environmental2025
Share of land covered by forest
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
33.0%
Median: 33.0%
Countries Covered
216
with available data
Highest
French Guiana
95.6%
Lowest
Nauru
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1French Guiana95.6%
2Micronesia, Federated States of92.2%
3Suriname91.4%
4Gabon91.4%
5Palau91.0%
By Region
South America38.1%(7 countries)
North America35.7%(4 countries)
Other35.4%(136 countries)
Europe34.3%(32 countries)
Oceania28.2%(2 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0%)High (95.6%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 33.0%)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Other (136)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Asia (26)
Africa (9)
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 | French Guiana | 95.6% |
| 2 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 92.2% |
| 3 | Suriname | 91.4% |
| 4 | Gabon | 91.4% |
| 5 | Palau | 91.0% |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 89.8% |
| 7 | Guyana | 87.0% |
| 8 | Equatorial Guinea | 85.8% |
| 9 | American Samoa | 79.3% |
| 10 | Dominica | 76.5% |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 75.1% |
| 12 | Guinea-Bissau | 74.7% |
| 13 | Vanuatu | 74.4% |
| 14 | Finland | 74.2% |
| 15 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.2% |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 72.4% |
| 17 | Brunei Darussalam | 72.1% |
| 18 | Timor-Leste | 70.9% |
| 19 | Bhutan | 70.1% |
| 20 | Sweden | 68.6% |
| 21 | Japan | 68.3% |
| 22 | Taiwan, Province of China | 67.0% |
| 23 | Virgin Islands, British | 66.5% |
| 24 | Liberia | 65.7% |
| 25 | South Korea | 64.3% |
| 26 | North Korea | 64.2% |
| 27 | Republic of the Congo | 64.0% |
| 28 | Fiji | 62.2% |
| 29 | Panama | 62.2% |
| 30 | Slovenia | 61.8% |
| 31 | Montenegro | 61.5% |
| 32 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.4% |
| 33 | Zambia | 60.4% |
| 34 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 59.0% |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 58.6% |
| 36 | Brazil | 58.2% |
| 37 | Belize | 57.7% |
| 38 | Seychelles | 57.7% |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 57.6% |
| 40 | Malaysia | 57.5% |
| 41 | Samoa | 57.5% |
| 42 | Estonia | 57.3% |
| 43 | Jamaica | 56.9% |
| 44 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 56.5% |
| 45 | Latvia | 55.7% |
| 46 | Marshall Islands | 53.9% |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 53.8% |
| 48 | Colombia | 53.6% |
| 49 | Venezuela | 53.4% |
| 50 | Cayman Islands | 53.0% |
| 51 | Northern Mariana Islands | 53.0% |
| 52 | Peru | 52.5% |
| 53 | Honduras | 52.4% |
| 54 | Guam | 52.4% |
| 55 | Grenada | 52.1% |
| 56 | Bahamas | 50.9% |
| 57 | Russian Federation | 50.8% |
| 58 | Angola | 50.7% |
| 59 | Indonesia | 50.7% |
| 60 | Bolivia | 50.2% |
| 61 | Ecuador | 49.6% |
| 62 | Puerto Rico | 49.2% |
| 63 | United Republic of Tanzania | 49.0% |
| 64 | New Caledonia | 48.8% |
| 65 | Austria | 47.3% |
| 66 | Vietnam | 47.2% |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 46.8% |
| 68 | Senegal | 44.9% |
| 69 | Georgia | 44.6% |
| 70 | Belarus | 44.2% |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.1% |
| 72 | Nepal | 43.7% |
| 73 | French Polynesia | 43.1% |
| 74 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.3% |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.2% |
| 76 | Canada | 42.0% |
| 77 | Myanmar | 41.5% |
| 78 | Serbia | 41.3% |
| 79 | Mozambique | 41.0% |
| 80 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 40.7% |
| 81 | Cameroon | 40.5% |
| 82 | Slovakia | 40.4% |
| 83 | Nicaragua | 39.7% |
| 84 | New Zealand | 39.1% |
| 85 | Andorra | 38.8% |
| 86 | Czech Republic | 38.5% |
| 87 | Thailand | 38.5% |
| 88 | Spain | 38.3% |
| 89 | Liechtenstein | 37.4% |
| 90 | Greece | 36.9% |
| 91 | Portugal | 36.7% |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 36.5% |
| 93 | Paraguay | 36.1% |
| 94 | Cambodia | 35.9% |
| 95 | Zimbabwe | 35.6% |
| 96 | Lithuania | 35.4% |
| 97 | Cuba | 34.9% |
| 98 | Croatia | 34.8% |
| 99 | Luxembourg | 34.5% |
| 100 | Albania | 34.3% |
| 101 | Tuvalu | 34.3% |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 34.3% |
| 103 | Mexico | 34.1% |
| 104 | United States of America | 33.8% |
| 105 | Sierra Leone | 33.8% |
| 106 | Norway | 33.2% |
| 107 | El Salvador | 33.1% |
| 108 | France | 33.0% |
| 109 | Guatemala | 33.0% |
| 110 | Germany | 32.9% |
| 111 | Switzerland | 32.1% |
| 112 | Italy | 31.9% |
| 113 | Ghana | 31.0% |
| 114 | Poland | 31.0% |
| 115 | Romania | 30.2% |
| 116 | Türkiye | 29.6% |
| 117 | Benin | 27.8% |
| 118 | Botswana | 27.8% |
| 119 | Rwanda | 25.7% |
| 120 | Eswatini | 25.2% |
| 121 | Philippines | 24.9% |
| 122 | Saint Martin (French part) | 24.8% |
| 123 | India | 24.5% |
| 124 | Chile | 24.4% |
| 125 | People's Republic of China | 24.2% |
| 126 | Ethiopia | 23.7% |
| 127 | Hungary | 22.9% |
| 128 | Togo | 22.5% |
| 129 | Singapore | 22.0% |
| 130 | Belgium | 22.0% |
| 131 | Malawi | 21.5% |
| 132 | Republic of The Gambia | 20.7% |
| 133 | Guinea | 19.8% |
| 134 | Mauritius | 19.2% |
| 135 | South Africa | 18.9% |
| 136 | Nigeria | 18.8% |
| 137 | Cyprus | 18.6% |
| 138 | Comoros | 17.9% |
| 139 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.7% |
| 140 | Ukraine | 17.4% |
| 141 | Australia | 17.4% |
| 142 | Madagascar | 17.1% |
| 143 | Argentina | 17.0% |
| 144 | San Marino | 16.7% |
| 145 | Denmark | 16.1% |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | 14.7% |
| 147 | Barbados | 14.7% |
| 148 | Bermuda | 14.4% |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 14.4% |
| 150 | Lebanon | 13.8% |
| 151 | United Kingdom | 13.5% |
| 152 | Haiti | 13.5% |
| 153 | Morocco | 12.8% |
| 154 | Cape Verde | 12.7% |
| 155 | Maldives | 12.5% |
| 156 | Tonga | 12.1% |
| 157 | Ireland | 12.1% |
| 158 | Eritrea | 11.9% |
| 159 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.9% |
| 160 | Armenia | 11.8% |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 11.8% |
| 162 | Uganda | 11.8% |
| 163 | Sudan | 11.8% |
| 164 | Uruguay | 11.6% |
| 165 | South Sudan | 11.3% |
| 166 | Moldova, Republic of | 11.2% |
| 167 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.1% |
| 168 | Netherlands | 11.0% |
| 169 | Burundi | 10.9% |
| 170 | Namibia | 9.8% |
| 171 | Mongolia | 9.1% |
| 172 | Uzbekistan | 8.8% |
| 173 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 8.8% |
| 174 | Mali | 8.6% |
| 175 | Somalia | 7.7% |
| 176 | Israel | 6.9% |
| 177 | Kenya | 6.7% |
| 178 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 6.6% |
| 179 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.5% |
| 180 | Isle of Man | 6.4% |
| 181 | Bahrain | 5.5% |
| 182 | Turkmenistan | 5.0% |
| 183 | United Arab Emirates | 4.6% |
| 184 | Tunisia | 4.4% |
| 185 | Pakistan | 4.1% |
| 186 | Tajikistan | 3.1% |
| 187 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.9% |
| 188 | Chad | 2.9% |
| 189 | Aruba | 2.7% |
| 190 | Western Sahara | 1.9% |
| 191 | Afghanistan | 1.9% |
| 192 | State of Palestine | 1.8% |
| 193 | Iraq | 1.6% |
| 194 | Malta | 1.5% |
| 195 | Kiribati | 1.3% |
| 196 | Kazakhstan | 1.3% |
| 197 | Saudi Arabia | 1.3% |
| 198 | Lesotho | 1.1% |
| 199 | Yemen | 1.0% |
| 200 | Mauritania | 1.0% |
| 201 | Niger | 0.8% |
| 202 | Jordan | 0.8% |
| 203 | Algeria | 0.7% |
| 204 | Iceland | 0.6% |
| 205 | Kuwait | 0.4% |
| 206 | Djibouti | 0.3% |
| 207 | Curaçao | 0.2% |
| 208 | Qatar | 0.1% |
| 209 | Libya | 0.1% |
| 210 | Faroe Islands | 0.1% |
| 211 | Oman | 0.0% |
| 212 | Egypt | 0.0% |
| 213 | Greenland | 0.0% |
| 214 | Gibraltar | 0.0% |
| 215 | Monaco | 0.0% |
| 216 | Nauru | 0.0% |
Showing 216 of 216 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).
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