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environmental2024

Forest area under independently verified certification

Compare forest area under independently verified certification across 247 ISO-mapped countries or territories using the fixed 2024 UN SDG Global Database slice.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database•247 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
1,605.9thousand hectares
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Countries Covered
247
with available data
Highest
Canada
163,523.7thousand hectares
Lowest
Myanmar
0.0thousand hectares
Top 5 Countries
1Canada163,523.7thousand hectares
2United States of America39,867.1thousand hectares
3Sweden22,469.4thousand hectares
4Finland19,565.5thousand hectares
5Australia17,321.3thousand hectares
By Region
Key Findings
  • •247 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2024 observation in the selected slice.
  • •Canada has the highest published value (163523.65 thousand hectares).
  • •Myanmar has the lowest published value (0 thousand hectares).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0thousand hectares)High (163,523.7thousand hectares)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,605.9thousand hectares)

About This Statistic

Forest area certified under an independently verified forest-certification scheme, in thousands of hectares.

MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and dimension slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicates and other dimensions are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.

Methodology

Forest area certified under an independently verified forest-certification scheme, in thousands of hectares.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Canada163,523.7thousand hectares
2United States of America39,867.1thousand hectares
3Sweden22,469.4thousand hectares
4Finland19,565.5thousand hectares
5Australia17,321.3thousand hectares
6Türkiye10,121.5thousand hectares
7Brazil9,916.6thousand hectares
8Germany9,094.1thousand hectares
9Indonesia7,829.2thousand hectares
10Poland7,267.5thousand hectares
11Norway7,256.5thousand hectares
12Malaysia6,797.9thousand hectares
13People's Republic of China5,875.2thousand hectares
14France5,765.6thousand hectares
15Ukraine4,778.3thousand hectares
16Romania3,493.3thousand hectares
17Austria3,380.5thousand hectares
18Spain3,154.8thousand hectares
19Republic of the Congo3,081.7thousand hectares
20Bulgaria2,600.5thousand hectares
21Gabon2,580.8thousand hectares
22Japan2,579.5thousand hectares
23French Guiana2,425.0thousand hectares
24Chile2,239.3thousand hectares
25Croatia2,033.2thousand hectares
26Bosnia and Herzegovina2,005.5thousand hectares
27Czech Republic1,782.3thousand hectares
28Latvia1,779.0thousand hectares
29Estonia1,757.2thousand hectares
30Uruguay1,677.6thousand hectares
31United Kingdom1,626.5thousand hectares
32Namibia1,552.2thousand hectares
33Mexico1,538.7thousand hectares
34South Africa1,452.6thousand hectares
35Lithuania1,268.3thousand hectares
36Slovakia1,169.0thousand hectares
37New Zealand1,081.1thousand hectares
38Peru1,063.3thousand hectares
39Italy1,044.7thousand hectares
40Serbia1,024.6thousand hectares
41Bolivia875.6thousand hectares
42South Korea702.7thousand hectares
43Cameroon695.3thousand hectares
44Argentina690.1thousand hectares
45India629.0thousand hectares
46Portugal613.0thousand hectares
47Switzerland552.7thousand hectares
48Guyana528.1thousand hectares
49Vietnam510.7thousand hectares
50Hungary492.2thousand hectares
51Ireland467.0thousand hectares
52Guatemala449.5thousand hectares
53Denmark350.0thousand hectares
54Slovenia306.4thousand hectares
55Belgium294.8thousand hectares
56Colombia207.0thousand hectares
57Thailand173.9thousand hectares
58Netherlands165.9thousand hectares
59Mozambique134.2thousand hectares
60Eswatini127.4thousand hectares
61Belize102.8thousand hectares
62Paraguay98.2thousand hectares
63Fiji83.8thousand hectares
64Ecuador74.0thousand hectares
65Luxembourg47.1thousand hectares
66Zimbabwe42.1thousand hectares
67Panama41.5thousand hectares
68United Republic of Tanzania40.6thousand hectares
69Solomon Islands38.4thousand hectares
70Ghana38.0thousand hectares
71Costa Rica35.5thousand hectares
72Lao People's Democratic Republic31.8thousand hectares
73Uganda29.8thousand hectares
74Suriname21.7thousand hectares
75Sri Lanka21.5thousand hectares
76Nicaragua19.7thousand hectares
77Zambia17.0thousand hectares
78Papua New Guinea14.8thousand hectares
79Sierra Leone11.7thousand hectares
80Philippines10.5thousand hectares
81Rwanda10.0thousand hectares
82Honduras9.2thousand hectares
83The Republic of North Macedonia1.6thousand hectares
84Cambodia0.4thousand hectares
85Myanmar0.0thousand hectares
86Burundi0.0thousand hectares
87Belarus0.0thousand hectares
88Cape Verde0.0thousand hectares
89Cayman Islands0.0thousand hectares
90Central African Republic0.0thousand hectares
91Chad0.0thousand hectares
92Christmas Island0.0thousand hectares
93Cocos (Keeling) Islands0.0thousand hectares
94Comoros0.0thousand hectares
95Mayotte0.0thousand hectares
96Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0thousand hectares
97Cook Islands0.0thousand hectares
98Cuba0.0thousand hectares
99Cyprus0.0thousand hectares
100Benin0.0thousand hectares
101Dominica0.0thousand hectares
102Dominican Republic0.0thousand hectares
103El Salvador0.0thousand hectares
104Equatorial Guinea0.0thousand hectares
105Ethiopia0.0thousand hectares
106Eritrea0.0thousand hectares
107Faroe Islands0.0thousand hectares
108Falkland Islands (Malvinas)0.0thousand hectares
109South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands0.0thousand hectares
110Åland Islands0.0thousand hectares
111French Polynesia0.0thousand hectares
112French Southern Territories0.0thousand hectares
113Djibouti0.0thousand hectares
114Georgia0.0thousand hectares
115Republic of The Gambia0.0thousand hectares
116State of Palestine0.0thousand hectares
117Gibraltar0.0thousand hectares
118Kiribati0.0thousand hectares
119Greece0.0thousand hectares
120Greenland0.0thousand hectares
121Grenada0.0thousand hectares
122Guadeloupe0.0thousand hectares
123Guam0.0thousand hectares
124Guinea0.0thousand hectares
125Haiti0.0thousand hectares
126Heard Island and McDonald Islands0.0thousand hectares
127Holy See (Vatican City State)0.0thousand hectares
128Hong Kong0.0thousand hectares
129Iceland0.0thousand hectares
130Islamic Republic of Iran0.0thousand hectares
131Iraq0.0thousand hectares
132Israel0.0thousand hectares
133Cote d'Ivoire0.0thousand hectares
134Jamaica0.0thousand hectares
135Kazakhstan0.0thousand hectares
136Jordan0.0thousand hectares
137Kenya0.0thousand hectares
138North Korea0.0thousand hectares
139Kuwait0.0thousand hectares
140Kyrgyzstan0.0thousand hectares
141Lebanon0.0thousand hectares
142Lesotho0.0thousand hectares
143Liberia0.0thousand hectares
144Libya0.0thousand hectares
145Liechtenstein0.0thousand hectares
146Macao0.0thousand hectares
147Madagascar0.0thousand hectares
148Malawi0.0thousand hectares
149Maldives0.0thousand hectares
150Mali0.0thousand hectares
151Malta0.0thousand hectares
152Martinique0.0thousand hectares
153Mauritania0.0thousand hectares
154Mauritius0.0thousand hectares
155Monaco0.0thousand hectares
156Mongolia0.0thousand hectares
157Moldova, Republic of0.0thousand hectares
158Montenegro0.0thousand hectares
159Montserrat0.0thousand hectares
160Morocco0.0thousand hectares
161Oman0.0thousand hectares
162Nauru0.0thousand hectares
163Nepal0.0thousand hectares
164Curaçao0.0thousand hectares
165Aruba0.0thousand hectares
166Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0.0thousand hectares
167Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba0.0thousand hectares
168New Caledonia0.0thousand hectares
169Vanuatu0.0thousand hectares
170Niger0.0thousand hectares
171Nigeria0.0thousand hectares
172Niue0.0thousand hectares
173Norfolk Island0.0thousand hectares
174Northern Mariana Islands0.0thousand hectares
175United States Minor Outlying Islands0.0thousand hectares
176Micronesia, Federated States of0.0thousand hectares
177Marshall Islands0.0thousand hectares
178Palau0.0thousand hectares
179Pakistan0.0thousand hectares
180Pitcairn0.0thousand hectares
181Guinea-Bissau0.0thousand hectares
182Timor-Leste0.0thousand hectares
183Puerto Rico0.0thousand hectares
184Qatar0.0thousand hectares
185Reunion0.0thousand hectares
186Russian Federation0.0thousand hectares
187Saint Barthélemy0.0thousand hectares
188Saint Helena0.0thousand hectares
189Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0thousand hectares
190Anguilla0.0thousand hectares
191Saint Lucia0.0thousand hectares
192Saint Martin (French part)0.0thousand hectares
193Saint Pierre and Miquelon0.0thousand hectares
194Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0thousand hectares
195San Marino0.0thousand hectares
196Sao Tome and Principe0.0thousand hectares
197Saudi Arabia0.0thousand hectares
198Senegal0.0thousand hectares
199Seychelles0.0thousand hectares
200Singapore0.0thousand hectares
201Somalia0.0thousand hectares
202South Sudan0.0thousand hectares
203Sudan0.0thousand hectares
204Western Sahara0.0thousand hectares
205Svalbard and Jan Mayen0.0thousand hectares
206Syrian Arab Republic0.0thousand hectares
207Tajikistan0.0thousand hectares
208Togo0.0thousand hectares
209Tokelau0.0thousand hectares
210Tonga0.0thousand hectares
211Trinidad and Tobago0.0thousand hectares
212United Arab Emirates0.0thousand hectares
213Tunisia0.0thousand hectares
214Turkmenistan0.0thousand hectares
215Turks and Caicos Islands0.0thousand hectares
216Tuvalu0.0thousand hectares
217Egypt0.0thousand hectares
218Guernsey0.0thousand hectares
219Jersey0.0thousand hectares
220Isle of Man0.0thousand hectares
221Virgin Islands, U.S.0.0thousand hectares
222Burkina Faso0.0thousand hectares
223Uzbekistan0.0thousand hectares
224Venezuela0.0thousand hectares
225Wallis and Futuna0.0thousand hectares
226Samoa0.0thousand hectares
227Yemen0.0thousand hectares
228Afghanistan0.0thousand hectares
229Albania0.0thousand hectares
230Algeria0.0thousand hectares
231American Samoa0.0thousand hectares
232Andorra0.0thousand hectares
233Angola0.0thousand hectares
234Antigua and Barbuda0.0thousand hectares
235Azerbaijan0.0thousand hectares
236Bahamas0.0thousand hectares
237Bahrain0.0thousand hectares
238Bangladesh0.0thousand hectares
239Armenia0.0thousand hectares
240Barbados0.0thousand hectares
241Bermuda0.0thousand hectares
242Bhutan0.0thousand hectares
243Botswana0.0thousand hectares
244Bouvet Island0.0thousand hectares
245British Indian Ocean Territory0.0thousand hectares
246Virgin Islands, British0.0thousand hectares
247Brunei Darussalam0.0thousand hectares
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Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2024).

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