social2024
Total
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
150,805.9hectares
Median: 4,264.2hectares
Countries Covered
196
with available data
Highest
Russian Federation
5,177,630.5hectares
Lowest
Burkina Faso
0.0hectares
Top 5 Countries
1Russian Federation5,177,630.5hectares
2Canada5,164,922.0hectares
3Brazil4,387,883.0hectares
4Bolivia1,812,578.1hectares
5United States of America1,594,603.2hectares
By Region
North America1,807,937.5hectares(4 countries)
South America741,767.3hectares(7 countries)
Asia125,445.5hectares(21 countries)
Oceania109,976.5hectares(2 countries)
Other101,042.0hectares(122 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0hectares)High (5,177,630.5hectares)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 150,805.9hectares)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Asia (21)
Oceania (2)
Other (122)
Africa (9)
Europe (31)
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 | Russian Federation | 5,177,630.5hectares |
| 2 | Canada | 5,164,922.0hectares |
| 3 | Brazil | 4,387,883.0hectares |
| 4 | Bolivia | 1,812,578.1hectares |
| 5 | United States of America | 1,594,603.2hectares |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,375,674.1hectares |
| 7 | Indonesia | 1,119,481.2hectares |
| 8 | People's Republic of China | 673,569.3hectares |
| 9 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 351,069.3hectares |
| 10 | Mexico | 330,263.5hectares |
| 11 | Sweden | 315,303.1hectares |
| 12 | Mozambique | 298,308.1hectares |
| 13 | Angola | 282,733.9hectares |
| 14 | Malaysia | 282,432.0hectares |
| 15 | Myanmar | 276,568.2hectares |
| 16 | Peru | 268,020.2hectares |
| 17 | Paraguay | 265,670.6hectares |
| 18 | Finland | 233,586.1hectares |
| 19 | Madagascar | 230,974.1hectares |
| 20 | Zambia | 229,226.0hectares |
| 21 | United Republic of Tanzania | 225,552.8hectares |
| 22 | Colombia | 212,750.2hectares |
| 23 | Argentina | 202,719.6hectares |
| 24 | Australia | 180,504.1hectares |
| 25 | Cameroon | 178,795.6hectares |
| 26 | Liberia | 166,485.2hectares |
| 27 | Cote d'Ivoire | 165,110.0hectares |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 157,942.3hectares |
| 29 | Guinea | 146,769.6hectares |
| 30 | Venezuela | 144,477.0hectares |
| 31 | Guatemala | 141,961.5hectares |
| 32 | Thailand | 141,565.1hectares |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 130,658.6hectares |
| 34 | Vietnam | 128,409.3hectares |
| 35 | India | 125,677.9hectares |
| 36 | Republic of the Congo | 114,287.3hectares |
| 37 | Ghana | 107,910.2hectares |
| 38 | Guyana | 107,173.2hectares |
| 39 | Nigeria | 105,592.0hectares |
| 40 | Cambodia | 93,417.4hectares |
| 41 | Germany | 89,432.2hectares |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 81,946.2hectares |
| 43 | Ukraine | 80,150.3hectares |
| 44 | France | 78,512.9hectares |
| 45 | Spain | 77,939.8hectares |
| 46 | Honduras | 74,931.5hectares |
| 47 | Poland | 71,484.1hectares |
| 48 | Belarus | 71,081.2hectares |
| 49 | Norway | 66,267.0hectares |
| 50 | Uganda | 64,803.0hectares |
| 51 | Ecuador | 61,942.6hectares |
| 52 | Central African Republic | 60,454.8hectares |
| 53 | Philippines | 59,070.5hectares |
| 54 | Latvia | 56,604.0hectares |
| 55 | Japan | 53,588.1hectares |
| 56 | Chile | 47,606.5hectares |
| 57 | Portugal | 43,375.3hectares |
| 58 | Türkiye | 39,865.6hectares |
| 59 | South Africa | 39,483.9hectares |
| 60 | New Zealand | 39,448.8hectares |
| 61 | Estonia | 34,884.9hectares |
| 62 | Belize | 33,987.9hectares |
| 63 | Suriname | 33,966.8hectares |
| 64 | Italy | 32,825.2hectares |
| 65 | Gabon | 28,941.7hectares |
| 66 | Ethiopia | 27,783.0hectares |
| 67 | Austria | 27,429.6hectares |
| 68 | United Kingdom | 22,786.0hectares |
| 69 | Lithuania | 22,286.0hectares |
| 70 | Panama | 21,537.0hectares |
| 71 | Romania | 19,983.6hectares |
| 72 | Czech Republic | 19,556.1hectares |
| 73 | Malawi | 17,077.8hectares |
| 74 | Bangladesh | 15,911.1hectares |
| 75 | South Korea | 15,595.2hectares |
| 76 | Kenya | 14,056.9hectares |
| 77 | Chad | 13,084.1hectares |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 12,992.2hectares |
| 79 | Hungary | 12,697.3hectares |
| 80 | Greece | 12,443.5hectares |
| 81 | North Korea | 11,981.0hectares |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 11,719.6hectares |
| 83 | Uruguay | 11,448.7hectares |
| 84 | Solomon Islands | 11,050.2hectares |
| 85 | Cuba | 10,056.6hectares |
| 86 | Guinea-Bissau | 9,292.8hectares |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 8,285.3hectares |
| 88 | Equatorial Guinea | 7,735.1hectares |
| 89 | Slovakia | 7,623.7hectares |
| 90 | Croatia | 7,415.1hectares |
| 91 | Ireland | 7,322.6hectares |
| 92 | Belgium | 6,065.6hectares |
| 93 | Zimbabwe | 5,821.2hectares |
| 94 | Togo | 5,729.2hectares |
| 95 | South Sudan | 5,506.8hectares |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 5,257.1hectares |
| 97 | French Guiana | 4,475.0hectares |
| 98 | Algeria | 4,397.8hectares |
| 99 | Switzerland | 4,130.6hectares |
| 100 | Serbia | 4,110.3hectares |
| 101 | Slovenia | 3,699.4hectares |
| 102 | Taiwan, Province of China | 3,680.7hectares |
| 103 | Denmark | 3,627.9hectares |
| 104 | Rwanda | 3,596.2hectares |
| 105 | Kazakhstan | 2,851.1hectares |
| 106 | Mongolia | 2,705.0hectares |
| 107 | Nepal | 2,578.9hectares |
| 108 | Eswatini | 2,421.8hectares |
| 109 | Haiti | 2,409.1hectares |
| 110 | Burundi | 2,132.4hectares |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,121.6hectares |
| 112 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 2,035.8hectares |
| 113 | Bahamas | 1,957.8hectares |
| 114 | Jamaica | 1,815.0hectares |
| 115 | Moldova, Republic of | 1,796.6hectares |
| 116 | New Caledonia | 1,761.7hectares |
| 117 | El Salvador | 1,673.8hectares |
| 118 | Tunisia | 1,662.9hectares |
| 119 | Netherlands | 1,480.0hectares |
| 120 | Morocco | 1,398.9hectares |
| 121 | Benin | 1,389.5hectares |
| 122 | Bhutan | 1,162.0hectares |
| 123 | Mayotte | 1,158.5hectares |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,103.6hectares |
| 125 | Fiji | 1,074.1hectares |
| 126 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,039.0hectares |
| 127 | Syrian Arab Republic | 985.1hectares |
| 128 | Timor-Leste | 940.8hectares |
| 129 | Albania | 877.2hectares |
| 130 | Montenegro | 632.4hectares |
| 131 | Luxembourg | 584.5hectares |
| 132 | Lebanon | 504.7hectares |
| 133 | Comoros | 494.4hectares |
| 134 | Georgia | 485.6hectares |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 363.8hectares |
| 136 | Vanuatu | 303.9hectares |
| 137 | Mali | 236.5hectares |
| 138 | Grenada | 228.8hectares |
| 139 | Azerbaijan | 162.7hectares |
| 140 | Cyprus | 158.1hectares |
| 141 | Senegal | 154.2hectares |
| 142 | Somalia | 139.8hectares |
| 143 | Pakistan | 103.4hectares |
| 144 | Singapore | 64.1hectares |
| 145 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 61.1hectares |
| 146 | Israel | 61.0hectares |
| 147 | Martinique | 57.3hectares |
| 148 | Kyrgyzstan | 52.4hectares |
| 149 | Dominica | 45.8hectares |
| 150 | Antigua and Barbuda | 42.0hectares |
| 151 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 40.9hectares |
| 152 | Libya | 40.0hectares |
| 153 | Cayman Islands | 35.5hectares |
| 154 | Egypt | 29.9hectares |
| 155 | Armenia | 28.7hectares |
| 156 | Guadeloupe | 28.6hectares |
| 157 | Sudan | 27.1hectares |
| 158 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 21.3hectares |
| 159 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 20.6hectares |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 18.9hectares |
| 161 | Maldives | 18.8hectares |
| 162 | Andorra | 16.5hectares |
| 163 | Republic of The Gambia | 15.4hectares |
| 164 | Barbados | 8.5hectares |
| 165 | Afghanistan | 7.9hectares |
| 166 | Palau | 6.9hectares |
| 167 | Liechtenstein | 5.3hectares |
| 168 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.2hectares |
| 169 | Saint Martin (French part) | 4.0hectares |
| 170 | Uzbekistan | 3.2hectares |
| 171 | Curaçao | 2.3hectares |
| 172 | Iraq | 1.9hectares |
| 173 | Lesotho | 1.3hectares |
| 174 | Botswana | 1.2hectares |
| 175 | Jordan | 1.1hectares |
| 176 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.0hectares |
| 177 | Namibia | 1.0hectares |
| 178 | Montserrat | 0.9hectares |
| 179 | State of Palestine | 0.7hectares |
| 180 | Tajikistan | 0.5hectares |
| 181 | San Marino | 0.2hectares |
| 182 | Virgin Islands, British | 0.1hectares |
| 183 | Eritrea | 0.0hectares |
| 184 | Malta | 0.0hectares |
| 185 | Mauritania | 0.0hectares |
| 186 | Mauritius | 0.0hectares |
| 187 | Aruba | 0.0hectares |
| 188 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0hectares |
| 189 | Niger | 0.0hectares |
| 190 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0hectares |
| 191 | Reunion | 0.0hectares |
| 192 | Anguilla | 0.0hectares |
| 193 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0hectares |
| 194 | Seychelles | 0.0hectares |
| 195 | Turkmenistan | 0.0hectares |
| 196 | Burkina Faso | 0.0hectares |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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