Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.
Top 10 Countries with Highest % of Forest Area :
Suriname 98.28%Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 91.81%
Gabon 89.26%
Seychelles 88.41%
American Samoa 87.70%
Palau 87.61%
Guyana 83.95%
Lao PDR 81.29%
Solomon Islands 78.06%
Papua New Guinea 74.10%
Countries with Lowest % of Forest Area :
Iceland 0.49%Saudi Arabia 0.45%
Kuwait 0.35%
Djibouti 0.24%
Mauritania 0.22%
Libya 0.12%
Egypt, Arab Rep. 0.07%
Faroe Islands 0.06%
Oman 0.01%
| Country | % | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 98.28% | ↓ |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 91.81% | ↑ |
| Gabon | 89.26% | ↑ |
| Seychelles | 88.41% | ↑ |
| American Samoa | 87.70% | ↓ |
| Palau | 87.61% | ↑ |
| Guyana | 83.95% | ↓ |
| Lao PDR | 81.29% | ↑ |
| Solomon Islands | 78.06% | ↓ |
| Papua New Guinea | 74.10% | ↓ |
| Finland | 73.11% | ↓ |
| Bhutan | 72.28% | ↑ |
| Brunei Darussalam | 72.11% | ↑ |
| Marshall Islands | 70.22% | ↑ |
| Guinea-Bissau | 70.13% | ↓ |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.23% | ↑ |
| Sweden | 68.92% | ↑ |
| Japan | 68.46% | ↓ |
| Malaysia | 67.55% | ↑ |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 67.30% | ↓ |
| Zambia | 65.42% | ↓ |
| Congo, Rep. | 65.40% | ↓ |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 64.13% | ↓ |
| Korea, Rep. | 63.46% | ↓ |
| Panama | 62.11% | ↓ |
| Slovenia | 61.96% | ↑ |
| Montenegro | 61.49% | ↑ |
| Samoa | 60.42% | ↑ |
| Belize | 59.90% | ↓ |
| Brazil | 59.05% | ↓ |
| Peru | 57.79% | ↓ |
| Dominica | 57.77% | ↓ |
| Puerto Rico | 55.91% | ↑ |
| Equatorial Guinea | 55.90% | ↓ |
| Fiji | 55.68% | ↑ |
| Costa Rica | 53.98% | ↑ |
| Latvia | 53.97% | ↑ |
| Cambodia | 53.57% | ↓ |
| Venezuela, RB | 52.93% | ↓ |
| Cayman Islands | 52.92% | ↑ |
| Colombia | 52.73% | ↓ |
| Tanzania | 52.00% | ↓ |
| Bahamas, The | 51.45% | ↑ |
| Estonia | 51.35% | ↓ |
| Bolivia | 50.55% | ↓ |
| Ecuador | 50.52% | ↓ |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 50.29% | ↓ |
| Indonesia | 50.24% | ↓ |
| Grenada | 49.97% | ↑ |
| Russian Federation | 49.76% | ↓ |
| Mozambique | 48.25% | ↓ |
| Gambia, The | 48.22% | ↑ |
| Vietnam | 47.64% | ↑ |
| Austria | 46.88% | ↑ |
| Angola | 46.41% | ↓ |
| Guam | 46.30% | ↑ |
| Timor-Leste | 46.13% | ↓ |
| New Caledonia | 45.90% | ↑ |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 45.71% | ↑ |
| Myanmar | 44.47% | ↓ |
| Liberia | 43.39% | ↓ |
| Liechtenstein | 43.13% | ↑ |
| Senegal | 42.97% | ↓ |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.68% | ↑ |
| Belarus | 42.53% | ↑ |
| French Polynesia | 42.35% | ↑ |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 42.31% | ↑ |
| Sierra Leone | 42.17% | ↑ |
| Dominican Republic | 41.05% | ↑ |
| Honduras | 41.04% | ↓ |
| Ghana | 41.03% | ↑ |
| Georgia | 40.62% | ↑ |
| Slovak Republic | 40.35% | ↑ |
| Cameroon | 39.80% | ↓ |
| North Macedonia | 39.57% | ↑ |
| Paraguay | 38.57% | ↓ |
| New Zealand | 38.56% | ↑ |
| Benin | 38.23% | ↓ |
| Canada | 38.17% | ↓ |
| Spain | 36.86% | ↑ |
| Zimbabwe | 36.35% | ↓ |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 36.21% | ↑ |
| Vanuatu | 36.10% | ↑ |
| Luxembourg | 35.68% | ↑ |
| Central African Republic | 35.59% | ↓ |
| Bulgaria | 35.22% | ↑ |
| Lithuania | 34.80% | ↑ |
| Portugal | 34.74% | ↓ |
| Czech Republic | 34.54% | ↑ |
| Croatia | 34.35% | ↑ |
| Eswatini | 34.07% | ↑ |
| Andorra | 34.04% | ↑ |
| Mexico | 33.97% | ↓ |
| United States | 33.90% | ↑ |
| Malawi | 33.38% | ↓ |
| Tuvalu | 33.33% | ↑ |
| St. Lucia | 33.28% | ↓ |
| Norway | 33.17% | ↑ |
| Guatemala | 33.03% | ↓ |
| Sri Lanka | 33.01% | ↓ |
| Germany | 32.73% | ↑ |
| Thailand | 32.10% | ↑ |
| Switzerland | 31.73% | ↑ |
| Italy | 31.61% | ↑ |
| Greece | 31.45% | ↑ |
| Serbia | 31.10% | ↑ |
| France | 31.03% | ↑ |
| Jamaica | 30.95% | ↓ |
| Poland | 30.81% | ↑ |
| Cuba | 30.76% | ↑ |
| Romania | 29.82% | ↑ |
| Albania | 28.16% | ↓ |
| Philippines | 26.96% | ↑ |
| Guinea | 25.90% | ↓ |
| Nicaragua | 25.88% | ↑ |
| Nepal | 25.36% | ↑ |
| British Virgin Islands | 24.13% | ↓ |
| Chile | 23.85% | ↑ |
| India | 23.77% | ↑ |
| Singapore | 23.06% | ↓ |
| Hungary | 22.85% | ↑ |
| Belgium | 22.57% | ↑ |
| Cabo Verde | 22.31% | ↑ |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 22.27% | ↑ |
| China | 22.19% | ↑ |
| Madagascar | 21.44% | ↓ |
| Comoros | 19.88% | ↓ |
| Burkina Faso | 19.55% | ↓ |
| Rwanda | 19.46% | ↑ |
| Botswana | 19.13% | ↓ |
| Mauritius | 19.01% | ↑ |
| Cyprus | 18.69% | ↓ |
| Bermuda | 18.52% | ↑ |
| St. Martin (French part) | 18.38% | ↑ |
| Ukraine | 16.67% | ↑ |
| Australia | 16.24% | ↑ |
| Turkey | 15.22% | ↑ |
| Kiribati | 15.00% | ↑ |
| Eritrea | 14.95% | ↓ |
| Barbados | 14.65% | ↑ |
| Denmark | 14.58% | ↑ |
| Azerbaijan | 13.78% | ↑ |
| Lebanon | 13.42% | ↑ |
| United Kingdom | 13.00% | ↑ |
| El Salvador | 12.79% | ↓ |
| Morocco | 12.62% | ↓ |
| Tonga | 12.50% | ↑ |
| Ethiopia | 12.50% | ↑ |
| Moldova | 12.44% | ↑ |
| Armenia | 11.66% | ↑ |
| Netherlands | 11.16% | ↑ |
| Bangladesh | 10.98% | ↓ |
| Ireland | 10.95% | ↑ |
| Burundi | 10.75% | ↑ |
| Uruguay | 10.54% | ↑ |
| Uganda | 10.36% | ↓ |
| Somalia | 10.14% | ↓ |
| Argentina | 9.91% | ↓ |
| Turkmenistan | 8.78% | ↑ |
| Namibia | 8.40% | ↓ |
| Mongolia | 8.08% | ↓ |
| Kenya | 7.75% | ↑ |
| Nigeria | 7.68% | ↓ |
| Israel | 7.62% | ↑ |
| South Africa | 7.62% | ↑ |
| Uzbekistan | 7.57% | ↓ |
| Tunisia | 6.70% | ↑ |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 6.56% | ↑ |
| Isle of Man | 6.07% | ↑ |
| United Arab Emirates | 4.54% | ↑ |
| Channel Islands | 4.04% | ↑ |
| Chad | 3.87% | ↓ |
| Mali | 3.86% | ↓ |
| Haiti | 3.52% | ↓ |
| Togo | 3.46% | ↓ |
| Maldives | 3.33% | ↑ |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 3.32% | ↓ |
| Tajikistan | 2.97% | ↑ |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2.67% | ↑ |
| Aruba | 2.33% | ↑ |
| Afghanistan | 2.07% | ↑ |
| Pakistan | 1.91% | ↓ |
| Iraq | 1.90% | ↑ |
| Lesotho | 1.61% | ↑ |
| West Bank and Gaza | 1.52% | ↑ |
| Kazakhstan | 1.23% | ↑ |
| Jordan | 1.10% | ↑ |
| Malta | 1.09% | ↑ |
| Yemen, Rep. | 1.04% | ↑ |
| Niger | 0.90% | ↓ |
| Algeria | 0.82% | ↑ |
| Bahrain | 0.77% | ↑ |
| Iceland | 0.49% | ↑ |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.45% | ↑ |
| Kuwait | 0.35% | ↑ |
| Djibouti | 0.24% | ↑ |
| Mauritania | 0.22% | ↓ |
| Libya | 0.12% | ↑ |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 0.07% | ↑ |
| Faroe Islands | 0.06% | ↑ |
| Oman | 0.01% | ↑ |
| Greenland | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Curaçao | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Macao SAR, China | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Monaco | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Sudan | 0.00% | ↑ |
| South Sudan | 0.00% | ↑ |
| São Tomé and Principe | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Kosovo | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Gibraltar | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Nauru | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Qatar | 0.00% | ↑ |
| San Marino | 0.00% | ↑ |