Forest area certified under FSC or PEFC (% of total forest area)
Share of each country’s forest area certified by FSC or PEFC in 2022, showing how widely independent sustainable forest management standards are applied.
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Key Insights
- •Certification coverage is highly uneven globally, with much higher shares in some northern European countries and lower shares across many tropical and low-income countries.
- •A country can have very large forest area but a low certified share if certification uptake is limited.
- •The indicator is useful for sustainable-sourcing discussions, but it should be interpreted alongside forest governance, legality assurance, and deforestation trends.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 2.1%)
About This Statistic
This statistic measures the percentage of a country’s total forest area that is certified under one (or both) of the two major independent forest certification schemes: FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification). Certification is widely used as a market signal that forests are managed according to environmental and social standards and that timber and paper can be sourced responsibly.
The indicator is compiled in the FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) from country-reported certified area and total forest area. Coverage varies by country because certification is voluntary, industry-driven, and often concentrated in commercial forests; some countries with large forest areas may have low certification shares despite substantial forest governance systems outside FSC/PEFC frameworks.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 55.0% |
| 2 | Sweden | 54.0% |
| 3 | Belgium | 44.0% |
| 4 | Netherlands | 42.0% |
| 5 | Australia | 39.0% |
| 6 | Canada | 36.0% |
| 7 | Denmark | 35.0% |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 23.0% |
| 9 | France | 15.0% |
| 10 | United States of America | 10.0% |
| 11 | Germany | 9.0% |
| 12 | Brazil | 0.3% |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 0.0% |
| 14 | Myanmar | 0.0% |
| 15 | Burundi | 0.0% |
| 16 | Belarus | 0.0% |
| 17 | Cambodia | 0.0% |
| 18 | Cameroon | 0.0% |
| 19 | Cape Verde | 0.0% |
| 20 | Central African Republic | 0.0% |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% |
| 22 | Chad | 0.0% |
| 23 | Chile | 0.0% |
| 24 | People's Republic of China | 0.0% |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.0% |
| 26 | Comoros | 0.0% |
| 27 | Republic of the Congo | 0.0% |
| 28 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0% |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 0.0% |
| 30 | Croatia | 0.0% |
| 31 | Cuba | 0.0% |
| 32 | Cyprus | 0.0% |
| 33 | Czech Republic | 0.0% |
| 34 | Benin | 0.0% |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% |
| 36 | Ecuador | 0.0% |
| 37 | El Salvador | 0.0% |
| 38 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 0.0% |
| 40 | Eritrea | 0.0% |
| 41 | Estonia | 0.0% |
| 42 | Finland | 0.0% |
| 43 | Djibouti | 0.0% |
| 44 | Gabon | 0.0% |
| 45 | Georgia | 0.0% |
| 46 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.0% |
| 47 | State of Palestine | 0.0% |
| 48 | Ghana | 0.0% |
| 49 | Greece | 0.0% |
| 50 | Guatemala | 0.0% |
| 51 | Guinea | 0.0% |
| 52 | Haiti | 0.0% |
| 53 | Honduras | 0.0% |
| 54 | Hungary | 0.0% |
| 55 | Iceland | 0.0% |
| 56 | India | 0.0% |
| 57 | Indonesia | 0.0% |
| 58 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.0% |
| 59 | Iraq | 0.0% |
| 60 | Ireland | 0.0% |
| 61 | Israel | 0.0% |
| 62 | Italy | 0.0% |
| 63 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0% |
| 64 | Jamaica | 0.0% |
| 65 | Japan | 0.0% |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% |
| 67 | Jordan | 0.0% |
| 68 | Kenya | 0.0% |
| 69 | North Korea | 0.0% |
| 70 | South Korea | 0.0% |
| 71 | Kuwait | 0.0% |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% |
| 73 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0% |
| 74 | Lebanon | 0.0% |
| 75 | Lesotho | 0.0% |
| 76 | Latvia | 0.0% |
| 77 | Liberia | 0.0% |
| 78 | Libya | 0.0% |
| 79 | Lithuania | 0.0% |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 0.0% |
| 81 | Madagascar | 0.0% |
| 82 | Malawi | 0.0% |
| 83 | Malaysia | 0.0% |
| 84 | Maldives | 0.0% |
| 85 | Mali | 0.0% |
| 86 | Malta | 0.0% |
| 87 | Mauritania | 0.0% |
| 88 | Mauritius | 0.0% |
| 89 | Mexico | 0.0% |
| 90 | Mongolia | 0.0% |
| 91 | Moldova, Republic of | 0.0% |
| 92 | Montenegro | 0.0% |
| 93 | Morocco | 0.0% |
| 94 | Mozambique | 0.0% |
| 95 | Oman | 0.0% |
| 96 | Namibia | 0.0% |
| 97 | Nepal | 0.0% |
| 98 | New Caledonia | 0.0% |
| 99 | New Zealand | 0.0% |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 0.0% |
| 101 | Niger | 0.0% |
| 102 | Nigeria | 0.0% |
| 103 | Pakistan | 0.0% |
| 104 | Panama | 0.0% |
| 105 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% |
| 106 | Paraguay | 0.0% |
| 107 | Peru | 0.0% |
| 108 | Philippines | 0.0% |
| 109 | Poland | 0.0% |
| 110 | Portugal | 0.0% |
| 111 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% |
| 112 | Timor-Leste | 0.0% |
| 113 | Qatar | 0.0% |
| 114 | Romania | 0.0% |
| 115 | Russian Federation | 0.0% |
| 116 | Rwanda | 0.0% |
| 117 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% |
| 118 | Senegal | 0.0% |
| 119 | Serbia | 0.0% |
| 120 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% |
| 121 | Singapore | 0.0% |
| 122 | Slovakia | 0.0% |
| 123 | Vietnam | 0.0% |
| 124 | Slovenia | 0.0% |
| 125 | Somalia | 0.0% |
| 126 | South Africa | 0.0% |
| 127 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% |
| 128 | Spain | 0.0% |
| 129 | South Sudan | 0.0% |
| 130 | Sudan | 0.0% |
| 131 | Suriname | 0.0% |
| 132 | Eswatini | 0.0% |
| 133 | Switzerland | 0.0% |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 0.0% |
| 135 | Thailand | 0.0% |
| 136 | Togo | 0.0% |
| 137 | Tonga | 0.0% |
| 138 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% |
| 139 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% |
| 140 | Tunisia | 0.0% |
| 141 | Türkiye | 0.0% |
| 142 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% |
| 143 | Uganda | 0.0% |
| 144 | Ukraine | 0.0% |
| 145 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 0.0% |
| 146 | Egypt | 0.0% |
| 147 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.0% |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% |
| 149 | Uruguay | 0.0% |
| 150 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% |
| 151 | Venezuela | 0.0% |
| 152 | Yemen | 0.0% |
| 153 | Zambia | 0.0% |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 0.0% |
| 155 | Albania | 0.0% |
| 156 | Algeria | 0.0% |
| 157 | Angola | 0.0% |
| 158 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% |
| 159 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% |
| 160 | Argentina | 0.0% |
| 161 | Austria | 0.0% |
| 162 | Bahamas | 0.0% |
| 163 | Bahrain | 0.0% |
| 164 | Bangladesh | 0.0% |
| 165 | Armenia | 0.0% |
| 166 | Barbados | 0.0% |
| 167 | Bermuda | 0.0% |
| 168 | Bhutan | 0.0% |
| 169 | Bolivia | 0.0% |
| 170 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% |
| 171 | Botswana | 0.0% |
| 172 | Belize | 0.0% |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% |
| 174 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) — Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) (2022).
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