AG.LND.FRST.ZS · World Bank WDI · 2023

Forest area (% of land area)

Name: Forest area (% of land area)
Creator: World Bank
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Compare 213 countries in the newest same-year snapshot that meets World Discovery's coverage rule. You can now switch to every available historical year below.

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HIGHEST · 2023

94.5%

Suriname

MIDDLE OBSERVATION · 2023

31.1%

Poland

LOWEST · 2023

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Forest area (% of land area) by country in 2023

Sorted from highest to lowest. Values shown here come directly from the verified same-year snapshot.

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Rank	Country	% of land area
1	Suriname SUR · Latin America & Caribbean	94.5%
2	Micronesia, Fed. Sts. FSM · East Asia & Pacific	92.2%
3	Gabon GAB · Sub-Saharan Africa	91.2%
4	Palau PLW · East Asia & Pacific	90.5%
5	Solomon Islands SLB · East Asia & Pacific	90.1%
6	Guyana GUY · Latin America & Caribbean	87.1%
7	Equatorial Guinea GNQ · Sub-Saharan Africa	86.4%
8	American Samoa ASM · East Asia & Pacific	85.2%
9	Papua New Guinea PNG · East Asia & Pacific	79%
10	Liberia LBR · Sub-Saharan Africa	78.1%
11	Finland FIN · Europe & Central Asia	73.7%
12	Seychelles SYC · Sub-Saharan Africa	73.3%
13	St. Vincent and the Grenadines VCT · Latin America & Caribbean	73.2%
14	Brunei Darussalam BRN · East Asia & Pacific	72.1%
15	Bhutan BTN · South Asia	71.6%
16	Lao PDR LAO · East Asia & Pacific	71.5%
17	Guinea-Bissau GNB · Sub-Saharan Africa	69.5%
18	Sweden SWE · Europe & Central Asia	68.7%
19	Japan JPN · East Asia & Pacific	68.4%
20	Congo, Rep. COG · Sub-Saharan Africa	64.1%
21	Korea, Rep. KOR · East Asia & Pacific	64.1%
22	Dominica DMA · Latin America & Caribbean	63.8%
23	Fiji FJI · East Asia & Pacific	63.5%
24	Timor-Leste TLS · East Asia & Pacific	61.7%
25	Montenegro MNE · Europe & Central Asia	61.5%
26	Slovenia SVN · Europe & Central Asia	61.2%
27	Costa Rica CRI · Latin America & Caribbean	60.4%
28	Zambia ZMB · Sub-Saharan Africa	59.5%
29	Brazil BRA · Latin America & Caribbean	59%
30	Virgin Islands (U.S.) VIR · Latin America & Caribbean	58.2%
31	Malaysia MYS · East Asia & Pacific	57.7%
32	Samoa WSM · East Asia & Pacific	57.6%
33	Estonia EST · Europe & Central Asia	57.1%
34	Panama PAN · Latin America & Caribbean	56.3%
35	Honduras HND · Latin America & Caribbean	56.3%
36	Jamaica JAM · Latin America & Caribbean	56.2%
37	Puerto Rico (US) PRI · Latin America & Caribbean	56.1%
38	Peru PER · Latin America & Caribbean	56.1%
39	Latvia LVA · Europe & Central Asia	55%
40	Belize BLZ · Latin America & Caribbean	54.5%
41	Congo, Dem. Rep. COD · Sub-Saharan Africa	54.2%
42	Northern Mariana Islands MNP · East Asia & Pacific	53%
43	Colombia COL · Latin America & Caribbean	52.8%
44	Cayman Islands CYM · Latin America & Caribbean	52.5%
45	Venezuela, RB VEN · Latin America & Caribbean	52.2%
46	Marshall Islands MHL · East Asia & Pacific	52.2%
47	Sao Tome and Principe STP · Sub-Saharan Africa	52.1%
48	Angola AGO · Sub-Saharan Africa	52.1%
49	Grenada GRD · Latin America & Caribbean	52.1%
50	Guam GUM · East Asia & Pacific	51.9%
51	Bahamas, The BHS · Latin America & Caribbean	50.9%
52	Tanzania TZA · Sub-Saharan Africa	50%
53	Russian Federation RUS · Europe & Central Asia	49.8%
54	Korea, Dem. People's Rep. PRK · East Asia & Pacific	49.5%
55	Ecuador ECU · Latin America & Caribbean	49.5%
56	Indonesia IDN · East Asia & Pacific	47.7%
57	Viet Nam VNM · East Asia & Pacific	47.5%
58	Austria AUT · Europe & Central Asia	47.2%
59	Bolivia BOL · Latin America & Caribbean	46.4%
60	New Caledonia NCL · East Asia & Pacific	45.8%
61	Mozambique MOZ · Sub-Saharan Africa	45.8%
62	Dominican Republic DOM · Latin America & Caribbean	45%
63	Zimbabwe ZWE · Sub-Saharan Africa	44.7%
64	Trinidad and Tobago TTO · Latin America & Caribbean	44.2%
65	Belarus BLR · Europe & Central Asia	43.4%
66	Cambodia KHM · East Asia & Pacific	43.1%
67	French Polynesia PYF · East Asia & Pacific	43.1%
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH · Europe & Central Asia	42.7%
69	Cameroon CMR · Sub-Saharan Africa	42.7%
70	Myanmar MMR · East Asia & Pacific	42.4%
71	St. Kitts and Nevis KNA · Latin America & Caribbean	42.3%
72	Liechtenstein LIE · Europe & Central Asia	41.9%
73	Nepal NPL · South Asia	41.6%
74	Senegal SEN · Sub-Saharan Africa	41.3%
75	Georgia GEO · Europe & Central Asia	40.6%
76	Slovak Republic SVK · Europe & Central Asia	40.1%
77	North Macedonia MKD · Europe & Central Asia	39.7%
78	Canada CAN · North America	39.5%
79	Thailand THA · East Asia & Pacific	38.7%
80	Paraguay PRY · Latin America & Caribbean	38.5%
81	New Zealand NZL · East Asia & Pacific	37.8%
82	Spain ESP · Europe & Central Asia	37.2%
83	Vanuatu VUT · East Asia & Pacific	36.3%
84	Bulgaria BGR · Europe & Central Asia	36.2%
85	Portugal PRT · Europe & Central Asia	36.1%
86	Central African Republic CAF · Sub-Saharan Africa	35.7%
87	Lithuania LTU · Europe & Central Asia	35.2%
88	Ghana GHA · Sub-Saharan Africa	35.2%
89	Croatia HRV · Europe & Central Asia	34.8%
90	Czechia CZE · Europe & Central Asia	34.8%
91	Luxembourg LUX · Europe & Central Asia	34.5%
92	Sierra Leone SLE · Sub-Saharan Africa	34.3%
93	St. Lucia LCA · Latin America & Caribbean	34%
94	Andorra AND · Europe & Central Asia	34%
95	Sri Lanka LKA · South Asia	34%
96	United States USA · North America	33.9%
97	Mexico MEX · Latin America & Caribbean	33.6%
98	Norway NOR · Europe & Central Asia	33.5%
99	Tuvalu TUV · East Asia & Pacific	33.3%
100	Italy ITA · Europe & Central Asia	32.9%
101	Germany DEU · Europe & Central Asia	32.7%
102	Guatemala GTM · Latin America & Caribbean	32.6%
103	France FRA · Europe & Central Asia	32.5%
104	Serbia SRB · Europe & Central Asia	32.4%
105	Switzerland CHE · Europe & Central Asia	32.4%
106	Cuba CUB · Latin America & Caribbean	31.2%
107	Poland POL · Europe & Central Asia	31.1%
108	Greece GRC · Europe & Central Asia	30.3%
109	Romania ROU · Europe & Central Asia	30.1%
110	Turkiye TUR · Europe & Central Asia	29.5%
111	Eswatini SWZ · Sub-Saharan Africa	29.1%
112	Albania ALB · Europe & Central Asia	28.8%
113	El Salvador SLV · Latin America & Caribbean	27.5%
114	Benin BEN · Sub-Saharan Africa	26.5%
115	Botswana BWA · Sub-Saharan Africa	26.3%
116	Nicaragua NIC · Latin America & Caribbean	25.8%
117	Chile CHL · Latin America & Caribbean	25%
118	St. Martin (French part) MAF · Latin America & Caribbean	24.8%
119	Guinea GIN · Sub-Saharan Africa	24.7%
120	India IND · South Asia	24.5%
121	Philippines PHL · East Asia & Pacific	24.5%
122	British Virgin Islands VGB · Latin America & Caribbean	24.1%
123	China CHN · East Asia & Pacific	24%
124	Nigeria NGA · Sub-Saharan Africa	23.2%
125	Belgium BEL · Europe & Central Asia	22.6%
126	Hungary HUN · Europe & Central Asia	22.4%
127	Malawi MWI · Sub-Saharan Africa	22.4%
128	Gambia, The GMB · Sub-Saharan Africa	22.3%
129	Burkina Faso BFA · Sub-Saharan Africa	22.2%
130	Togo TGO · Sub-Saharan Africa	22.1%
131	Madagascar MDG · Sub-Saharan Africa	21.3%
132	Singapore SGP · East Asia & Pacific	20.9%
133	Mauritius MUS · Sub-Saharan Africa	19.5%
134	Cyprus CYP · Europe & Central Asia	18.7%
135	Bermuda BMU · North America	18.5%
136	Antigua and Barbuda ATG · Latin America & Caribbean	18%
137	Australia AUS · East Asia & Pacific	17.4%
138	Comoros COM · Sub-Saharan Africa	17%
139	Ukraine UKR · Europe & Central Asia	16.8%
140	San Marino SMR · Europe & Central Asia	16.7%
141	Denmark DNK · Europe & Central Asia	15.8%
142	Ethiopia ETH · Sub-Saharan Africa	14.9%
143	Barbados BRB · Latin America & Caribbean	14.7%
144	Bangladesh BGD · South Asia	14.5%
145	Lebanon LBN · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	14.2%
146	Azerbaijan AZE · Europe & Central Asia	14.1%
147	South Africa ZAF · Sub-Saharan Africa	14%
148	United Kingdom GBR · Europe & Central Asia	13.3%
149	Morocco MAR · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	12.9%
150	Tonga TON · East Asia & Pacific	12.4%
151	Haiti HTI · Latin America & Caribbean	12.3%
152	Uruguay URY · Latin America & Caribbean	12%
153	Moldova MDA · Europe & Central Asia	11.7%
154	Armenia ARM · Europe & Central Asia	11.6%
155	Cabo Verde CPV · Sub-Saharan Africa	11.6%
156	Ireland IRL · Europe & Central Asia	11.5%
157	South Sudan SSD · Sub-Saharan Africa	11.3%
158	Rwanda RWA · Sub-Saharan Africa	11.3%
159	Turks and Caicos Islands TCA · Latin America & Caribbean	11.1%
160	Netherlands NLD · Europe & Central Asia	11.1%
161	Uganda UGA · Sub-Saharan Africa	11%
162	Mali MLI · Sub-Saharan Africa	10.9%
163	Burundi BDI · Sub-Saharan Africa	10.9%
164	Sint Maarten (Dutch part) SXM · Latin America & Caribbean	10.9%
165	Argentina ARG · Latin America & Caribbean	10.3%
166	Sudan SDN · Sub-Saharan Africa	9.6%
167	Somalia, Fed. Rep. SOM · Sub-Saharan Africa	9.2%
168	Mongolia MNG · East Asia & Pacific	9.1%
169	Turkmenistan TKM · Europe & Central Asia	8.8%
170	Eritrea ERI · Sub-Saharan Africa	8.6%
171	Uzbekistan UZB · Europe & Central Asia	8.6%
172	Cote d'Ivoire CIV · Sub-Saharan Africa	7.9%
173	Namibia NAM · Sub-Saharan Africa	7.8%
174	Kyrgyz Republic KGZ · Europe & Central Asia	7.1%
175	Iran, Islamic Rep. IRN · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	6.7%
176	Israel ISR · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	6.5%
177	Kenya KEN · Sub-Saharan Africa	6.2%
178	Isle of Man IMN · Europe & Central Asia	6.1%
179	Pakistan PAK · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	4.7%
180	Tunisia TUN · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	4.5%
181	United Arab Emirates ARE · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	4.5%
182	Chad TCD · Sub-Saharan Africa	3.2%
183	Tajikistan TJK · Europe & Central Asia	3.1%
184	Syrian Arab Republic SYR · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.8%
185	Maldives MDV · South Asia	2.8%
186	Aruba ABW · Latin America & Caribbean	2.3%
187	Iraq IRQ · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.9%
188	Afghanistan AFG · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.9%
189	West Bank and Gaza PSE · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.7%
190	Kiribati KIR · East Asia & Pacific	1.5%
191	Malta MLT · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.4%
192	Kazakhstan KAZ · Europe & Central Asia	1.3%
193	Lesotho LSO · Sub-Saharan Africa	1.1%
194	Jordan JOR · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.1%
195	Yemen, Rep. YEM · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1%
196	Bahrain BHR · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.9%
197	Algeria DZA · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.8%
198	Niger NER · Sub-Saharan Africa	0.8%
199	Iceland ISL · Europe & Central Asia	0.5%
200	Saudi Arabia SAU · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.5%
201	Kuwait KWT · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.3%
202	Mauritania MRT · Sub-Saharan Africa	0.3%
203	Djibouti DJI · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.3%
204	Curacao CUW · Latin America & Caribbean	0.2%
205	Libya LBY · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.1%
206	Faroe Islands FRO · Europe & Central Asia	0.1%
207	Egypt, Arab Rep. EGY · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.1%
208	Oman OMN · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0%
209	Greenland GRL · Europe & Central Asia	0%
210	Gibraltar GIB · Europe & Central Asia	0%
211	Monaco MCO · Europe & Central Asia	0%
212	Naoero NRU · East Asia & Pacific	0%
213	Qatar QAT · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0%

Source & coverage

What this dataset means

DEFAULT YEAR

2023

Latest well-covered snapshot

The page opens on the newest year between 2025 and 2020 with at least 120 eligible country observations. Historical years remain selectable even when their coverage differs.

COVERAGE

213

Countries in default year

Missing countries are not assigned zero and are not backfilled from older years.

HISTORY

5065

Country-year observations

Historical data is available as a machine-readable file.

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