.3% falling
91 Pakistan 0.0771 2025 up 6.2% falling
92 Benin 0.0757 2025 down 9.8% falling
93 Georgia 0.0749 2025 up 1.0% rising
94 Costa Rica 0.0722 2025 up 2.2% rising
95 Czechia 0.0717 2025 up 3.6% rising
96 Saudi Arabia 0.067 2025 up 1.3% flat
97 Bhutan 0.0646 2025 down 0.5% rising
98 Solomon Islands 0.0607 2025 up 0.7% flat
99 Estonia 0.0591 2025 up 2.1% rising
100 Sierra Leone 0.0588 2025 down 6.6% falling
101 Equatorial Guinea 0.0581 2025 down 2.4% falling
102 Uganda 0.0572 2025 down 9.7% falling
103 Turkmenistan 0.0563 2025 up 1.0% flat
104 Dominican Republic 0.0545 2025 up 2.9% rising
105 Lithuania 0.0535 2025 up 2.4% rising
106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0522 2025 up 1.1% flat
107 Sri Lanka 0.0512 2025 up 2.1% falling
108 Guinea-Bissau 0.0507 2025 down 1.0% flat
109 Hungary 0.0504 2025 up 2.3% rising
110 Malawi 0.0491 2025 down 16.3% falling
111 Uruguay 0.0489 2025 up 11.4% rising
112 Croatia 0.047 2025 up 2.3% rising
113 Slovakia 0.0469 2025 up 2.0% rising
114 Bangladesh 0.0452 2025 up 0.5% flat
115 Algeria 0.0409 2025 up 0.6% flat
116 Eritrea 0.0348 2025 down 3.0% falling
117 Belize 0.0318 2025 down 4.5% falling
118 Switzerland 0.0306 2025 up 2.5% rising
119 Kyrgyzstan 0.0303 2025 up 1.7% rising
120 Slovenia 0.03 2025 up 0.6% rising
121 Togo 0.0296 2025 up 1.0% flat
122 Azerbaijan 0.0293 2025 up 13.7% rising
123 Afghanistan 0.0292 2025 up 1.0% flat
124 Fiji 0.0275 2025 up 5.3% rising
125 Niger 0.0255 2025 down 6.7% falling
126 East Timor 0.0255 2025 down 0.1% flat
127 North Macedonia 0.0248 2025 up 4.2% rising
128 Mauritania 0.0246 2025 up 3.7% rising
129 Albania 0.0227 2025 up 19.2% rising
130 Vanuatu 0.0219 2025 down 1.6% flat
131 New Caledonia 0.0216 2025 up 1.0% rising
132 Ireland 0.0201 2025 up 11.5% rising
133 Montenegro 0.02 2025 up 1.0% rising
134 Iraq 0.0167 2025 down 7.8% falling
135 Tunisia 0.0166 2025 down 1.5% rising
136 El Salvador 0.0165 2025 up 2.2% flat
137 Belgium 0.0162 2025 down 1.8% flat
138 Denmark 0.0155 2025 up 4.0% rising
139 Rwanda 0.0153 2025 up 31.1% rising
140 Jamaica 0.0149 2025 up 7.8% rising
141 Yemen 0.0133 2025 up 1.0% flat
142 Western Sahara 0.0128 2025 down 0.9% falling
143 Syria 0.0127 2025 up 1.1% rising
144 Bahamas 0.0123 2025 up 1.0% flat
145 Puerto Rico 0.0105 2025 down 9.8% rising
146 Eswatini 0.0105 2025 down 2.4% falling
147 Tajikistan 0.0103 2025 up 1.6% rising
148 Brunei 0.0092 2025 up 1.0% flat
149 Haiti 0.009 2025 up 3.2% flat
150 Moldova 0.0089 2025 down 3.2% rising
151 Netherlands 0.0089 2025 up 2.2% rising
152 Armenia 0.0081 2025 up 1.0% flat
153 United Arab Emirates 0.0078 2025 up 2.1% rising
154 Burundi 0.0068 2025 up 1.0% rising
155 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0055 2025 down 0.9% flat
156 Gambia 0.0051 2025 down 22.0% falling
157 Libya 0.005 2025 down 0.6% flat
158 Cyprus 0.0041 2025 up 0.4% rising
159 Samoa 0.0039 2025 down 2.0% falling
160 Israel 0.0036 2025 down 8.2% rising
161 French Polynesia 0.0036 2025 up 1.0% rising
162 Lebanon 0.0034 2025 up 1.7% rising
163 Luxembourg 0.0021 2025 up 1.0% rising
164 Reunion 0.0019 2025 up 2.5% rising
165 Guadeloupe 0.0018 2025 up 4.7% rising
166 Jordan 0.0017 2025 up 1.0% flat
167 Micronesia (country) 0.0016 2025 up 1.5% rising
168 Iceland 0.0015 2025 up 16.6% rising
169 Dominica 0.0014 2025 up 0.2% flat
170 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0013 2025 up 1.5% flat
171 Martinique 0.0013 2025 up 3.7% rising
172 Cape Verde 0.0012 2025 up 15.0% rising
173 Palau 0.001 2025 up 3.2% rising
174 Mauritius 0.0009 2025 up 1.0% falling
175 Lesotho 0.0008 2025 up 1.0% flat
176 Comoros 0.0008 2025 down 2.5% falling
177 Saint Lucia 0.0008 2025 up 3.5% rising
178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0007 2025 up 1.0% flat
179 Guam 0.0007 2025 up 1.0% rising
180 Seychelles 0.0006 2025 down 6.7% falling
181 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0006 2025 up 1.0% rising
182 United States Virgin Islands 0.0005 2025 up 8.9% flat
183 Niue 0.0005 2025 up 1.3% flat
184 Andorra 0.0004 2025 up 0.6% rising
185 Grenada 0.0004 2025 up 1.0% flat
186 American Samoa 0.0004 2025 up 1.0% falling
187 Singapore 0.0004 2025 down 3.1% rising
188 Cook Islands 0.0004 2025 up 1.0% rising
189 Cayman Islands 0.0003 2025 up 1.0% flat
190 Palestine 0.0003 2025 up 6.1% rising
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0003 2025 up 1.0% flat
192 Wallis and Futuna 0.0003 2025 up 10.2% rising
193 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0003 2025 up 1.0% flat
194 British Virgin Islands 0.0002 2025 up 1.0% flat
195 Marshall Islands 0.0002 2025 up 4.3% rising
196 Mayotte 0.0002 2025 down 3.5% falling
197 Tonga 0.0002 2025 up 1.0% flat
198 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0002 2025 down 6.9% falling
199 Barbados 0.0002 2025 up 1.0% flat
199 Kuwait 0.0002 2025 up 4.5% rising
201 Liechtenstein 0.0001 2025 up 8.8% rising
202 Djibouti 0.0001 2025 up 6.0% rising
203 Anguilla 0.0001 2025 up 1.0% flat
204 Bahrain 0.0001 2025 up 222.2% rising
205 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0001 2025 up 1.0% flat
206 Egypt 0.0001 2025 up 1.7% rising
207 Maldives 0.0001 2025 up 1.0% flat
208 Pitcairn 0.0001 2025 up 1.0% flat
209 Isle of Man 0.0001 2025 up 2.1% rising
210 Montserrat 0.0001 2025 up 1.0% falling
211 Oman 0 2025 up 1.0% flat
212 Qatar 0 2025 up 1.0% flat
213 Saint Martin (French Part) 0 2025 up 1.0% flat
214 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2025 down 16.5% falling
215 Kiribati 0 2025 up 1.0% flat
216 Tuvalu 0 2025 up 1.0% flat
217 San Marino 0 2025 up 1.0% flat
218 Bermuda 0 2025 up 1.0% flat
219 Jersey 0 2025 up 14.5% rising
220 Aruba 0 2025 up 1.0% flat
220 Norfolk Island 0 2025 up 1.0% flat
222 Malta 0 2025 up 35.6% rising
222 Guernsey 0 2025 up 13.0% rising
224 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 2025 up 1.0% flat
225 Greenland 0 2025 up 1.0% flat
226 Saint Barthelemy 0 2025 up 1.0% flat
227 Faroe Islands 0 2025 up 1.0% flat
228 Curacao 0 2025 up 1.0% flat

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Indicator
Share global forest
Source
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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