Land covered by forest
% of land area · higher ranks first
213 of 216 countries report a figure for land covered by forest
World average: 31.7%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Suriname | 94.4% | 2023 | |
| #2 | Federated States of Micronesia | 92.2% | 2023 | |
| #3 | Gabon | 91.2% | 2023 | |
| #4 | Palau | 90.5% | 2023 | |
| #5 | Solomon Islands | 90.1% | 2023 | |
| #6 | Guyana | 87.1% | 2023 | |
| #7 | Equatorial Guinea | 86.4% | 2023 | |
| #8 | American Samoa | 85.2% | 2023 | |
| #9 | Papua New Guinea | 79.0% | 2023 | |
| #10 | Liberia | 78.1% | 2023 | |
| #11 | Finland | 73.7% | 2023 | |
| #12 | Seychelles | 73.3% | 2023 | |
| #13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.2% | 2023 | |
| #14 | Brunei | 72.1% | 2023 | |
| #15 | Bhutan | 71.6% | 2023 | |
| #16 | Laos | 71.5% | 2023 | |
| #17 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.5% | 2023 | |
| #18 | Sweden | 68.7% | 2023 | |
| #19 | Japan | 68.4% | 2023 | |
| #20 | Republic of the Congo | 64.1% | 2023 | |
| #21 | South Korea | 64.1% | 2023 | |
| #22 | Dominica | 63.8% | 2023 | |
| #23 | Fiji | 63.5% | 2023 | |
| #24 | Timor-Leste | 61.7% | 2023 | |
| #25 | Montenegro | 61.5% | 2023 | |
| #26 | Slovenia | 61.2% | 2023 | |
| #27 | Costa Rica | 60.4% | 2023 | |
| #28 | Zambia | 59.5% | 2023 | |
| #29 | Brazil | 59.0% | 2023 | |
| #30 | United States Virgin Islands | 58.2% | 2023 | |
| #31 | Malaysia | 57.7% | 2023 | |
| #32 | Samoa | 57.6% | 2023 | |
| #33 | Estonia | 57.1% | 2023 | |
| #34 | Panama | 56.3% | 2023 | |
| #35 | Honduras | 56.3% | 2023 | |
| #36 | Jamaica | 56.2% | 2023 | |
| #37 | Puerto Rico | 56.1% | 2023 | |
| #38 | Peru | 56.1% | 2023 | |
| #39 | Latvia | 55.0% | 2023 | |
| #40 | Belize | 54.5% | 2023 | |
| #41 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 54.2% | 2023 | |
| #42 | Northern Mariana Islands | 53.0% | 2023 | |
| #43 | Colombia | 52.8% | 2023 | |
| #44 | Cayman Islands | 52.5% | 2023 | |
| #45 | Venezuela | 52.2% | 2023 | |
| #46 | Marshall Islands | 52.2% | 2023 | |
| #47 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 52.1% | 2023 | |
| #48 | Angola | 52.1% | 2023 | |
| #49 | Grenada | 52.1% | 2023 | |
| #50 | Guam | 51.9% | 2023 | |
| #51 | The Bahamas | 50.9% | 2023 | |
| #52 | Tanzania | 50.1% | 2023 | |
| #53 | Russia | 49.8% | 2023 | |
| #54 | North Korea | 49.6% | 2023 | |
| #55 | Ecuador | 49.5% | 2023 | |
| #56 | Indonesia | 47.7% | 2023 | |
| #57 | Vietnam | 47.4% | 2023 | |
| #58 | Austria | 47.2% | 2023 | |
| #59 | Bolivia | 46.3% | 2023 | |
| #60 | New Caledonia | 45.8% | 2023 | |
| #61 | Mozambique | 45.8% | 2023 | |
| #62 | Dominican Republic | 45.0% | 2023 | |
| #63 | Zimbabwe | 44.7% | 2023 | |
| #64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.2% | 2023 | |
| #65 | Belarus | 43.4% | 2023 | |
| #66 | Cambodia | 43.1% | 2023 | |
| #67 | French Polynesia | 43.1% | 2023 | |
| #68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.7% | 2023 | |
| #69 | Cameroon | 42.7% | 2023 | |
| #70 | Myanmar | 42.4% | 2023 | |
| #71 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.3% | 2023 | |
| #72 | Liechtenstein | 41.9% | 2023 | |
| #73 | Nepal | 41.6% | 2023 | |
| #74 | Senegal | 41.3% | 2023 | |
| #75 | Georgia | 40.6% | 2023 | |
| #76 | Slovakia | 40.1% | 2023 | |
| #77 | North Macedonia | 39.7% | 2023 | |
| #78 | Canada | 39.5% | 2023 | |
| #79 | Thailand | 38.7% | 2023 | |
| #80 | Paraguay | 38.5% | 2023 | |
| #81 | New Zealand | 37.8% | 2023 | |
| #82 | Spain | 37.2% | 2023 | |
| #83 | Vanuatu | 36.3% | 2023 | |
| #84 | Bulgaria | 36.2% | 2023 | |
| #85 | Portugal | 36.2% | 2023 | |
| #86 | Central African Republic | 35.7% | 2023 | |
| #87 | Lithuania | 35.2% | 2023 | |
| #88 | Ghana | 35.2% | 2023 | |
| #89 | Croatia | 34.8% | 2023 | |
| #90 | Czech Republic | 34.8% | 2023 | |
| #91 | Luxembourg | 34.5% | 2023 | |
| #92 | Sierra Leone | 34.3% | 2023 | |
| #93 | Saint Lucia | 34.0% | 2023 | |
| #94 | Andorra | 34.0% | 2023 | |
| #95 | Sri Lanka | 34.0% | 2023 | |
| #96 | United States | 33.9% | 2023 | |
| #97 | Mexico | 33.6% | 2023 | |
| #98 | Norway | 33.5% | 2023 | |
| #99 | Tuvalu | 33.3% | 2023 | |
| #100 | Italy | 32.9% | 2023 | |
| #101 | Germany | 32.7% | 2023 | |
| #102 | Guatemala | 32.6% | 2023 | |
| #103 | France | 32.5% | 2023 | |
| #104 | Serbia | 32.4% | 2023 | |
| #105 | Switzerland | 32.4% | 2023 | |
| #106 | Cuba | 31.2% | 2023 | |
| #107 | Poland | 31.1% | 2023 | |
| #108 | Greece | 30.3% | 2023 | |
| #109 | Romania | 30.1% | 2023 | |
| #110 | Turkey | 29.5% | 2023 | |
| #111 | Eswatini | 29.1% | 2023 | |
| #112 | Albania | 28.8% | 2023 | |
| #113 | El Salvador | 27.5% | 2023 | |
| #114 | Benin | 26.5% | 2023 | |
| #115 | Botswana | 26.3% | 2023 | |
| #116 | Nicaragua | 25.8% | 2023 | |
| #117 | Chile | 25.0% | 2023 | |
| #118 | Saint-Martin | 24.8% | 2023 | |
| #119 | Guinea | 24.7% | 2023 | |
| #120 | India | 24.5% | 2023 | |
| #121 | Philippines | 24.5% | 2023 | |
| #122 | British Virgin Islands | 24.1% | 2023 | |
| #123 | People's Republic of China | 24.0% | 2023 | |
| #124 | Nigeria | 23.2% | 2023 | |
| #125 | Belgium | 22.6% | 2023 | |
| #126 | Hungary | 22.4% | 2023 | |
| #127 | Malawi | 22.4% | 2023 | |
| #128 | The Gambia | 22.3% | 2023 | |
| #129 | Burkina Faso | 22.2% | 2023 | |
| #130 | Togo | 22.1% | 2023 | |
| #131 | Madagascar | 21.3% | 2023 | |
| #132 | Singapore | 20.9% | 2023 | |
| #133 | Mauritius | 19.5% | 2023 | |
| #134 | Cyprus | 18.7% | 2023 | |
| #135 | Bermuda | 18.5% | 2023 | |
| #136 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.0% | 2023 | |
| #137 | Australia | 17.4% | 2023 | |
| #138 | Comoros | 17.0% | 2023 | |
| #139 | Ukraine | 16.8% | 2023 | |
| #140 | San Marino | 16.7% | 2023 | |
| #141 | Denmark | 15.8% | 2023 | |
| #142 | Ethiopia | 14.9% | 2023 | |
| #143 | Barbados | 14.7% | 2023 | |
| #144 | Bangladesh | 14.5% | 2023 | |
| #145 | Lebanon | 14.2% | 2023 | |
| #146 | Azerbaijan | 14.1% | 2023 | |
| #147 | South Africa | 14.0% | 2023 | |
| #148 | United Kingdom | 13.3% | 2023 | |
| #149 | Morocco | 12.9% | 2023 | |
| #150 | Tonga | 12.4% | 2023 | |
| #151 | Haiti | 12.3% | 2023 | |
| #152 | Uruguay | 12.0% | 2023 | |
| #153 | Moldova | 11.7% | 2023 | |
| #154 | Armenia | 11.6% | 2023 | |
| #155 | Cape Verde | 11.6% | 2023 | |
| #156 | Ireland | 11.5% | 2023 | |
| #157 | South Sudan | 11.3% | 2023 | |
| #158 | Rwanda | 11.3% | 2023 | |
| #159 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.1% | 2023 | |
| #160 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 11.1% | 2023 | |
| #161 | Uganda | 11.0% | 2023 | |
| #162 | Mali | 10.9% | 2023 | |
| #163 | Burundi | 10.9% | 2023 | |
| #164 | Sint Maarten | 10.9% | 2023 | |
| #165 | Argentina | 10.3% | 2023 | |
| #166 | Sudan | 9.6% | 2023 | |
| #167 | Somalia | 9.2% | 2023 | |
| #168 | Mongolia | 9.1% | 2023 | |
| #169 | Turkmenistan | 8.8% | 2023 | |
| #170 | Eritrea | 8.6% | 2023 | |
| #171 | Uzbekistan | 8.5% | 2023 | |
| #172 | Ivory Coast | 7.9% | 2023 | |
| #173 | Namibia | 7.8% | 2023 | |
| #174 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.1% | 2023 | |
| #175 | Iran | 6.6% | 2023 | |
| #176 | Israel | 6.5% | 2023 | |
| #177 | Kenya | 6.2% | 2023 | |
| #178 | Isle of Man | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| #179 | Pakistan | 4.7% | 2023 | |
| #180 | Tunisia | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| #181 | United Arab Emirates | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| #182 | Chad | 3.2% | 2023 | |
| #183 | Tajikistan | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| #184 | Syria | 2.8% | 2023 | |
| #185 | Maldives | 2.8% | 2023 | |
| #186 | Aruba | 2.3% | 2023 | |
| #187 | Iraq | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| #188 | Afghanistan | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| #189 | Palestine | 1.7% | 2023 | |
| #190 | Kiribati | 1.5% | 2023 | |
| #191 | Malta | 1.4% | 2023 | |
| #192 | Kazakhstan | 1.3% | 2023 | |
| #193 | Lesotho | 1.1% | 2023 | |
| #194 | Jordan | 1.1% | 2023 | |
| #195 | Yemen | 1.0% | 2023 | |
| #196 | Bahrain | 1.0% | 2023 | |
| #197 | Algeria | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| #198 | Niger | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| #199 | Iceland | 0.5% | 2023 | |
| #200 | Saudi Arabia | 0.5% | 2023 | |
| #201 | Kuwait | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| #202 | Mauritania | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| #203 | Djibouti | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| #204 | Curaçao | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| #205 | Libya | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| #206 | Faroe Islands | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| #207 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| #208 | Oman | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| #209 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| #210 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| #211 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| #212 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| #213 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| — | Hong Kong | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Macau | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)