environmental2024
Forest area certified under an independently verified certification scheme (thousands of hectares)
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
1,695.3thousands of hectares
Median: 0.0thousands of hectares
Countries Covered
234
with available data
Highest
Canada
163,523.7thousands of hectares
Lowest
Brunei Darussalam
0.0thousands of hectares
Top 5 Countries
1Canada163,523.7thousands of hectares
2United States of America39,867.1thousands of hectares
3Sweden22,469.4thousands of hectares
4Finland19,565.5thousands of hectares
5Australia17,321.3thousands of hectares
By Region
North America51,344.7thousands of hectares(4 countries)
Oceania9,201.2thousands of hectares(2 countries)
Europe3,300.0thousands of hectares(32 countries)
South America2,266.8thousands of hectares(7 countries)
Asia968.6thousands of hectares(26 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0thousands of hectares)High (163,523.7thousands of hectares)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,695.3thousands of hectares)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
Asia (26)
Africa (9)
Other (154)
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 2024; 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 | Canada | 163,523.7thousands of hectares |
| 2 | United States of America | 39,867.1thousands of hectares |
| 3 | Sweden | 22,469.4thousands of hectares |
| 4 | Finland | 19,565.5thousands of hectares |
| 5 | Australia | 17,321.3thousands of hectares |
| 6 | Türkiye | 10,121.5thousands of hectares |
| 7 | Brazil | 9,916.6thousands of hectares |
| 8 | Germany | 9,094.1thousands of hectares |
| 9 | Indonesia | 7,829.2thousands of hectares |
| 10 | Poland | 7,267.5thousands of hectares |
| 11 | Norway | 7,256.5thousands of hectares |
| 12 | Malaysia | 6,797.9thousands of hectares |
| 13 | People's Republic of China | 5,927.6thousands of hectares |
| 14 | France | 5,765.6thousands of hectares |
| 15 | Ukraine | 4,778.3thousands of hectares |
| 16 | Romania | 3,493.3thousands of hectares |
| 17 | Austria | 3,380.5thousands of hectares |
| 18 | Spain | 3,154.8thousands of hectares |
| 19 | Republic of the Congo | 3,081.7thousands of hectares |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 2,600.5thousands of hectares |
| 21 | Gabon | 2,580.8thousands of hectares |
| 22 | Japan | 2,579.5thousands of hectares |
| 23 | French Guiana | 2,425.0thousands of hectares |
| 24 | Chile | 2,239.3thousands of hectares |
| 25 | Croatia | 2,033.2thousands of hectares |
| 26 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,005.5thousands of hectares |
| 27 | Czech Republic | 1,782.3thousands of hectares |
| 28 | Latvia | 1,779.0thousands of hectares |
| 29 | Estonia | 1,757.2thousands of hectares |
| 30 | Uruguay | 1,677.6thousands of hectares |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 1,626.5thousands of hectares |
| 32 | Namibia | 1,552.2thousands of hectares |
| 33 | Mexico | 1,538.7thousands of hectares |
| 34 | South Africa | 1,452.6thousands of hectares |
| 35 | Lithuania | 1,268.3thousands of hectares |
| 36 | Slovakia | 1,169.0thousands of hectares |
| 37 | New Zealand | 1,081.1thousands of hectares |
| 38 | Peru | 1,063.3thousands of hectares |
| 39 | Italy | 1,044.7thousands of hectares |
| 40 | Serbia | 1,024.6thousands of hectares |
| 41 | Bolivia | 875.6thousands of hectares |
| 42 | South Korea | 702.7thousands of hectares |
| 43 | Cameroon | 695.3thousands of hectares |
| 44 | Argentina | 690.1thousands of hectares |
| 45 | India | 629.0thousands of hectares |
| 46 | Portugal | 613.0thousands of hectares |
| 47 | Switzerland | 552.7thousands of hectares |
| 48 | Guyana | 528.1thousands of hectares |
| 49 | Vietnam | 510.7thousands of hectares |
| 50 | Hungary | 492.2thousands of hectares |
| 51 | Ireland | 467.0thousands of hectares |
| 52 | Guatemala | 449.5thousands of hectares |
| 53 | Denmark | 350.0thousands of hectares |
| 54 | Slovenia | 306.4thousands of hectares |
| 55 | Belgium | 294.8thousands of hectares |
| 56 | Colombia | 207.0thousands of hectares |
| 57 | Thailand | 173.9thousands of hectares |
| 58 | Netherlands | 165.9thousands of hectares |
| 59 | Mozambique | 134.2thousands of hectares |
| 60 | Eswatini | 127.4thousands of hectares |
| 61 | Belize | 102.8thousands of hectares |
| 62 | Paraguay | 98.2thousands of hectares |
| 63 | Fiji | 83.8thousands of hectares |
| 64 | Ecuador | 74.0thousands of hectares |
| 65 | Luxembourg | 47.1thousands of hectares |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 42.1thousands of hectares |
| 67 | Panama | 41.5thousands of hectares |
| 68 | United Republic of Tanzania | 40.6thousands of hectares |
| 69 | Solomon Islands | 38.4thousands of hectares |
| 70 | Ghana | 38.0thousands of hectares |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 35.5thousands of hectares |
| 72 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 31.8thousands of hectares |
| 73 | Uganda | 29.8thousands of hectares |
| 74 | Suriname | 21.7thousands of hectares |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 21.5thousands of hectares |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 21.3thousands of hectares |
| 77 | Zambia | 17.0thousands of hectares |
| 78 | Papua New Guinea | 14.8thousands of hectares |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 11.7thousands of hectares |
| 80 | Philippines | 10.5thousands of hectares |
| 81 | Rwanda | 10.0thousands of hectares |
| 82 | Honduras | 9.2thousands of hectares |
| 83 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1.6thousands of hectares |
| 84 | Cambodia | 0.4thousands of hectares |
| 85 | Myanmar | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 86 | Burundi | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 87 | Belarus | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 88 | Cape Verde | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 89 | Cayman Islands | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 90 | Central African Republic | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 91 | Chad | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 92 | Comoros | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 93 | Mayotte | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 94 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 95 | Cook Islands | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 96 | Cuba | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 97 | Cyprus | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 98 | Benin | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 99 | Dominica | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 101 | El Salvador | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 103 | Ethiopia | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 104 | Eritrea | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 105 | Faroe Islands | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 106 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 107 | French Polynesia | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 108 | Djibouti | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 109 | Georgia | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 110 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 111 | State of Palestine | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 112 | Gibraltar | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 113 | Kiribati | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 114 | Greece | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 115 | Greenland | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 116 | Grenada | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 117 | Guadeloupe | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 118 | Guam | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 119 | Guinea | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 120 | Haiti | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 121 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 122 | Hong Kong | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 123 | Iceland | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 124 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 125 | Iraq | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 126 | Israel | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 127 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 128 | Jamaica | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 129 | Kazakhstan | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 130 | Jordan | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 131 | Kenya | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 132 | North Korea | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 133 | Kuwait | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 134 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 135 | Lebanon | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 136 | Lesotho | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 137 | Liberia | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 138 | Libya | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 139 | Liechtenstein | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 140 | Macao | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 141 | Madagascar | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 142 | Malawi | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 143 | Maldives | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 144 | Mali | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 145 | Malta | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 146 | Martinique | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 147 | Mauritania | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 148 | Mauritius | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 149 | Monaco | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 150 | Mongolia | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 151 | Moldova, Republic of | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 152 | Montenegro | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 153 | Montserrat | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 154 | Morocco | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 155 | Oman | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 156 | Nauru | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 157 | Nepal | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 158 | Curaçao | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 159 | Aruba | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 160 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 161 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 162 | New Caledonia | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 164 | Niger | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 165 | Nigeria | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 166 | Niue | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 167 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 168 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 170 | Palau | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 171 | Pakistan | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 172 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 173 | Timor-Leste | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 174 | Puerto Rico | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 175 | Qatar | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 176 | Reunion | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 177 | Russian Federation | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 178 | Saint Helena | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 179 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 180 | Anguilla | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 181 | Saint Lucia | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 182 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 183 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 185 | San Marino | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 187 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 188 | Senegal | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 189 | Seychelles | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 190 | Singapore | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 191 | Somalia | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 192 | South Sudan | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 193 | Sudan | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 194 | Western Sahara | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 195 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 196 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 197 | Tajikistan | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 198 | Togo | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 199 | Tokelau | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 200 | Tonga | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 201 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 202 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 203 | Tunisia | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 204 | Turkmenistan | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 206 | Tuvalu | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 207 | Egypt | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 208 | Guernsey | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 209 | Jersey | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 210 | Isle of Man | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 211 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 212 | Burkina Faso | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 213 | Uzbekistan | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 214 | Venezuela | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 215 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 216 | Samoa | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 217 | Yemen | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 218 | Afghanistan | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 219 | Algeria | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 220 | American Samoa | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 221 | Andorra | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 222 | Angola | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 223 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 224 | Azerbaijan | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 225 | Bahamas | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 226 | Bahrain | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 227 | Bangladesh | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 228 | Armenia | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 229 | Barbados | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 230 | Bermuda | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 231 | Bhutan | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 232 | Botswana | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 233 | Virgin Islands, British | 0.0thousands of hectares |
| 234 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0thousands of hectares |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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