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Forest coverage
Share of land area covered by forest.
Darker = larger, by rank · 193 countries · World Bank / FAO · tap a country to pin it here
Countries
193 · World Bank / FAO- 1stSuriname94.4
- 2ndMicronesia92.2
- 3rdGabon91.2
- 4thPalau90.5
- 5thSolomon Islands90.1
- 6thGuyana87.1
- 7thEquatorial Guinea86.4
- 8thPapua New Guinea79
- 9thLiberia78.1
- 10thFinland73.7
- 11thSeychelles73.3
- 12thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines73.2
- 13thBrunei72.1
- 14thBhutan71.6
- 15thLaos71.5
- 16thGuinea-Bissau69.5
- 17thSweden68.7
- 18thJapan68.4
- 19thRepublic of the Congo64.1
- 20thSouth Korea64.1
- 21stDominica63.8
- 22ndFiji63.5
- 23rdTimor-Leste61.7
- 24thMontenegro61.5
- 25thSlovenia61.2
- 26thCosta Rica60.4
- 27thZambia59.5
- 28thBrazil59
- 29thMalaysia57.7
- 30thSamoa57.6
- 31stEstonia57.1
- 32ndPanama56.3
- 33rdHonduras56.3
- 34thJamaica56.2
- 35thPeru56.1
- 36thLatvia55
- 37thBelize54.5
- 38thDR Congo54.2
- 39thColombia52.8
- 40thVenezuela52.2
- 41stMarshall Islands52.2
- 42ndSão Tomé and Príncipe52.1
- 43rdAngola52.1
- 44thGrenada52.1
- 45thBahamas50.9
- 46thTanzania50.1
- 47thRussia49.8
- 48thNorth Korea49.6
- 49thEcuador49.5
- 50thIndonesia47.7
- 51stVietnam47.4
- 52ndAustria47.2
- 53rdBolivia46.3
- 54thMozambique45.8
- 55thDominican Republic45
- 56thZimbabwe44.7
- 57thTrinidad and Tobago44.2
- 58thBelarus43.4
- 59thCambodia43.1
- 60thBosnia and Herzegovina42.7
- 61stCameroon42.7
- 62ndMyanmar42.4
- 63rdSaint Kitts and Nevis42.3
- 64thLiechtenstein41.9
- 65thNepal41.6
- 66thSenegal41.3
- 67thGeorgia40.6
- 68thSlovakia40.1
- 69thNorth Macedonia39.7
- 70thCanada39.5
- 71stThailand38.7
- 72ndParaguay38.5
- 73rdNew Zealand37.8
- 74thSpain37.2
- 75thVanuatu36.3
- 76thBulgaria36.2
- 77thPortugal36.2
- 78thCentral African Republic35.7
- 79thLithuania35.2
- 80thGhana35.2
- 81stCroatia34.8
- 82ndCzechia34.8
- 83rdLuxembourg34.5
- 84thSierra Leone34.3
- 85thSaint Lucia34
- 86thAndorra34
- 87thSri Lanka34
- 88thUnited States33.9
- 89thMexico33.6
- 90thNorway33.5
- 91stTuvalu33.3
- 92ndItaly32.9
- 93rdGermany32.7
- 94thGuatemala32.6
- 95thFrance32.5
- 96thSerbia32.4
- 97thSwitzerland32.4
- 98thCuba31.2
- 99thPoland31.1
- 100thGreece30.3
- 101stRomania30.1
- 102ndTürkiye29.5
- 103rdEswatini29.1
- 104thAlbania28.8
- 105thEl Salvador27.5
- 106thBenin26.5
- 107thBotswana26.3
- 108thNicaragua25.8
- 109thChile25
- 110thGuinea24.7
- 111thIndia24.5
- 112thPhilippines24.5
- 113thChina24
- 114thNigeria23.2
- 115thBelgium22.6
- 116thHungary22.4
- 117thMalawi22.4
- 118thGambia22.3
- 119thBurkina Faso22.2
- 120thTogo22.1
- 121stMadagascar21.3
- 122ndSingapore20.9
- 123rdMauritius19.5
- 124thCyprus18.7
- 125thAntigua and Barbuda18
- 126thAustralia17.4
- 127thComoros17
- 128thUkraine16.8
- 129thSan Marino16.7
- 130thDenmark15.8
- 131stEthiopia14.9
- 132ndBarbados14.7
- 133rdBangladesh14.5
- 134thLebanon14.2
- 135thAzerbaijan14.1
- 136thSouth Africa14
- 137thUnited Kingdom13.3
- 138thMorocco12.9
- 139thTonga12.4
- 140thHaiti12.3
- 141stUruguay12
- 142ndMoldova11.7
- 143rdArmenia11.6
- 144thCape Verde11.6
- 145thIreland11.5
- 146thSouth Sudan11.3
- 147thRwanda11.3
- 148thNetherlands11.1
- 149thUganda11
- 150thMali10.9
- 151stBurundi10.9
- 152ndArgentina10.3
- 153rdSudan9.6
- 154thSomalia9.2
- 155thMongolia9.1
- 156thTurkmenistan8.8
- 157thEritrea8.6
- 158thUzbekistan8.5
- 159thIvory Coast7.9
- 160thNamibia7.8
- 161stKyrgyzstan7.1
- 162ndIran6.6
- 163rdIsrael6.5
- 164thKenya6.2
- 165thPakistan4.7
- 166thTunisia4.6
- 167thUnited Arab Emirates4.5
- 168thChad3.2
- 169thTajikistan3.1
- 170thSyria2.8
- 171stMaldives2.8
- 172ndIraq1.9
- 173rdAfghanistan1.9
- 174thKiribati1.5
- 175thMalta1.4
- 176thKazakhstan1.3
- 177thLesotho1.1
- 178thJordan1.1
- 179thYemen1
- 180thBahrain1
- 181stAlgeria0.8
- 182ndNiger0.8
- 183rdIceland0.5
- 184thSaudi Arabia0.5
- 185thKuwait0.4
- 186thMauritania0.3
- 187thDjibouti0.3
- 188thLibya0.1
- 189thEgypt0
- 190thOman0
- 191stMonaco0
- 191stNauru0
- 191stQatar0
193 countries ranked.
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