environmental2023

Forest area (% of land area) — series 2

Name: Forest area (% of land area) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: environmental, % (share) of land area, forest, area, land, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•213 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

31.7% (share) of land area

Median: 31.1% (share) of land area

Countries Covered

213

with available data

Highest

Suriname

94.4% (share) of land area

Lowest

Qatar

0.0% (share) of land area

Top 5 Countries

1Suriname94.4% (share) of land area

2Micronesia, Federated States of92.2% (share) of land area

3Gabon91.2% (share) of land area

4Palau90.5% (share) of land area

5Solomon Islands90.1% (share) of land area

By Region

South America37.8% (share) of land area(7 countries)

North America34.9% (share) of land area(4 countries)

Other34.0% (share) of land area(134 countries)

Europe33.5% (share) of land area(32 countries)

Oceania27.6% (share) of land area(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% (share) of land area)High (94.4% (share) of land area)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 31.7% (share) of land area)

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

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

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

Showing 213 of 213 countries

Topics

#environmental #% (share) of land area #forest #area #land #series

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).

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