Forest Area (%) Ranking (2022)

In 2022, forest area (%) was highest in Suriname at 94.52%, followed by Guyana at 93.46% and Federated States of Micronesia at 92.11%. The average across countries was 31.79%, the median was 31.06%, and Gibraltar recorded the lowest forest area (%) at 0%, according to the World Bank.

Data is available for the period 1990 to 2022 across 215 countries.

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Rank	Country	Current Value ↓	Previous Value	Year
1	Suriname	94.52%	94.6%	2022
2	Guyana	93.46%	93.5%	2022
3	Federated States of Micronesia	92.11%	92.07%	2022
4	Gabon	91.23%	91.27%	2022
5	Palau	90.37%	90.2%	2022
6	Solomon Islands	90.09%	90.11%	2022
7	Equatorial Guinea	86.69%	86.99%	2022
8	American Samoa	85.35%	85.5%	2022
9	Papua New Guinea	79.03%	79.1%	2022
10	Liberia	78.46%	78.77%	2022
11	Finland	73.73%	73.73%	2022
12	Seychelles	73.26%	73.26%	2022
13	Saint Vincent & Grenadines	73.18%	73.18%	2022
14	Brunei	72.11%	72.11%	2022
15	Laos	71.61%	71.75%	2022
16	Bhutan	71.55%	71.5%	2022
17	Guinea-Bissau	69.81%	70.11%	2022
18	Sweden	68.7%	68.7%	2022
19	Japan	68.41%	68.41%	2022
20	South Korea	64.21%	64.31%	2022
21	Congo - Brazzaville	64.18%	64.22%	2022
22	Dominica	63.83%	63.83%	2022
23	Fiji	63.13%	62.76%	2022
24	Timor-Leste	61.76%	61.85%	2022
25	Montenegro	61.49%	61.49%	2022
26	Slovenia	61.27%	61.37%	2022
27	Costa Rica	60.08%	59.76%	2022
28	Zambia	59.78%	60.03%	2022
29	Brazil	59.13%	59.27%	2022
30	Malaysia	57.87%	58.02%	2022
31	Samoa	57.81%	57.98%	2022
32	U.S. Virgin Islands	57.74%	57.31%	2022
33	Estonia	57.07%	57.04%	2022
34	Panama	56.5%	56.65%	2022
35	Honduras	56.46%	56.65%	2022
36	Peru	56.24%	56.37%	2022
37	Puerto Rico	56.07%	56.01%	2022
38	Jamaica	55.83%	55.47%	2022
39	Belize	55.01%	55.5%	2022
40	Latvia	54.93%	54.87%	2022
41	Congo - Kinshasa	54.68%	55.16%	2022
42	Northern Mariana Islands	52.96%	52.96%	2022
43	Colombia	52.95%	53.13%	2022
44	São Tomé & Príncipe	52.77%	53.42%	2022
45	Cayman Islands	52.7%	52.8%	2022
46	Angola	52.54%	52.98%	2022
47	Venezuela	52.29%	52.35%	2022
48	Marshall Islands	52.22%	52.22%	2022
49	Grenada	52.06%	52.06%	2022
50	Guam	51.85%	51.85%	2022
51	Bahamas	50.94%	50.94%	2022
52	Tanzania	50.58%	51.11%	2022
53	Ecuador	49.8%	50.06%	2022
54	Russia	49.78%	49.78%	2022
55	North Korea	49.73%	49.9%	2022
56	Indonesia	48.04%	48.36%	2022
57	Austria	47.21%	47.17%	2022
58	Vietnam	47.2%	46.96%	2022
59	Bolivia	46.54%	46.73%	2022
60	Mozambique	46.12%	46.41%	2022
61	New Caledonia	45.83%	45.84%	2022
62	Zimbabwe	44.86%	44.97%	2022
63	Dominican Republic	44.82%	44.65%	2022
64	Trinidad & Tobago	44.32%	44.4%	2022
65	Cambodia	43.94%	44.83%	2022
66	Belarus	43.34%	43.27%	2022
67	French Polynesia	43.06%	43.06%	2022
68	Myanmar	42.85%	43.29%	2022
69	Cameroon	42.79%	42.91%	2022
70	Bosnia & Herzegovina	42.73%	42.73%	2022
71	Saint Kitts & Nevis	42.31%	42.31%	2022
72	Liechtenstein	41.88%	41.88%	2022
73	Nepal	41.59%	41.59%	2022
74	Senegal	41.49%	41.7%	2022
75	Georgia	40.62%	40.62%	2022
76	Slovakia	40.06%	40.06%	2022
77	North Macedonia	39.71%	39.71%	2022
78	Canada	39.47%	39.47%	2022
79	Paraguay	39.25%	39.83%	2022
80	Thailand	38.76%	38.83%	2022
81	New Zealand	37.72%	37.63%	2022
82	Spain	37.18%	37.17%	2022
83	Vanuatu	36.28%	36.28%	2022
84	Portugal	36.15%	36.15%	2022
85	Bulgaria	36.1%	35.98%	2022
86	Central African Republic	35.7%	35.75%	2022
87	Lithuania	35.2%	35.18%	2022
88	Ghana	35.16%	35.13%	2022
89	Croatia	34.74%	34.7%	2022
90	Czech Republic	34.74%	34.71%	2022
91	Sierra Leone	34.57%	34.85%	2022
92	Luxembourg	34.45%	34.45%	2022
93	Sri Lanka	34.06%	34.11%	2022
94	Saint Lucia	34.05%	34.05%	2022
95	Andorra	34.04%	34.04%	2022
96	United States	33.87%	33.87%	2022
97	Mexico	33.66%	33.73%	2022
98	Norway	33.48%	33.46%	2022
99	Tuvalu	33.33%	33.33%	2022
100	Italy	32.71%	32.53%	2022
101	Guatemala	32.7%	32.81%	2022
102	Germany	32.69%	32.68%	2022
103	Serbia	32.39%	32.38%	2022
104	Switzerland	32.3%	32.21%	2022
105	France	31.81%	31.66%	2022
106	Cuba	31.23%	31.23%	2022
107	Poland	31.06%	31.02%	2022
108	Greece	30.27%	30.27%	2022
109	Romania	30.12%	30.12%	2022
110	Turkey	29.28%	29.07%	2022
111	Eswatini	29.07%	29%	2022
112	Albania	28.79%	28.79%	2022
113	El Salvador	27.75%	27.96%	2022
114	Benin	26.92%	27.36%	2022
115	Nicaragua	26.65%	27.48%	2022
116	Botswana	26.5%	26.71%	2022
117	Guinea	24.86%	25.02%	2022
118	Chile	24.82%	24.66%	2022
119	Saint Martin (French part)	24.8%	24.8%	2022
120	India	24.45%	24.36%	2022
121	Philippines	24.34%	24.23%	2022
122	British Virgin Islands	24.13%	24.13%	2022
123	China	23.83%	23.63%	2022
124	Nigeria	23.39%	23.57%	2022
125	Malawi	22.89%	23.33%	2022
126	Gambia	22.85%	23.41%	2022
127	Belgium	22.6%	22.6%	2022
128	Hungary	22.46%	22.48%	2022
129	Burkina Faso	22.36%	22.54%	2022
130	Togo	22.12%	22.18%	2022
131	Madagascar	21.32%	21.34%	2022
132	Singapore	21.18%	21.43%	2022
133	Mauritius	19.45%	19.43%	2022
134	Cyprus	18.67%	18.67%	2022
135	Bermuda	18.52%	18.52%	2022
136	Antigua & Barbuda	18.16%	18.3%	2022
137	Australia	17.42%	17.42%	2022
138	Comoros	17.22%	17.45%	2022
139	Ukraine	16.74%	16.73%	2022
140	San Marino	16.67%	16.67%	2022
141	Denmark	15.76%	15.73%	2022
142	Ethiopia	14.99%	15.06%	2022
143	Barbados	14.65%	14.65%	2022
144	Bangladesh	14.47%	14.47%	2022
145	Lebanon	14.13%	14.07%	2022
146	South Africa	14%	14.03%	2022
147	Azerbaijan	13.97%	13.83%	2022
148	United Kingdom	13.26%	13.22%	2022
149	Morocco	12.91%	12.89%	2022
150	Tonga	12.43%	12.43%	2022
151	Haiti	12.38%	12.49%	2022
152	Uruguay	11.84%	11.72%	2022
153	Moldova	11.75%	11.72%	2022
154	Armenia	11.52%	11.53%	2022
155	Cape Verde	11.49%	11.42%	2022
156	Ireland	11.47%	11.41%	2022
157	South Sudan	11.33%	11.33%	2022
158	Rwanda	11.27%	11.23%	2022
159	Uganda	11.25%	11.45%	2022
160	Turks & Caicos Islands	11.07%	11.07%	2022
161	Netherlands	11.03%	11%	2022
162	Mali	10.9%	10.9%	2022
163	Burundi	10.89%	10.89%	2022
164	Sint Maarten	10.88%	10.88%	2022
165	Argentina	10.36%	10.4%	2022
166	Sudan	9.64%	9.74%	2022
167	Somalia	9.29%	9.41%	2022
168	Mongolia	9.1%	9.1%	2022
169	Turkmenistan	8.78%	8.78%	2022
170	Eritrea	8.67%	8.69%	2022
171	Uzbekistan	8.49%	8.43%	2022
172	Côte d'Ivoire	8.21%	8.57%	2022
173	Namibia	7.89%	7.98%	2022
174	Kyrgyzstan	7.05%	6.95%	2022
175	Iran	6.64%	6.64%	2022
176	Israel	6.47%	6.47%	2021
177	Kenya	6.34%	6.34%	2022
178	Isle of Man	6.07%	6.07%	2022
179	Pakistan	4.73%	4.78%	2022
180	Tunisia	4.54%	4.53%	2022
181	United Arab Emirates	4.47%	4.47%	2022
182	Chad	3.25%	3.34%	2022
183	Tajikistan	3.07%	3.06%	2022
184	Syria	2.82%	2.84%	2022
185	Maldives	2.73%	2.73%	2022
186	Aruba	2.33%	2.33%	2022
187	Iraq	1.9%	1.9%	2022
188	Afghanistan	1.85%	1.85%	2022
189	Palestinian Territories	1.68%	1.68%	2021
190	Kiribati	1.46%	1.46%	2022
191	Malta	1.44%	1.44%	2022
192	Kazakhstan	1.3%	1.29%	2022
193	Lesotho	1.14%	1.14%	2022
194	Jordan	1.1%	1.1%	2022
195	Yemen	1.04%	1.04%	2022
196	Bahrain	0.94%	0.91%	2022
197	Algeria	0.83%	0.82%	2022
198	Niger	0.83%	0.84%	2022
199	Iceland	0.52%	0.52%	2022
200	Saudi Arabia	0.45%	0.45%	2022
201	Kuwait	0.35%	0.35%	2022
202	Mauritania	0.29%	0.3%	2022
203	Djibouti	0.26%	0.25%	2022
204	Curaçao	0.16%	0.16%	2022
205	Libya	0.12%	0.12%	2022
206	Faroe Islands	0.06%	0.06%	2022
207	Egypt	0.05%	0.05%	2022
208	Oman	0.01%	0.01%	2022
209	Gibraltar	0%	0%	2021
210	Greenland	0%	0%	2022
211	Monaco	0%	0%	2022
212	Nauru	0%	0%	2022
213	Qatar	0%	0%	2022

Forest Area (%) Ranking (2022) : Definition

Forest Area (%) measures the share of a country's total land area covered by forest, reported as a percentage for the reporting year.