Engraving the plate…First look at this one — fetching its numbers now
km² · no best or worst — smallest to largest
213 of 216 countries report a figure for forest area
World average: 189,436
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #213 | Qatar | 0 | 2023 | |
| #212 | Nauru | 0 | 2023 | |
| #211 | Monaco | 0 | 2023 | |
| #210 | Gibraltar | 0 | 2023 | |
| #209 | Curaçao | 1 | 2023 | |
| #208 | Faroe Islands | 1 | 2023 | |
| #207 | Greenland | 2 | 2023 | |
| #206 | Sint Maarten | 4 | 2023 | |
| #205 | Aruba | 4 | 2023 | |
| #204 | Malta | 5 | 2023 | |
| #203 | Bahrain | 8 | 2023 | |
| #202 | Maldives | 8 | 2023 | |
| #201 | Tuvalu | 10 | 2023 | |
| #200 | San Marino | 10 | 2023 | |
| #199 | Bermuda | 10 | 2023 | |
| #198 | Kiribati | 12 | 2023 | |
| #197 | Saint-Martin | 12 | 2023 | |
| #196 | Oman | 24 | 2023 | |
| #195 | Isle of Man | 35 | 2023 | |
| #194 | British Virgin Islands | 36 | 2023 | |
| #193 | Djibouti | 60 | 2023 | |
| #192 | Kuwait | 63 | 2023 | |
| #191 | Barbados | 63 | 2023 | |
| #190 | Liechtenstein | 67 | 2023 | |
| #189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 79 | 2023 | |
| #188 | Tonga | 90 | 2023 | |
| #187 | Marshall Islands | 94 | 2023 | |
| #186 | Palestine | 101 | 2023 | |
| #185 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 105 | 2023 | |
| #184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 110 | 2023 | |
| #183 | Cayman Islands | 126 | 2023 | |
| #182 | Singapore | 150 | 2023 | |
| #181 | Andorra | 160 | 2023 | |
| #180 | American Samoa | 170 | 2023 | |
| #179 | Grenada | 177 | 2023 | |
| #178 | United States Virgin Islands | 204 | 2023 | |
| #177 | Saint Lucia | 208 | 2023 | |
| #176 | Northern Mariana Islands | 244 | 2023 | |
| #175 | Guam | 280 | 2023 | |
| #174 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 285 | 2023 | |
| #173 | Comoros | 316 | 2023 | |
| #172 | Seychelles | 337 | 2023 | |
| #171 | Lesotho | 345 | 2023 | |
| #170 | Mauritius | 389 | 2023 | |
| #169 | Palau | 417 | 2023 | |
| #168 | Egypt | 450 | 2023 | |
| #167 | Cape Verde | 466 | 2023 | |
| #166 | Dominica | 479 | 2023 | |
| #165 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 500 | 2023 | |
| #164 | Iceland | 533 | 2023 | |
| #163 | Federated States of Micronesia | 645 | 2023 | |
| #162 | Luxembourg | 887 | 2023 | |
| #161 | Jordan | 975 | 2023 | |
| #160 | Israel | 1,400 | 2023 | |
| #159 | Lebanon | 1,451 | 2023 | |
| #158 | French Polynesia | 1,495 | 2023 | |
| #157 | Samoa | 1,602 | 2023 | |
| #156 | Cyprus | 1,725 | 2023 | |
| #155 | Libya | 2,170 | 2023 | |
| #154 | The Gambia | 2,255 | 2023 | |
| #153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,269 | 2023 | |
| #152 | Rwanda | 2,790 | 2023 | |
| #151 | Burundi | 2,796 | 2023 | |
| #150 | Mauritania | 2,964 | 2023 | |
| #149 | United Arab Emirates | 3,173 | 2023 | |
| #148 | Armenia | 3,276 | 2023 | |
| #147 | Haiti | 3,380 | 2023 | |
| #146 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 3,723 | 2023 | |
| #145 | Brunei | 3,800 | 2023 | |
| #144 | Moldova | 3,865 | 2023 | |
| #143 | Tajikistan | 4,268 | 2023 | |
| #142 | Vanuatu | 4,423 | 2023 | |
| #141 | Puerto Rico | 4,978 | 2023 | |
| #140 | Eswatini | 5,012 | 2023 | |
| #139 | The Bahamas | 5,099 | 2023 | |
| #138 | Syria | 5,221 | 2023 | |
| #137 | Yemen | 5,490 | 2023 | |
| #136 | El Salvador | 5,704 | 2023 | |
| #135 | Jamaica | 6,085 | 2023 | |
| #134 | Denmark | 6,313 | 2023 | |
| #133 | Belgium | 6,893 | 2023 | |
| #132 | Tunisia | 7,073 | 2023 | |
| #131 | Albania | 7,889 | 2023 | |
| #130 | Ireland | 7,940 | 2023 | |
| #129 | Iraq | 8,250 | 2023 | |
| #128 | Montenegro | 8,270 | 2023 | |
| #127 | New Caledonia | 8,377 | 2023 | |
| #126 | Timor-Leste | 9,169 | 2023 | |
| #125 | Saudi Arabia | 9,770 | 2023 | |
| #124 | North Macedonia | 10,015 | 2023 | |
| #123 | Niger | 10,424 | 2023 | |
| #122 | Eritrea | 10,458 | 2023 | |
| #121 | Fiji | 11,601 | 2023 | |
| #120 | Azerbaijan | 11,664 | 2023 | |
| #119 | Togo | 12,004 | 2023 | |
| #118 | Afghanistan | 12,084 | 2023 | |
| #117 | Slovenia | 12,317 | 2023 | |
| #116 | Belize | 12,436 | 2023 | |
| #115 | Switzerland | 12,794 | 2023 | |
| #114 | Kyrgyzstan | 13,701 | 2023 | |
| #113 | Bangladesh | 18,834 | 2023 | |
| #112 | Slovakia | 19,259 | 2023 | |
| #111 | Croatia | 19,466 | 2023 | |
| #110 | Guinea-Bissau | 19,547 | 2023 | |
| #109 | Algeria | 19,776 | 2023 | |
| #108 | Hungary | 20,486 | 2023 | |
| #107 | Uruguay | 20,940 | 2023 | |
| #106 | Sri Lanka | 21,035 | 2023 | |
| #105 | Malawi | 21,157 | 2023 | |
| #104 | Dominican Republic | 21,684 | 2023 | |
| #103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21,879 | 2023 | |
| #102 | Lithuania | 22,054 | 2023 | |
| #101 | Uganda | 22,141 | 2023 | |
| #100 | Equatorial Guinea | 24,233 | 2023 | |
| #99 | Estonia | 24,384 | 2023 | |
| #98 | Sierra Leone | 24,757 | 2023 | |
| #97 | Ivory Coast | 24,981 | 2023 | |
| #96 | Solomon Islands | 25,208 | 2023 | |
| #95 | Czech Republic | 26,825 | 2023 | |
| #94 | Serbia | 27,236 | 2023 | |
| #93 | Bhutan | 27,310 | 2023 | |
| #92 | Georgia | 28,224 | 2023 | |
| #91 | Benin | 29,852 | 2023 | |
| #90 | Costa Rica | 30,840 | 2023 | |
| #89 | Nicaragua | 31,075 | 2023 | |
| #88 | United Kingdom | 32,154 | 2023 | |
| #87 | Cuba | 32,420 | 2023 | |
| #86 | Portugal | 33,120 | 2023 | |
| #85 | Latvia | 34,224 | 2023 | |
| #84 | Guatemala | 34,930 | 2023 | |
| #83 | Kazakhstan | 35,424 | 2023 | |
| #82 | Pakistan | 36,019 | 2023 | |
| #81 | Kenya | 36,111 | 2023 | |
| #80 | Uzbekistan | 37,672 | 2023 | |
| #79 | Austria | 38,983 | 2023 | |
| #78 | Greece | 39,018 | 2023 | |
| #77 | Bulgaria | 39,320 | 2023 | |
| #76 | Chad | 39,804 | 2023 | |
| #75 | Turkmenistan | 41,270 | 2023 | |
| #74 | Panama | 41,796 | 2023 | |
| #73 | Somalia | 57,498 | 2023 | |
| #72 | Morocco | 57,738 | 2023 | |
| #71 | Nepal | 59,620 | 2023 | |
| #70 | North Korea | 59,664 | 2023 | |
| #69 | Burkina Faso | 60,664 | 2023 | |
| #68 | Guinea | 60,690 | 2023 | |
| #67 | South Korea | 62,570 | 2023 | |
| #66 | Honduras | 62,964 | 2023 | |
| #65 | Namibia | 64,259 | 2023 | |
| #64 | Romania | 69,291 | 2023 | |
| #63 | South Sudan | 71,570 | 2023 | |
| #62 | Philippines | 72,933 | 2023 | |
| #61 | Liberia | 75,267 | 2023 | |
| #60 | Cambodia | 76,013 | 2023 | |
| #59 | Senegal | 79,482 | 2023 | |
| #58 | Ghana | 80,074 | 2023 | |
| #57 | Belarus | 88,111 | 2023 | |
| #56 | Poland | 95,190 | 2023 | |
| #55 | Ukraine | 97,080 | 2023 | |
| #54 | Italy | 97,276 | 2023 | |
| #53 | New Zealand | 99,503 | 2023 | |
| #52 | Iran | 107,884 | 2023 | |
| #51 | Germany | 114,190 | 2023 | |
| #50 | Norway | 122,034 | 2023 | |
| #49 | Ecuador | 123,050 | 2023 | |
| #48 | Madagascar | 123,902 | 2023 | |
| #47 | Mali | 132,960 | 2023 | |
| #46 | Mongolia | 141,695 | 2023 | |
| #45 | Vietnam | 148,708 | 2023 | |
| #44 | Botswana | 148,998 | 2023 | |
| #43 | Suriname | 151,596 | 2023 | |
| #42 | Paraguay | 152,643 | 2023 | |
| #41 | Laos | 164,920 | 2023 | |
| #40 | Ethiopia | 168,495 | 2023 | |
| #39 | South Africa | 169,409 | 2023 | |
| #38 | Zimbabwe | 173,064 | 2023 | |
| #37 | France | 175,032 | 2023 | |
| #36 | Sudan | 178,431 | 2023 | |
| #35 | Guyana | 183,877 | 2023 | |
| #34 | Chile | 185,794 | 2023 | |
| #33 | Spain | 185,850 | 2023 | |
| #32 | Malaysia | 189,636 | 2023 | |
| #31 | Thailand | 197,650 | 2023 | |
| #30 | Cameroon | 201,725 | 2023 | |
| #29 | Nigeria | 211,371 | 2023 | |
| #28 | Republic of the Congo | 219,010 | 2023 | |
| #27 | Central African Republic | 222,130 | 2023 | |
| #26 | Finland | 224,090 | 2023 | |
| #25 | Turkey | 226,884 | 2023 | |
| #24 | Gabon | 234,950 | 2023 | |
| #23 | Japan | 249,350 | 2023 | |
| #22 | Myanmar | 276,748 | 2023 | |
| #21 | Sweden | 279,800 | 2023 | |
| #20 | Argentina | 282,462 | 2023 | |
| #19 | Papua New Guinea | 357,552 | 2023 | |
| #18 | Mozambique | 360,265 | 2023 | |
| #17 | Zambia | 442,494 | 2023 | |
| #16 | Tanzania | 443,380 | 2023 | |
| #15 | Venezuela | 460,729 | 2023 | |
| #14 | Bolivia | 502,063 | 2023 | |
| #13 | Colombia | 585,441 | 2023 | |
| #12 | Angola | 649,422 | 2023 | |
| #11 | Mexico | 653,088 | 2023 | |
| #10 | Peru | 718,119 | 2023 | |
| #9 | India | 729,592 | 2023 | |
| #8 | Indonesia | 903,166 | 2023 | |
| #7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.2M | 2023 | |
| #6 | Australia | 1.3M | 2023 | |
| #5 | People's Republic of China | 2.3M | 2023 | |
| #4 | United States | 3.1M | 2023 | |
| #3 | Canada | 3.5M | 2023 | |
| #2 | Brazil | 4.9M | 2023 | |
| #1 | Russia | 8.2M | 2023 | |
| — | Hong Kong | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Macau | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)