Forest Area

Global Ranking

percent of total land areaSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Suriname	97.4	2020	1	97.5
2	Guyana	93.6	2020	2	93.6
3	Micronesia	92	2020	3	92
4	Gabon	91.3	2020	4	91.4
5	Solomon Islands	90.1	2020	5	90.2
6	Palau	90	2020	6	89.8
7	Equatorial Guinea	87.3	2020	7	87.6
8 ↑	Papua New Guinea	79.2	2020	9	79.3
9 ↓	Liberia	79.1	2020	8	79.4
10	Finland	73.7	2020	10	73.7
11	Seychelles	73.3	2020	11	73.3
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	73.2	2020	12	73.2
13	Brunei	72.1	2020	13	72.1
14 ↓	Laos	71.9	2020	13	72.1
15	Bhutan	71.4	2020	15	71.4
16	Guinea-Bissau	70.4	2020	16	70.7
17	Sweden	68.7	2020	17	68.7
18	Japan	68.4	2020	18	68.4
19	South Korea	64.5	2020	19	64.6
20	Republic of the Congo	64.3	2020	20	64.3
21	Dominica	63.8	2020	21	63.8
22	Fiji	62.4	2020	22	62
23	Slovenia	61.5	2020	23	61.6
23 ↑	Montenegro	61.5	2020	24	61.5
25	Zambia	60.3	2020	25	60.5
26	Brazil	59.4	2020	26	59.6
26 ↑	Costa Rica	59.4	2020	27	59.1
28	Malaysia	58.2	2020	28	58.3
29	Samoa	57.1	2020	29	57.3
30	Honduras	56.8	2020	30	57
30	Panama	56.8	2020	30	57
32	Peru	56.5	2020	32	56.6
33 ↑	Estonia	56.1	2020	34	56.1
34 ↓	Belize	56	2020	33	56.5
34 ↑	Puerto Rico	56	2020	36	55.9
36 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	55.6	2020	34	56.1
37 ↑	Jamaica	55.1	2020	38	54.8
38 ↓	Latvia	54.9	2020	37	54.9
39	Sao Tome and Principe	54.1	2020	39	54.7
40	Angola	53.4	2020	40	53.9
41	Colombia	53.3	2020	41	53.5
42	Venezuela	52.4	2020	42	52.5
43 ↑	Grenada	52.1	2020	44	52.1
44 ↓	Tanzania	51.6	2020	43	52.2
45	Bahamas	50.9	2020	45	50.9
46	Ecuador	50.3	2020	46	50.6
47	North Korea	50.1	2020	47	50.3
48	Russia	49.8	2020	48	49.8
49	Indonesia	49.1	2020	49	49.4
50	Austria	47.3	2020	50	47.2
51 ↑	Vietnam	47.2	2020	52	47
52 ↓	Bolivia	46.9	2020	51	47.1
53 ↓	Mozambique	46.7	2020	52	47
54 ↑	New Caledonia	45.8	2020	55	45.8
55 ↓	Cambodia	45.7	2020	54	46.6
56	Zimbabwe	45.1	2020	56	45.2
57	Trinidad and Tobago	44.5	2020	57	44.6
58	Dominican Republic	44.4	2020	58	44.2
59 ↓	Burma (Myanmar)	43.7	2020	58	44.2
60	Belarus	43.2	2020	60	43.1
61 ↓	Cameroon	43	2020	60	43.1
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.7	2020	62	42.7
63	Senegal	41.9	2020	63	42.1
63 ↑	Liechtenstein	41.9	2020	64	41.9
65	Nepal	41.6	2020	65	41.6
66 ↑	Georgia	40.6	2020	67	40.6
67 ↓	Paraguay	40.5	2020	66	41.2
68	Slovakia	40.1	2020	68	40.1
69	Macedonia	39.7	2020	69	39.7
70	Thailand	38.9	2020	70	39
71	Canada	38.7	2020	71	38.7
72	New Zealand	37.6	2020	72	37.5
73	Spain	37.2	2020	73	37.2
74	Luxembourg	36.5	2020	74	36.5
75	Vanuatu	36.3	2020	75	36.3
76	Portugal	36.2	2020	76	36.2
77 ↑	Bulgaria	35.9	2020	78	35.7
78 ↓	Central African Republic	35.8	2020	77	35.8
79	Sierra Leone	35.1	2020	79	35.4
79 ↑	Ghana	35.1	2020	80	35.1
79 ↑	Lithuania	35.1	2020	80	35.1
82	Czech Republic	34.7	2020	82	34.7
83	Croatia	34.3	2020	83	34.2
84 ↓	Sri Lanka	34.2	2020	83	34.2
85	Saint Lucia	34	2020	85	34
85	Andorra	34	2020	85	34
87	United States	33.9	2020	87	33.9
88 ↓	Mexico	33.8	2020	87	33.9
89	Norway	33.4	2020	89	33.3
90 ↓	Tuvalu	33.3	2020	89	33.3
91	Guatemala	32.9	2020	91	33
92	Germany	32.7	2020	92	32.7
93	Switzerland	32.1	2020	93	32
93 ↑	Italy	32.1	2020	94	31.9
95	France	31.5	2020	95	31.4
96	Serbia	31.1	2020	96	31.1
97	Poland	31	2020	97	30.9
98	Greece	30.3	2020	98	30.3
99	Romania	30.1	2020	99	30.1
100 ↑	Turkey	28.9	2020	103	28.7
100 ↑	Swaziland	28.9	2020	101	28.9
102	Albania	28.8	2020	102	28.8
103 ↓	Nicaragua	28.3	2020	100	29.1
104	El Salvador	28.2	2020	104	28.4
105	Benin	27.8	2020	105	28.2
106	Botswana	26.9	2020	106	27.1
107	Guinea	25.2	2020	107	25.3
108 ↑	Chile	24.5	2020	109	24.3
109 ↑	India	24.3	2020	110	24.2
110 ↑	Philippines	24.1	2020	112	24
111 ↓	Gambia	24	2020	108	24.5
112 ↓	Malawi	23.8	2020	110	24.2
113	Nigeria	23.7	2020	113	23.9
114	China	23.3	2020	114	23.1
115 ↑	Belgium	22.8	2020	116	22.8
116 ↓	Burkina Faso	22.7	2020	115	22.9
117	Hungary	22.5	2020	117	22.5
118	Togo	22.2	2020	118	22.3
119	Singapore	22	2020	119	22.2
120	Madagascar	21.4	2020	120	21.4
121	Mauritius	19.1	2020	121	19.1
122	Cyprus	18.7	2020	122	18.7
123	Antigua and Barbuda	18.5	2020	123	18.6
123 ↑	Bermuda	18.5	2020	124	18.5
125	Comoros	17.7	2020	125	17.9
126	Australia	17.4	2020	126	17.4
127	Ukraine	16.7	2020	127	16.7
127	San Marino	16.7	2020	127	16.7
129	Denmark	15.7	2020	129	15.7
130	Ethiopia	15.1	2020	130	15.2
131	Barbados	14.7	2020	131	14.7
132	Bangladesh	14.5	2020	132	14.5
133	South Africa	14.1	2020	133	14.1
134	Lebanon	14	2020	134	14
135	Azerbaijan	13.7	2020	135	13.6
136	United Kingdom	13.2	2020	136	13.2
137	Morocco	12.9	2020	137	12.8
138	Haiti	12.6	2020	138	12.7
139	Tonga	12.4	2020	139	12.4
140 ↑	Moldova	11.8	2020	141	11.8
141 ↓	Uganda	11.7	2020	140	11.9
142	Uruguay	11.6	2020	142	11.5
143 ↓	Armenia	11.5	2020	142	11.5
144	Ireland	11.4	2020	144	11.3
145 ↓	Cape Verde	11.3	2020	144	11.3
146	Rwanda	11.2	2020	146	11.1
147	Netherlands	11	2020	147	10.9
148 ↓	Burundi	10.9	2020	147	10.9
148 ↓	Mali	10.9	2020	147	10.9
150	Argentina	10.4	2020	150	10.5
150	Eritrea	10.4	2020	150	10.5
152	Sudan	9.9	2020	152	10
153	Somalia	9.5	2020	153	9.7
154 ↑	Mongolia	9.1	2020	155	9.1
155 ↓	Ivory Coast	8.9	2020	154	9.3
156	Turkmenistan	8.8	2020	156	8.8
157	Uzbekistan	8.4	2020	157	8.3
158	Namibia	8.1	2020	158	8.2
159	Kyrgyzstan	6.9	2020	159	6.8
160	Iran	6.6	2020	160	6.6
161	Israel	6.5	2020	161	6.5
162	Kenya	6.3	2020	162	6.3
163	Pakistan	4.8	2020	163	4.9
164	United Arab Emirates	4.5	2020	164	4.5
164	Tunisia	4.5	2020	164	4.5
166	Chad	3.4	2020	166	3.5
167	Tajikistan	3.1	2020	167	3
168	Syria	2.8	2020	168	2.8
169	Maldives	2.7	2020	169	2.7
170	Aruba	2.3	2020	170	2.3
171	Iraq	1.9	2020	171	1.9
171	Afghanistan	1.9	2020	171	1.9
173	Kiribati	1.5	2020	173	1.5
174	Malta	1.4	2020	174	1.4
175	Kazakhstan	1.3	2020	175	1.3
176	Jordan	1.1	2020	176	1.1
176	Lesotho	1.1	2020	176	1.1
178	Yemen	1	2020	178	1
179	Bahrain	0.9	2020	179	0.9
179	Niger	0.9	2020	179	0.9
181	Algeria	0.8	2020	181	0.8
182	Iceland	0.5	2020	182	0.5
182	Saudi Arabia	0.5	2020	182	0.5
184	Kuwait	0.4	2020	184	0.4
185	Mauritania	0.3	2020	185	0.3
185 ↑	Djibouti	0.3	2020	186	0.2
187	Libya	0.1	2020	187	0.1
187	Faroe Islands	0.1	2020	187	0.1
189	Oman	0	2020	189	0
189	Egypt	0	2020	189	0
189	Qatar	0	2020	189	0
189	Monaco	0	2018	189	0
189	Gibraltar	0	2018	189	0

Definition of Forest Area

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.