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Countries by Forest area (sq. km) (2025)

Forest area (sq. km) in 2025: highest in Russia (8.326 million), lowest in Curacao (0.7), median 21,207 across the 209 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Forest area (sq. km) 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.

258 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1990–2025

Highest Forest area (sq. km), 2025

  1. 1.Russia8.326 million
  2. 2.Brazil4.861 million
  3. 3.Canada3.688 million
  4. 4.United States3.089 million
  5. 5.China2.272 million
  6. 6.DR Congo1.392 million
  7. 7.Australia1.336 million
  8. 8.Indonesia959,693
  9. 9.India727,390
  10. 10.Peru671,598

Lowest Forest area (sq. km), 2025

  1. 200.Kiribati10.7
  2. 201.Tuvalu10.3
  3. 202.San Marino10
  4. 203.Bermuda7.8
  5. 204.Aruba4.9
  6. 205.Malta4.7
  7. 206.Sint Maarten3
  8. 207.Greenland2.2
  9. 208.Faroe Islands0.8
  10. 209.Curacao0.7

All 209 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

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

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

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Forest area (sq. km) Data Coverage

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