Rankings · Geography

Forest area

Share of land area under forest cover.

Nations ranked
178
Highest
94.4%
Lowest
0.0%
Observed
2023

The ten highest

Bars are drawn to the highest value in the table. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.

  1. 1🇸🇷Suriname

    94.4%  ·  observed 2023

  2. 2🇬🇦Gabon

    91.2%  ·  observed 2023

  3. 3🇸🇧Solomon Islands

    90.1%  ·  observed 2023

  4. 4🇬🇾Guyana

    87.1%  ·  observed 2023

  5. 5🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea

    86.4%  ·  observed 2023

  6. 6🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

    79.0%  ·  observed 2023

  7. 7🇱🇷Liberia

    78.1%  ·  observed 2023

  8. 8🇫🇮Finland

    73.7%  ·  observed 2023

  9. 9🇸🇨Seychelles

    73.3%  ·  observed 2023

  10. 10🇧🇳Brunei

    72.1%  ·  observed 2023

Every nation with data

Figures are percent.

  1. 1🇸🇷Suriname94.4% · 2023
  2. 2🇬🇦Gabon91.2% · 2023
  3. 3🇸🇧Solomon Islands90.1% · 2023
  4. 4🇬🇾Guyana87.1% · 2023
  5. 5🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea86.4% · 2023
  6. 6🇵🇬Papua New Guinea79.0% · 2023
  7. 7🇱🇷Liberia78.1% · 2023
  8. 8🇫🇮Finland73.7% · 2023
  9. 9🇸🇨Seychelles73.3% · 2023
  10. 10🇧🇳Brunei72.1% · 2023
  11. 11🇧🇹Bhutan71.6% · 2023
  12. 12🇱🇦Laos71.5% · 2023
  13. 13🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau69.5% · 2023
  14. 14🇸🇪Sweden68.7% · 2023
  15. 15🇯🇵Japan68.4% · 2023
  16. 16🇨🇬Congo64.1% · 2023
  17. 17🇰🇷South Korea64.1% · 2023
  18. 18🇫🇯Fiji63.5% · 2023
  19. 19🇹🇱Timor-Leste61.7% · 2023
  20. 20🇲🇪Montenegro61.5% · 2023
  21. 21🇸🇮Slovenia61.2% · 2023
  22. 22🇨🇷Costa Rica60.4% · 2023
  23. 23🇿🇲Zambia59.5% · 2023
  24. 24🇧🇷Brazil59.0% · 2023
  25. 25🇲🇾Malaysia57.7% · 2023
  26. 26🇪🇪Estonia57.1% · 2023
  27. 27🇵🇦Panama56.3% · 2023
  28. 28🇭🇳Honduras56.3% · 2023
  29. 29🇯🇲Jamaica56.2% · 2023
  30. 30🇵🇷Puerto Rico56.1% · 2023
  31. 31🇵🇪Peru56.1% · 2023
  32. 32🇱🇻Latvia55.0% · 2023
  33. 33🇧🇿Belize54.5% · 2023
  34. 34🇨🇩DR Congo54.2% · 2023
  35. 35🇨🇴Colombia52.8% · 2023
  36. 36🇻🇪Venezuela52.2% · 2023
  37. 37🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe52.1% · 2023
  38. 38🇦🇴Angola52.1% · 2023
  39. 39🇧🇸Bahamas50.9% · 2023
  40. 40🇹🇿Tanzania50.1% · 2023
  41. 41🇷🇺Russia49.8% · 2023
  42. 42🇰🇵North Korea49.6% · 2023
  43. 43🇪🇨Ecuador49.5% · 2023
  44. 44🇮🇩Indonesia47.7% · 2023
  45. 45🇻🇳Vietnam47.4% · 2023
  46. 46🇦🇹Austria47.2% · 2023
  47. 47🇧🇴Bolivia46.3% · 2023
  48. 48🇳🇨New Caledonia45.8% · 2023
  49. 49🇲🇿Mozambique45.8% · 2023
  50. 50🇩🇴Dominican Republic45.0% · 2023
  51. 51🇿🇼Zimbabwe44.7% · 2023
  52. 52🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago44.2% · 2023
  53. 53🇧🇾Belarus43.4% · 2023
  54. 54🇰🇭Cambodia43.1% · 2023
  55. 55🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina42.7% · 2023
  56. 56🇨🇲Cameroon42.7% · 2023
  57. 57🇲🇲Myanmar42.4% · 2023
  58. 58🇱🇮Liechtenstein41.9% · 2023
  59. 59🇳🇵Nepal41.6% · 2023
  60. 60🇸🇳Senegal41.3% · 2023
  61. 61🇬🇪Georgia40.6% · 2023
  62. 62🇸🇰Slovakia40.1% · 2023
  63. 63🇲🇰North Macedonia39.7% · 2023
  64. 64🇨🇦Canada39.5% · 2023
  65. 65🇹🇭Thailand38.7% · 2023
  66. 66🇵🇾Paraguay38.5% · 2023
  67. 67🇳🇿New Zealand37.8% · 2023
  68. 68🇪🇸Spain37.2% · 2023
  69. 69🇻🇺Vanuatu36.3% · 2023
  70. 70🇧🇬Bulgaria36.2% · 2023
  71. 71🇵🇹Portugal36.2% · 2023
  72. 72🇨🇫Central African Republic35.7% · 2023
  73. 73🇱🇹Lithuania35.2% · 2023
  74. 74🇬🇭Ghana35.2% · 2023
  75. 75🇭🇷Croatia34.8% · 2023
  76. 76🇨🇿Czechia34.8% · 2023
  77. 77🇱🇺Luxembourg34.5% · 2023
  78. 78🇸🇱Sierra Leone34.3% · 2023
  79. 79🇦🇩Andorra34.0% · 2023
  80. 80🇱🇰Sri Lanka34.0% · 2023
  81. 81🇺🇸United States33.9% · 2023
  82. 82🇲🇽Mexico33.6% · 2023
  83. 83🇳🇴Norway33.5% · 2023
  84. 84🇮🇹Italy32.9% · 2023
  85. 85🇩🇪Germany32.7% · 2023
  86. 86🇬🇹Guatemala32.6% · 2023
  87. 87🇫🇷France32.5% · 2023
  88. 88🇷🇸Serbia32.4% · 2023
  89. 89🇨🇭Switzerland32.4% · 2023
  90. 90🇨🇺Cuba31.2% · 2023
  91. 91🇵🇱Poland31.1% · 2023
  92. 92🇬🇷Greece30.3% · 2023
  93. 93🇷🇴Romania30.1% · 2023
  94. 94🇹🇷Türkiye29.5% · 2023
  95. 95🇸🇿Eswatini29.1% · 2023
  96. 96🇦🇱Albania28.8% · 2023
  97. 97🇸🇻El Salvador27.5% · 2023
  98. 98🇧🇯Benin26.5% · 2023
  99. 99🇧🇼Botswana26.3% · 2023
  100. 100🇳🇮Nicaragua25.8% · 2023
  101. 101🇨🇱Chile25.0% · 2023
  102. 102🇬🇳Guinea24.7% · 2023
  103. 103🇮🇳India24.5% · 2023
  104. 104🇵🇭Philippines24.5% · 2023
  105. 105🇨🇳China24.0% · 2023
  106. 106🇳🇬Nigeria23.2% · 2023
  107. 107🇧🇪Belgium22.6% · 2023
  108. 108🇭🇺Hungary22.4% · 2023
  109. 109🇲🇼Malawi22.4% · 2023
  110. 110🇬🇲Gambia22.3% · 2023
  111. 111🇧🇫Burkina Faso22.2% · 2023
  112. 112🇹🇬Togo22.1% · 2023
  113. 113🇲🇬Madagascar21.3% · 2023
  114. 114🇲🇺Mauritius19.5% · 2023
  115. 115🇨🇾Cyprus18.7% · 2023
  116. 116🇦🇺Australia17.4% · 2023
  117. 117🇰🇲Comoros17.0% · 2023
  118. 118🇺🇦Ukraine16.8% · 2023
  119. 119🇸🇲San Marino16.7% · 2023
  120. 120🇩🇰Denmark15.8% · 2023
  121. 121🇪🇹Ethiopia14.9% · 2023
  122. 122🇧🇩Bangladesh14.5% · 2023
  123. 123🇱🇧Lebanon14.2% · 2023
  124. 124🇦🇿Azerbaijan14.1% · 2023
  125. 125🇿🇦South Africa14.0% · 2023
  126. 126🇬🇧United Kingdom13.3% · 2023
  127. 127🇲🇦Morocco12.9% · 2023
  128. 128🇭🇹Haiti12.3% · 2023
  129. 129🇺🇾Uruguay12.0% · 2023
  130. 130🇲🇩Moldova11.7% · 2023
  131. 131🇦🇲Armenia11.6% · 2023
  132. 132🇨🇻Cape Verde11.6% · 2023
  133. 133🇮🇪Ireland11.5% · 2023
  134. 134🇸🇸South Sudan11.3% · 2023
  135. 135🇷🇼Rwanda11.3% · 2023
  136. 136🇳🇱Netherlands11.1% · 2023
  137. 137🇺🇬Uganda11.0% · 2023
  138. 138🇲🇱Mali10.9% · 2023
  139. 139🇧🇮Burundi10.9% · 2023
  140. 140🇦🇷Argentina10.3% · 2023
  141. 141🇸🇩Sudan9.6% · 2023
  142. 142🇸🇴Somalia9.2% · 2023
  143. 143🇲🇳Mongolia9.1% · 2023
  144. 144🇹🇲Turkmenistan8.8% · 2023
  145. 145🇪🇷Eritrea8.6% · 2023
  146. 146🇺🇿Uzbekistan8.5% · 2023
  147. 147🇨🇮Ivory Coast7.9% · 2023
  148. 148🇳🇦Namibia7.8% · 2023
  149. 149🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan7.1% · 2023
  150. 150🇮🇷Iran6.6% · 2023
  151. 151🇰🇪Kenya6.2% · 2023
  152. 152🇵🇰Pakistan4.7% · 2023
  153. 153🇹🇳Tunisia4.6% · 2023
  154. 154🇦🇪United Arab Emirates4.5% · 2023
  155. 155🇹🇩Chad3.2% · 2023
  156. 156🇹🇯Tajikistan3.1% · 2023
  157. 157🇸🇾Syria2.8% · 2023
  158. 158🇮🇶Iraq1.9% · 2023
  159. 159🇦🇫Afghanistan1.9% · 2023
  160. 160🇵🇸Palestine1.7% · 2023
  161. 161🇲🇹Malta1.4% · 2023
  162. 162🇰🇿Kazakhstan1.3% · 2023
  163. 163🇱🇸Lesotho1.1% · 2023
  164. 164🇯🇴Jordan1.1% · 2023
  165. 165🇾🇪Yemen1.0% · 2023
  166. 166🇩🇿Algeria0.8% · 2023
  167. 167🇳🇪Niger0.8% · 2023
  168. 168🇮🇸Iceland0.5% · 2023
  169. 169🇸🇦Saudi Arabia0.5% · 2023
  170. 170🇰🇼Kuwait0.4% · 2023
  171. 171🇲🇷Mauritania0.3% · 2023
  172. 172🇩🇯Djibouti0.3% · 2023
  173. 173🇱🇾Libya0.1% · 2023
  174. 174🇪🇬Egypt0.0% · 2023
  175. 175🇴🇲Oman0.0% · 2023
  176. 176🇬🇱Greenland0.0% · 2023
  177. 177🇲🇨Monaco0.0% · 2023
  178. 177🇶🇦Qatar0.0% · 2023

No data

8 nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world’s statistical apparatus, not a zero — these nations are not ranked.

  • 🇦🇶Antarctica

    Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.

  • 🇫🇰Falkland Islands

    The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.

  • 🇹🇫French Southern and Antarctic Lands

    The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.

  • 🇽🇰Kosovo
  • Northern Cyprus

    Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.

  • Somaliland

    Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.

  • 🇹🇼Taiwan

    Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.

  • 🇻🇦Vatican City

    Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.