environmental2025
Annual change in forest area
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
-21,480.4hectares
Median: 0.0hectares
Countries Covered
233
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
1,611,000.0hectares
Lowest
Brazil
-3,256,050.0hectares
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China1,611,000.0hectares
2Russian Federation839,550.0hectares
3Türkiye117,080.1hectares
4France89,400.0hectares
5South Africa87,566.0hectares
By Region
Asia66,623.7hectares(25 countries)
Oceania60,820.9hectares(2 countries)
Europe9,333.7hectares(32 countries)
Other-16,427.3hectares(154 countries)
Africa-50,381.0hectares(9 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (-3,256,050.0hectares)High (1,611,000.0hectares)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: -21,480.4hectares)
Asia (25)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
Other (154)
Africa (9)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China | 1,611,000.0hectares |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 839,550.0hectares |
| 3 | Türkiye | 117,080.1hectares |
| 4 | France | 89,400.0hectares |
| 5 | South Africa | 87,566.0hectares |
| 6 | India | 86,000.0hectares |
| 7 | Indonesia | 81,479.7hectares |
| 8 | New Zealand | 67,548.1hectares |
| 9 | Kenya | 64,470.0hectares |
| 10 | Australia | 54,093.8hectares |
| 11 | Philippines | 42,450.0hectares |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 41,038.0hectares |
| 13 | Serbia | 39,680.0hectares |
| 14 | Ukraine | 38,000.0hectares |
| 15 | Ghana | 35,720.0hectares |
| 16 | Spain | 30,143.8hectares |
| 17 | Belarus | 26,470.1hectares |
| 18 | Vietnam | 22,572.1hectares |
| 19 | Pakistan | 20,786.0hectares |
| 20 | Uruguay | 18,394.0hectares |
| 21 | Nepal | 16,580.0hectares |
| 22 | Rwanda | 14,560.0hectares |
| 23 | Republic of the Congo | 14,000.0hectares |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 13,900.0hectares |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 12,600.0hectares |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 12,600.0hectares |
| 27 | Italy | 12,490.0hectares |
| 28 | North Korea | 11,356.1hectares |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 10,494.0hectares |
| 30 | Czech Republic | 9,040.0hectares |
| 31 | Ireland | 7,906.0hectares |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 6,622.0hectares |
| 33 | Latvia | 6,566.0hectares |
| 34 | Poland | 6,160.0hectares |
| 35 | Hungary | 6,074.0hectares |
| 36 | Portugal | 5,648.0hectares |
| 37 | Romania | 5,616.0hectares |
| 38 | Germany | 4,800.0hectares |
| 39 | Fiji | 4,632.0hectares |
| 40 | Jamaica | 3,886.0hectares |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 3,518.0hectares |
| 42 | Togo | 3,040.0hectares |
| 43 | Lithuania | 2,830.0hectares |
| 44 | Austria | 2,818.0hectares |
| 45 | Mauritania | 2,630.0hectares |
| 46 | Cuba | 2,190.0hectares |
| 47 | Israel | 2,000.0hectares |
| 48 | Denmark | 1,970.0hectares |
| 49 | Slovakia | 1,854.0hectares |
| 50 | Switzerland | 1,832.0hectares |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 1,500.0hectares |
| 52 | South Sudan | 1,500.0hectares |
| 53 | Haiti | 1,400.0hectares |
| 54 | Croatia | 1,320.0hectares |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,040.0hectares |
| 56 | Iceland | 964.0hectares |
| 57 | El Salvador | 836.0hectares |
| 58 | Cape Verde | 620.0hectares |
| 59 | Estonia | 576.0hectares |
| 60 | Bahrain | 480.0hectares |
| 61 | Netherlands | 450.0hectares |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 336.0hectares |
| 63 | Morocco | 314.0hectares |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 300.0hectares |
| 65 | Guadeloupe | 270.0hectares |
| 66 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 150.0hectares |
| 67 | Comoros | 100.0hectares |
| 68 | Lebanon | 96.0hectares |
| 69 | Palau | 90.0hectares |
| 70 | Wallis and Futuna | 90.0hectares |
| 71 | Liechtenstein | 86.0hectares |
| 72 | Martinique | 76.0hectares |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 64.0hectares |
| 74 | Saint Lucia | 50.0hectares |
| 75 | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.0hectares |
| 76 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 30.0hectares |
| 77 | Sao Tome and Principe | 26.0hectares |
| 78 | Armenia | 16.0hectares |
| 79 | Reunion | 16.0hectares |
| 80 | Andorra | 12.0hectares |
| 81 | Djibouti | 10.0hectares |
| 82 | Egypt | 6.0hectares |
| 83 | Malta | 2.0hectares |
| 84 | Jersey | 2.0hectares |
| 85 | Burundi | 0.0hectares |
| 86 | Cayman Islands | 0.0hectares |
| 87 | Cook Islands | 0.0hectares |
| 88 | Faroe Islands | 0.0hectares |
| 89 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0hectares |
| 90 | Finland | 0.0hectares |
| 91 | French Polynesia | 0.0hectares |
| 92 | Georgia | 0.0hectares |
| 93 | State of Palestine | 0.0hectares |
| 94 | Gibraltar | 0.0hectares |
| 95 | Kiribati | 0.0hectares |
| 96 | Greece | 0.0hectares |
| 97 | Greenland | 0.0hectares |
| 98 | Grenada | 0.0hectares |
| 99 | Guam | 0.0hectares |
| 100 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 0.0hectares |
| 101 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.0hectares |
| 102 | Jordan | 0.0hectares |
| 103 | Kuwait | 0.0hectares |
| 104 | Lesotho | 0.0hectares |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 0.0hectares |
| 106 | Maldives | 0.0hectares |
| 107 | Mauritius | 0.0hectares |
| 108 | Monaco | 0.0hectares |
| 109 | Mongolia | 0.0hectares |
| 110 | Montenegro | 0.0hectares |
| 111 | Montserrat | 0.0hectares |
| 112 | Oman | 0.0hectares |
| 113 | Nauru | 0.0hectares |
| 114 | Curaçao | 0.0hectares |
| 115 | Aruba | 0.0hectares |
| 116 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0hectares |
| 117 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0hectares |
| 118 | New Caledonia | 0.0hectares |
| 119 | Niue | 0.0hectares |
| 120 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0hectares |
| 121 | Marshall Islands | 0.0hectares |
| 122 | Qatar | 0.0hectares |
| 123 | Saint Barthélemy | 0.0hectares |
| 124 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0hectares |
| 125 | Anguilla | 0.0hectares |
| 126 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0hectares |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0hectares |
| 128 | San Marino | 0.0hectares |
| 129 | Singapore | 0.0hectares |
| 130 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0.0hectares |
| 131 | Sweden | 0.0hectares |
| 132 | Tokelau | 0.0hectares |
| 133 | Tonga | 0.0hectares |
| 134 | Turkmenistan | 0.0hectares |
| 135 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0hectares |
| 136 | Tuvalu | 0.0hectares |
| 137 | Guernsey | 0.0hectares |
| 138 | Isle of Man | 0.0hectares |
| 139 | Yemen | 0.0hectares |
| 140 | Afghanistan | 0.0hectares |
| 141 | Albania | 0.0hectares |
| 142 | American Samoa | 0.0hectares |
| 143 | Bahamas | 0.0hectares |
| 144 | Barbados | 0.0hectares |
| 145 | Belgium | 0.0hectares |
| 146 | Bermuda | 0.0hectares |
| 147 | Botswana | 0.0hectares |
| 148 | Virgin Islands, British | 0.0hectares |
| 149 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0hectares |
| 150 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | -22.0hectares |
| 151 | Mayotte | -34.0hectares |
| 152 | Dominica | -44.0hectares |
| 153 | Slovenia | -56.0hectares |
| 154 | Antigua and Barbuda | -66.0hectares |
| 155 | Cyprus | -168.0hectares |
| 156 | Seychelles | -218.0hectares |
| 157 | Libya | -334.0hectares |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | -424.0hectares |
| 159 | Samoa | -480.0hectares |
| 160 | Moldova, Republic of | -580.0hectares |
| 161 | Namibia | -644.0hectares |
| 162 | Algeria | -674.0hectares |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | -734.0hectares |
| 164 | Western Sahara | -798.0hectares |
| 165 | Timor-Leste | -848.0hectares |
| 166 | Bangladesh | -988.0hectares |
| 167 | Eswatini | -1,500.0hectares |
| 168 | Japan | -2,200.0hectares |
| 169 | Tunisia | -2,302.0hectares |
| 170 | Vanuatu | -2,384.0hectares |
| 171 | Norway | -2,434.0hectares |
| 172 | Panama | -3,014.1hectares |
| 173 | The Republic of North Macedonia | -3,244.0hectares |
| 174 | Papua New Guinea | -3,750.0hectares |
| 175 | South Korea | -3,774.0hectares |
| 176 | Ethiopia | -3,919.9hectares |
| 177 | French Guiana | -4,180.0hectares |
| 178 | Guinea-Bissau | -4,238.0hectares |
| 179 | Chile | -4,884.0hectares |
| 180 | Niger | -4,920.0hectares |
| 181 | Sri Lanka | -4,944.0hectares |
| 182 | Puerto Rico | -5,210.0hectares |
| 183 | Eritrea | -5,980.0hectares |
| 184 | Republic of The Gambia | -6,534.0hectares |
| 185 | Iraq | -6,604.0hectares |
| 186 | Gabon | -6,732.0hectares |
| 187 | Belize | -7,532.0hectares |
| 188 | Guyana | -7,630.1hectares |
| 189 | Equatorial Guinea | -8,360.0hectares |
| 190 | Bhutan | -8,484.0hectares |
| 191 | Canada | -9,818.8hectares |
| 192 | Guatemala | -13,190.0hectares |
| 193 | Senegal | -15,539.8hectares |
| 194 | Suriname | -18,252.0hectares |
| 195 | Sierra Leone | -19,726.0hectares |
| 196 | Nicaragua | -22,126.0hectares |
| 197 | Uganda | -28,098.0hectares |
| 198 | Ecuador | -30,153.9hectares |
| 199 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -35,334.0hectares |
| 200 | Benin | -37,382.0hectares |
| 201 | Liberia | -40,580.0hectares |
| 202 | Malawi | -42,000.0hectares |
| 203 | Central African Republic | -46,523.4hectares |
| 204 | Venezuela | -49,292.2hectares |
| 205 | Honduras | -50,220.0hectares |
| 206 | Zimbabwe | -53,000.0hectares |
| 207 | Malaysia | -60,000.0hectares |
| 208 | Guinea | -66,998.0hectares |
| 209 | United States of America | -72,000.0hectares |
| 210 | Somalia | -75,950.0hectares |
| 211 | Cote d'Ivoire | -80,822.1hectares |
| 212 | Zambia | -97,156.3hectares |
| 213 | Mali | -100,546.1hectares |
| 214 | Cameroon | -116,955.9hectares |
| 215 | Burkina Faso | -119,860.0hectares |
| 216 | Madagascar | -124,277.9hectares |
| 217 | Nigeria | -126,881.6hectares |
| 218 | Mexico | -127,765.6hectares |
| 219 | Chad | -127,914.0hectares |
| 220 | Colombia | -133,284.4hectares |
| 221 | Thailand | -138,016.0hectares |
| 222 | Paraguay | -163,710.2hectares |
| 223 | Sudan | -174,139.8hectares |
| 224 | Argentina | -179,518.0hectares |
| 225 | Bolivia | -239,760.2hectares |
| 226 | Mozambique | -267,027.8hectares |
| 227 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -282,893.8hectares |
| 228 | Myanmar | -289,712.1hectares |
| 229 | Peru | -299,339.1hectares |
| 230 | Cambodia | -308,734.0hectares |
| 231 | United Republic of Tanzania | -469,000.0hectares |
| 232 | Angola | -510,029.7hectares |
| 233 | Brazil | -3,256,050.0hectares |
Showing 233 of 233 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).
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