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Countries by Forest area % (2024)

Forest area % in 2024: highest in Micronesia (92.07% land area), lowest in Greenland (0% land area), median 33.01% land area across the 209 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Forest area % (measured in % land area) across 258 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: % land area258 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1990–2024

Highest Forest area %, 2024

  1. 1.Micronesia92.07% land area
  2. 2.Suriname91.54% land area
  3. 3.Gabon91.44% land area
  4. 4.Palau90.83% land area
  5. 5.Solomon Islands89.84% land area
  6. 6.Guyana87.07% land area
  7. 7.Equatorial Guinea86.09% land area
  8. 8.American Samoa79.65% land area
  9. 9.Dominica76.42% land area
  10. 10.Papua New Guinea75.15% land area

Lowest Forest area %, 2024

  1. 200.Iceland0.6% land area
  2. 201.Kuwait0.35% land area
  3. 202.Djibouti0.26% land area
  4. 203.Curacao0.16% land area
  5. 204.Qatar0.12% land area
  6. 205.Libya0.12% land area
  7. 206.Faroe Islands0.06% land area
  8. 207.Oman0.01% land area
  9. 208.Egypt0% land area
  10. 209.Greenland0% land area

All 209 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Forest area % trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

MicronesiaRank 1 of 209SurinameRank 2 of 209GabonRank 3 of 209PalauRank 4 of 209Solomon IslandsRank 5 of 209GuyanaRank 6 of 209Equatorial GuineaRank 7 of 209American SamoaRank 8 of 209DominicaRank 9 of 209Papua New GuineaRank 10 of 209Guinea-BissauRank 11 of 209VanuatuRank 12 of 209FinlandRank 13 of 209St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 14 of 209Central African RepublicRank 15 of 209Brunei DarussalamRank 16 of 209Timor-LesteRank 17 of 209BhutanRank 18 of 209SwedenRank 19 of 209JapanRank 20 of 209LiberiaRank 21 of 209British Virgin IslandsRank 22 of 209South KoreaRank 23 of 209North KoreaRank 24 of 209Republic of the CongoRank 25 of 209PanamaRank 26 of 209SloveniaRank 27 of 209FijiRank 28 of 209DR CongoRank 29 of 209MontenegroRank 30 of 209ZambiaRank 31 of 209Costa RicaRank 32 of 209US Virgin IslandsRank 33 of 209BrazilRank 34 of 209SeychellesRank 35 of 209BelizeRank 36 of 209MalaysiaRank 37 of 209SamoaRank 38 of 209Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 39 of 209EstoniaRank 40 of 209Lao PDRRank 41 of 209JamaicaRank 42 of 209LatviaRank 43 of 209St. LuciaRank 44 of 209ColombiaRank 45 of 209Marshall IslandsRank 46 of 209VenezuelaRank 47 of 209Northern Mariana IslandsRank 48 of 209Cayman IslandsRank 49 of 209HondurasRank 50 of 209PeruRank 51 of 209GuamRank 52 of 209GrenadaRank 53 of 209AngolaRank 54 of 209The BahamasRank 55 of 209RussiaRank 56 of 209IndonesiaRank 57 of 209BoliviaRank 58 of 209Puerto RicoRank 59 of 209EcuadorRank 60 of 209TanzaniaRank 61 of 209New CaledoniaRank 62 of 209AustriaRank 63 of 209VietnamRank 64 of 209Dominican RepublicRank 65 of 209SenegalRank 66 of 209GeorgiaRank 67 of 209Trinidad and TobagoRank 68 of 209BelarusRank 69 of 209NepalRank 70 of 209French PolynesiaRank 71 of 209Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 72 of 209St. Kitts and NevisRank 73 of 209CanadaRank 74 of 209MyanmarRank 75 of 209MozambiqueRank 76 of 209North MacedoniaRank 77 of 209CameroonRank 78 of 209SlovakiaRank 79 of 209TuvaluRank 80 of 209SerbiaRank 81 of 209AndorraRank 82 of 209New ZealandRank 83 of 209ThailandRank 84 of 209Czech RepublicRank 85 of 209SpainRank 86 of 209CambodiaRank 87 of 209GreeceRank 88 of 209LiechtensteinRank 89 of 209PortugalRank 90 of 209ParaguayRank 91 of 209BulgariaRank 92 of 209ZimbabweRank 93 of 209LithuaniaRank 94 of 209CubaRank 95 of 209CroatiaRank 96 of 209LuxembourgRank 97 of 209Sri LankaRank 98 of 209AlbaniaRank 99 of 209MexicoRank 100 of 209Sierra LeoneRank 101 of 209United StatesRank 102 of 209NorwayRank 103 of 209GuatemalaRank 104 of 209El SalvadorRank 105 of 209FranceRank 106 of 209GermanyRank 107 of 209SwitzerlandRank 108 of 209ItalyRank 109 of 209PolandRank 110 of 209GhanaRank 111 of 209RomaniaRank 112 of 209TurkeyRank 113 of 209BeninRank 114 of 209BotswanaRank 115 of 209RwandaRank 116 of 209EswatiniRank 117 of 209PhilippinesRank 118 of 209ChileRank 119 of 209IndiaRank 120 of 209ChinaRank 121 of 209EthiopiaRank 122 of 209Saint MartinRank 123 of 209HungaryRank 124 of 209TogoRank 125 of 209MalawiRank 126 of 209BelgiumRank 127 of 209SingaporeRank 128 of 209The GambiaRank 129 of 209GuineaRank 130 of 209MauritiusRank 131 of 209NigeriaRank 132 of 209South AfricaRank 133 of 209CyprusRank 134 of 209Antigua and BarbudaRank 135 of 209ComorosRank 136 of 209AustraliaRank 137 of 209UkraineRank 138 of 209MadagascarRank 139 of 209ArgentinaRank 140 of 209San MarinoRank 141 of 209DenmarkRank 142 of 209BarbadosRank 143 of 209AzerbaijanRank 144 of 209BermudaRank 145 of 209BangladeshRank 146 of 209LebanonRank 147 of 209United KingdomRank 148 of 209HaitiRank 149 of 209MoroccoRank 150 of 209Cabo VerdeRank 151 of 209MaldivesRank 152 of 209Burkina FasoRank 153 of 209TongaRank 154 of 209Cote d'IvoireRank 155 of 209EritreaRank 156 of 209IrelandRank 157 of 209UgandaRank 158 of 209SudanRank 159 of 209ArmeniaRank 160 of 209UruguayRank 161 of 209South SudanRank 162 of 209MoldovaRank 163 of 209Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 164 of 209NetherlandsRank 165 of 209BurundiRank 166 of 209NamibiaRank 167 of 209MongoliaRank 168 of 209Sint MaartenRank 169 of 209UzbekistanRank 170 of 209MaliRank 171 of 209SomaliaRank 172 of 209IsraelRank 173 of 209KenyaRank 174 of 209IranRank 175 of 209Kyrgyz RepublicRank 176 of 209Isle of ManRank 177 of 209TurkmenistanRank 178 of 209BahrainRank 179 of 209United Arab EmiratesRank 180 of 209TunisiaRank 181 of 209PakistanRank 182 of 209TajikistanRank 183 of 209ChadRank 184 of 209Syrian Arab RepublicRank 185 of 209ArubaRank 186 of 209AfghanistanRank 187 of 209West Bank and GazaRank 188 of 209IraqRank 189 of 209MaltaRank 190 of 209KiribatiRank 191 of 209KazakhstanRank 192 of 209Saudi ArabiaRank 193 of 209LesothoRank 194 of 209YemenRank 195 of 209MauritaniaRank 196 of 209NigerRank 197 of 209JordanRank 198 of 209AlgeriaRank 199 of 209IcelandRank 200 of 209KuwaitRank 201 of 209DjiboutiRank 202 of 209CuracaoRank 203 of 209QatarRank 204 of 209LibyaRank 205 of 209Faroe IslandsRank 206 of 209OmanRank 207 of 209EgyptRank 208 of 209GreenlandRank 209 of 209

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Forest area % Data Coverage

This page lists 258 countries with available Forest area % data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.