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Forest area (% of land area)
Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.
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Key Insights
Global Average
31.7%
Median: 31.1%
Countries Covered
213
with available data
Highest
Suriname
94.4%
Lowest
Qatar
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Suriname94.4%
2Micronesia, Federated States of92.2%
3Gabon91.2%
4Palau90.5%
5Solomon Islands90.1%
By Region
South America37.8%(7 countries)
North America34.9%(4 countries)
Other34.0%(134 countries)
Europe33.5%(32 countries)
Oceania27.6%(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 (94.4%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 31.7%)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Other (134)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Asia (25)
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 World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 94.4% |
| 2 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 92.2% |
| 3 | Gabon | 91.2% |
| 4 | Palau | 90.5% |
| 5 | Solomon Islands | 90.1% |
| 6 | Guyana | 87.1% |
| 7 | Equatorial Guinea | 86.4% |
| 8 | American Samoa | 85.2% |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 79.0% |
| 10 | Liberia | 78.1% |
| 11 | Finland | 73.7% |
| 12 | Seychelles | 73.3% |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.2% |
| 14 | Brunei Darussalam | 72.1% |
| 15 | Bhutan | 71.6% |
| 16 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 71.5% |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.5% |
| 18 | Sweden | 68.7% |
| 19 | Japan | 68.4% |
| 20 | Republic of the Congo | 64.1% |
| 21 | South Korea | 64.1% |
| 22 | Dominica | 63.8% |
| 23 | Fiji | 63.5% |
| 24 | Timor-Leste | 61.7% |
| 25 | Montenegro | 61.5% |
| 26 | Slovenia | 61.2% |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 60.4% |
| 28 | Zambia | 59.5% |
| 29 | Brazil | 59.0% |
| 30 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 58.2% |
| 31 | Malaysia | 57.7% |
| 32 | Samoa | 57.6% |
| 33 | Estonia | 57.1% |
| 34 | Panama | 56.3% |
| 35 | Honduras | 56.3% |
| 36 | Jamaica | 56.2% |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 56.1% |
| 38 | Peru | 56.1% |
| 39 | Latvia | 55.0% |
| 40 | Belize | 54.5% |
| 41 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 54.2% |
| 42 | Northern Mariana Islands | 53.0% |
| 43 | Colombia | 52.8% |
| 44 | Cayman Islands | 52.5% |
| 45 | Venezuela | 52.2% |
| 46 | Marshall Islands | 52.2% |
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52.1% |
| 48 | Angola | 52.1% |
| 49 | Grenada | 52.1% |
| 50 | Guam | 51.9% |
| 51 | Bahamas | 50.9% |
| 52 | United Republic of Tanzania | 50.1% |
| 53 | Russian Federation | 49.8% |
| 54 | North Korea | 49.6% |
| 55 | Ecuador | 49.5% |
| 56 | Indonesia | 47.7% |
| 57 | Vietnam | 47.4% |
| 58 | Austria | 47.2% |
| 59 | Bolivia | 46.3% |
| 60 | New Caledonia | 45.8% |
| 61 | Mozambique | 45.8% |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 45.0% |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 44.7% |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.2% |
| 65 | Belarus | 43.4% |
| 66 | Cambodia | 43.1% |
| 67 | French Polynesia | 43.1% |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.7% |
| 69 | Cameroon | 42.7% |
| 70 | Myanmar | 42.4% |
| 71 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.3% |
| 72 | Liechtenstein | 41.9% |
| 73 | Nepal | 41.6% |
| 74 | Senegal | 41.3% |
| 75 | Georgia | 40.6% |
| 76 | Slovakia | 40.1% |
| 77 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 39.7% |
| 78 | Canada | 39.5% |
| 79 | Thailand | 38.7% |
| 80 | Paraguay | 38.5% |
| 81 | New Zealand | 37.8% |
| 82 | Spain | 37.2% |
| 83 | Vanuatu | 36.3% |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 36.2% |
| 85 | Portugal | 36.2% |
| 86 | Central African Republic | 35.7% |
| 87 | Lithuania | 35.2% |
| 88 | Ghana | 35.2% |
| 89 | Croatia | 34.8% |
| 90 | Czech Republic | 34.8% |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 34.5% |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 34.3% |
| 93 | Saint Lucia | 34.0% |
| 94 | Andorra | 34.0% |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 34.0% |
| 96 | United States of America | 33.9% |
| 97 | Mexico | 33.6% |
| 98 | Norway | 33.5% |
| 99 | Tuvalu | 33.3% |
| 100 | Italy | 32.9% |
| 101 | Germany | 32.7% |
| 102 | Guatemala | 32.6% |
| 103 | France | 32.5% |
| 104 | Serbia | 32.4% |
| 105 | Switzerland | 32.4% |
| 106 | Cuba | 31.2% |
| 107 | Poland | 31.1% |
| 108 | Greece | 30.3% |
| 109 | Romania | 30.1% |
| 110 | Türkiye | 29.5% |
| 111 | Eswatini | 29.1% |
| 112 | Albania | 28.8% |
| 113 | El Salvador | 27.5% |
| 114 | Benin | 26.5% |
| 115 | Botswana | 26.3% |
| 116 | Nicaragua | 25.8% |
| 117 | Chile | 25.0% |
| 118 | Saint Martin (French part) | 24.8% |
| 119 | Guinea | 24.7% |
| 120 | India | 24.5% |
| 121 | Philippines | 24.5% |
| 122 | Virgin Islands, British | 24.1% |
| 123 | People's Republic of China | 24.0% |
| 124 | Nigeria | 23.2% |
| 125 | Belgium | 22.6% |
| 126 | Hungary | 22.4% |
| 127 | Malawi | 22.4% |
| 128 | Republic of The Gambia | 22.3% |
| 129 | Burkina Faso | 22.2% |
| 130 | Togo | 22.1% |
| 131 | Madagascar | 21.3% |
| 132 | Singapore | 20.9% |
| 133 | Mauritius | 19.5% |
| 134 | Cyprus | 18.7% |
| 135 | Bermuda | 18.5% |
| 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.0% |
| 137 | Australia | 17.4% |
| 138 | Comoros | 17.0% |
| 139 | Ukraine | 16.8% |
| 140 | San Marino | 16.7% |
| 141 | Denmark | 15.8% |
| 142 | Ethiopia | 14.9% |
| 143 | Barbados | 14.7% |
| 144 | Bangladesh | 14.5% |
| 145 | Lebanon | 14.2% |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | 14.1% |
| 147 | South Africa | 14.0% |
| 148 | United Kingdom | 13.3% |
| 149 | Morocco | 12.9% |
| 150 | Tonga | 12.4% |
| 151 | Haiti | 12.3% |
| 152 | Uruguay | 12.0% |
| 153 | Moldova, Republic of | 11.7% |
| 154 | Armenia | 11.6% |
| 155 | Cape Verde | 11.6% |
| 156 | Ireland | 11.5% |
| 157 | South Sudan | 11.3% |
| 158 | Rwanda | 11.3% |
| 159 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.1% |
| 160 | Netherlands | 11.1% |
| 161 | Uganda | 11.0% |
| 162 | Mali | 10.9% |
| 163 | Burundi | 10.9% |
| 164 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 10.9% |
| 165 | Argentina | 10.3% |
| 166 | Sudan | 9.6% |
| 167 | Somalia | 9.2% |
| 168 | Mongolia | 9.1% |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | 8.8% |
| 170 | Eritrea | 8.6% |
| 171 | Uzbekistan | 8.5% |
| 172 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.9% |
| 173 | Namibia | 7.8% |
| 174 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.1% |
| 175 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 6.6% |
| 176 | Israel | 6.5% |
| 177 | Kenya | 6.2% |
| 178 | Isle of Man | 6.1% |
| 179 | Pakistan | 4.7% |
| 180 | Tunisia | 4.6% |
| 181 | United Arab Emirates | 4.5% |
| 182 | Chad | 3.2% |
| 183 | Tajikistan | 3.1% |
| 184 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.8% |
| 185 | Maldives | 2.8% |
| 186 | Aruba | 2.3% |
| 187 | Iraq | 1.9% |
| 188 | Afghanistan | 1.9% |
| 189 | State of Palestine | 1.7% |
| 190 | Kiribati | 1.5% |
| 191 | Malta | 1.4% |
| 192 | Kazakhstan | 1.3% |
| 193 | Lesotho | 1.1% |
| 194 | Jordan | 1.1% |
| 195 | Yemen | 1.0% |
| 196 | Bahrain | 1.0% |
| 197 | Algeria | 0.8% |
| 198 | Niger | 0.8% |
| 199 | Iceland | 0.5% |
| 200 | Saudi Arabia | 0.5% |
| 201 | Kuwait | 0.4% |
| 202 | Mauritania | 0.3% |
| 203 | Djibouti | 0.3% |
| 204 | Curaçao | 0.2% |
| 205 | Libya | 0.1% |
| 206 | Faroe Islands | 0.1% |
| 207 | Egypt | 0.0% |
| 208 | Oman | 0.0% |
| 209 | Greenland | 0.0% |
| 210 | Gibraltar | 0.0% |
| 211 | Monaco | 0.0% |
| 212 | Nauru | 0.0% |
| 213 | Qatar | 0.0% |
Showing 213 of 213 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).
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