Share of global forest area in Canada
Canada: Share of global forest area was 8.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of global forest area in Canada, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Canada recorded 8.9% for share of global forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Canada peaked at 8.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 8.3%, in 1990.
That places Canada 3rd out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.4% | 8.3% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.6% | 8.5% | 8.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 8.7% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.9% | 8.9% | 8.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 1 Russia 20.1% compare
- 2 Brazil 11.7% compare
- 4 United States 7.5% compare
- 5 China 5.5% compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.4% compare
More environment data for Canada
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 768.06 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 18.61 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 30.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7994 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 71.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.2499 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 133.08 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1643 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.5773 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 28.85 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Canada?
- Share of global forest area in Canada was 8.9% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global forest area recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 8.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.3% in 1990.
- How does Canada rank for share of global forest area?
- Canada ranks 3rd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.