Forest Area

North America Ranking

percent of total land areaSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Costa Rica	59.4	2020	1	59.1
2	Honduras	56.8	2020	2	57
2	Panama	56.8	2020	2	57
4	Ecuador	50.3	2020	4	50.6
5	Canada	38.7	2020	5	38.7
6	United States	33.9	2020	6	33.9
7 ↓	Mexico	33.8	2020	6	33.9
8	Guatemala	32.9	2020	8	33
9	Nicaragua	28.3	2020	9	29.1
10	El Salvador	28.2	2020	10	28.4
11	Bermuda	18.5	2020	11	18.5

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.