# Forest area by nation — world ranking

Forest area ranked across 178 nations, highest to lowest. Suriname highest at 94.4% (2023). Each figure carries its publisher and observation year.

Canonical: https://terralore.co/rankings/forest-cover
Updated: 2026-06-14 (the geography domain's last refresh)

Definition: Share of land area under forest cover.
Unit: %. Ordered highest to lowest — a ranking of figures, not a grading of nations. Ties share a rank.

## Ranking (178 nations)

| Rank | Nation | Value | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 94.4% | 2023 |
| 2 | Gabon | 91.2% | 2023 |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 90.1% | 2023 |
| 4 | Guyana | 87.1% | 2023 |
| 5 | Equatorial Guinea | 86.4% | 2023 |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | 79.0% | 2023 |
| 7 | Liberia | 78.1% | 2023 |
| 8 | Finland | 73.7% | 2023 |
| 9 | Seychelles | 73.3% | 2023 |
| 10 | Brunei | 72.1% | 2023 |
| 11 | Bhutan | 71.6% | 2023 |
| 12 | Laos | 71.5% | 2023 |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.5% | 2023 |
| 14 | Sweden | 68.7% | 2023 |
| 15 | Japan | 68.4% | 2023 |
| 16 | Congo | 64.1% | 2023 |
| 17 | South Korea | 64.1% | 2023 |
| 18 | Fiji | 63.5% | 2023 |
| 19 | Timor-Leste | 61.7% | 2023 |
| 20 | Montenegro | 61.5% | 2023 |
| 21 | Slovenia | 61.2% | 2023 |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 60.4% | 2023 |
| 23 | Zambia | 59.5% | 2023 |
| 24 | Brazil | 59.0% | 2023 |
| 25 | Malaysia | 57.7% | 2023 |
| 26 | Estonia | 57.1% | 2023 |
| 27 | Panama | 56.3% | 2023 |
| 28 | Honduras | 56.3% | 2023 |
| 29 | Jamaica | 56.2% | 2023 |
| 30 | Puerto Rico | 56.1% | 2023 |
| 31 | Peru | 56.1% | 2023 |
| 32 | Latvia | 55.0% | 2023 |
| 33 | Belize | 54.5% | 2023 |
| 34 | DR Congo | 54.2% | 2023 |
| 35 | Colombia | 52.8% | 2023 |
| 36 | Venezuela | 52.2% | 2023 |
| 37 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 52.1% | 2023 |
| 38 | Angola | 52.1% | 2023 |
| 39 | Bahamas | 50.9% | 2023 |
| 40 | Tanzania | 50.1% | 2023 |
| 41 | Russia | 49.8% | 2023 |
| 42 | North Korea | 49.6% | 2023 |
| 43 | Ecuador | 49.5% | 2023 |
| 44 | Indonesia | 47.7% | 2023 |
| 45 | Vietnam | 47.4% | 2023 |
| 46 | Austria | 47.2% | 2023 |
| 47 | Bolivia | 46.3% | 2023 |
| 48 | New Caledonia | 45.8% | 2023 |
| 49 | Mozambique | 45.8% | 2023 |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 45.0% | 2023 |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 44.7% | 2023 |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.2% | 2023 |
| 53 | Belarus | 43.4% | 2023 |
| 54 | Cambodia | 43.1% | 2023 |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.7% | 2023 |
| 56 | Cameroon | 42.7% | 2023 |
| 57 | Myanmar | 42.4% | 2023 |
| 58 | Liechtenstein | 41.9% | 2023 |
| 59 | Nepal | 41.6% | 2023 |
| 60 | Senegal | 41.3% | 2023 |
| 61 | Georgia | 40.6% | 2023 |
| 62 | Slovakia | 40.1% | 2023 |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 39.7% | 2023 |
| 64 | Canada | 39.5% | 2023 |
| 65 | Thailand | 38.7% | 2023 |
| 66 | Paraguay | 38.5% | 2023 |
| 67 | New Zealand | 37.8% | 2023 |
| 68 | Spain | 37.2% | 2023 |
| 69 | Vanuatu | 36.3% | 2023 |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 36.2% | 2023 |
| 71 | Portugal | 36.2% | 2023 |
| 72 | Central African Republic | 35.7% | 2023 |
| 73 | Lithuania | 35.2% | 2023 |
| 74 | Ghana | 35.2% | 2023 |
| 75 | Croatia | 34.8% | 2023 |
| 76 | Czechia | 34.8% | 2023 |
| 77 | Luxembourg | 34.5% | 2023 |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 34.3% | 2023 |
| 79 | Andorra | 34.0% | 2023 |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 34.0% | 2023 |
| 81 | United States | 33.9% | 2023 |
| 82 | Mexico | 33.6% | 2023 |
| 83 | Norway | 33.5% | 2023 |
| 84 | Italy | 32.9% | 2023 |
| 85 | Germany | 32.7% | 2023 |
| 86 | Guatemala | 32.6% | 2023 |
| 87 | France | 32.5% | 2023 |
| 88 | Serbia | 32.4% | 2023 |
| 89 | Switzerland | 32.4% | 2023 |
| 90 | Cuba | 31.2% | 2023 |
| 91 | Poland | 31.1% | 2023 |
| 92 | Greece | 30.3% | 2023 |
| 93 | Romania | 30.1% | 2023 |
| 94 | Türkiye | 29.5% | 2023 |
| 95 | Eswatini | 29.1% | 2023 |
| 96 | Albania | 28.8% | 2023 |
| 97 | El Salvador | 27.5% | 2023 |
| 98 | Benin | 26.5% | 2023 |
| 99 | Botswana | 26.3% | 2023 |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 25.8% | 2023 |
| 101 | Chile | 25.0% | 2023 |
| 102 | Guinea | 24.7% | 2023 |
| 103 | India | 24.5% | 2023 |
| 104 | Philippines | 24.5% | 2023 |
| 105 | China | 24.0% | 2023 |
| 106 | Nigeria | 23.2% | 2023 |
| 107 | Belgium | 22.6% | 2023 |
| 108 | Hungary | 22.4% | 2023 |
| 109 | Malawi | 22.4% | 2023 |
| 110 | Gambia | 22.3% | 2023 |
| 111 | Burkina Faso | 22.2% | 2023 |
| 112 | Togo | 22.1% | 2023 |
| 113 | Madagascar | 21.3% | 2023 |
| 114 | Mauritius | 19.5% | 2023 |
| 115 | Cyprus | 18.7% | 2023 |
| 116 | Australia | 17.4% | 2023 |
| 117 | Comoros | 17.0% | 2023 |
| 118 | Ukraine | 16.8% | 2023 |
| 119 | San Marino | 16.7% | 2023 |
| 120 | Denmark | 15.8% | 2023 |
| 121 | Ethiopia | 14.9% | 2023 |
| 122 | Bangladesh | 14.5% | 2023 |
| 123 | Lebanon | 14.2% | 2023 |
| 124 | Azerbaijan | 14.1% | 2023 |
| 125 | South Africa | 14.0% | 2023 |
| 126 | United Kingdom | 13.3% | 2023 |
| 127 | Morocco | 12.9% | 2023 |
| 128 | Haiti | 12.3% | 2023 |
| 129 | Uruguay | 12.0% | 2023 |
| 130 | Moldova | 11.7% | 2023 |
| 131 | Armenia | 11.6% | 2023 |
| 132 | Cape Verde | 11.6% | 2023 |
| 133 | Ireland | 11.5% | 2023 |
| 134 | South Sudan | 11.3% | 2023 |
| 135 | Rwanda | 11.3% | 2023 |
| 136 | Netherlands | 11.1% | 2023 |
| 137 | Uganda | 11.0% | 2023 |
| 138 | Mali | 10.9% | 2023 |
| 139 | Burundi | 10.9% | 2023 |
| 140 | Argentina | 10.3% | 2023 |
| 141 | Sudan | 9.6% | 2023 |
| 142 | Somalia | 9.2% | 2023 |
| 143 | Mongolia | 9.1% | 2023 |
| 144 | Turkmenistan | 8.8% | 2023 |
| 145 | Eritrea | 8.6% | 2023 |
| 146 | Uzbekistan | 8.5% | 2023 |
| 147 | Ivory Coast | 7.9% | 2023 |
| 148 | Namibia | 7.8% | 2023 |
| 149 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.1% | 2023 |
| 150 | Iran | 6.6% | 2023 |
| 151 | Kenya | 6.2% | 2023 |
| 152 | Pakistan | 4.7% | 2023 |
| 153 | Tunisia | 4.6% | 2023 |
| 154 | United Arab Emirates | 4.5% | 2023 |
| 155 | Chad | 3.2% | 2023 |
| 156 | Tajikistan | 3.1% | 2023 |
| 157 | Syria | 2.8% | 2023 |
| 158 | Iraq | 1.9% | 2023 |
| 159 | Afghanistan | 1.9% | 2023 |
| 160 | Palestine | 1.7% | 2023 |
| 161 | Malta | 1.4% | 2023 |
| 162 | Kazakhstan | 1.3% | 2023 |
| 163 | Lesotho | 1.1% | 2023 |
| 164 | Jordan | 1.1% | 2023 |
| 165 | Yemen | 1.0% | 2023 |
| 166 | Algeria | 0.8% | 2023 |
| 167 | Niger | 0.8% | 2023 |
| 168 | Iceland | 0.5% | 2023 |
| 169 | Saudi Arabia | 0.5% | 2023 |
| 170 | Kuwait | 0.4% | 2023 |
| 171 | Mauritania | 0.3% | 2023 |
| 172 | Djibouti | 0.3% | 2023 |
| 173 | Libya | 0.1% | 2023 |
| 174 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 175 | Oman | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 176 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 177 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 177 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2023 |

## No data (8 nations)

These nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world's statistical apparatus, not a zero — they 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.

## Sources

- World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org

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