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DEFINITION
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not.
Environment Statistics > Forest area > % of land area (most recent) by country
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| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
Date
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| #1 |
Suriname: |
94.72 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #2 |
American Samoa: |
90 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #3 |
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
90 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #4 |
Seychelles: |
86.96 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #5 |
Palau: |
86.96 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #6 |
Gabon: |
84.51 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #7 |
Solomon Islands: |
77.6 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #8 |
Guyana: |
76.73 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #9 |
Finland: |
73.87 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #10 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
73.68 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #11 |
Belize: |
72.47 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #12 |
Laos: |
69.94 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #13 |
Northern Mariana Islands: |
69.18 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #14 |
Japan: |
68.22 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #15 |
Bhutan: |
67.98 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #16 |
Sweden: |
67.09 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #17 |
Congo, Republic of the: |
65.8 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #18 |
Papua New Guinea: |
65 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #19 |
Malaysia: |
63.58 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #20 |
Korea, South: |
63.46 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #21 |
Slovenia: |
62.76 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #22 |
Dominica: |
61.33 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #23 |
Samoa: |
60.42 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #24 |
Cambodia: |
59.18 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #25 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
58.94 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #26 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
58.18 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #27 |
Panama: |
57.69 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #28 |
Zambia: |
57.11 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #29 |
Brazil: |
56.47 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #30 |
Fiji: |
54.73 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #31 |
Colombia: |
54.73 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #32 |
Bolivia: |
54.17 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #33 |
Venezuela: |
54.09 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #34 |
Estonia: |
53.88 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #35 |
Peru: |
53.7 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #36 |
East Timor: |
53.67 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #37 |
Brunei: |
52.75 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #38 |
Bahamas, The: |
51.45 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #39 |
Korea, North: |
51.38 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #40 |
Russia: |
49.37 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #41 |
Burma: |
49 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #42 |
Indonesia: |
48.85 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #43 |
Angola: |
47.41 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #44 |
Guam: |
47.27 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #45 |
Latvia: |
47.21 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #46 |
Gambia, The: |
47.1 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #47 |
Austria: |
46.84 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #48 |
Costa Rica: |
46.83 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #49 |
Paraguay: |
46.5 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #50 |
Cayman Islands: |
46.15 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #51 |
Puerto Rico: |
46 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #52 |
Cameroon: |
45.65 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #53 |
Zimbabwe: |
45.34 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #54 |
Senegal: |
45.05 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #55 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
44.05 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #56 |
Liechtenstein: |
43.75 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #57 |
Nicaragua: |
42.74 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #58 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
42.68 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #59 |
Vietnam: |
41.7 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #60 |
Honduras: |
41.54 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #61 |
Portugal: |
41.34 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #62 |
Slovakia: |
40.1 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #63 |
Tanzania: |
39.9 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #64 |
Georgia: |
39.72 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #65 |
New Caledonia: |
39.22 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #66 |
Ecuador: |
39.2 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #67 |
Sierra Leone: |
38.45 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #68 |
Croatia: |
38.18 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #69 |
Belarus: |
38.05 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #70 |
Central African Republic: |
36.53 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #71 |
Guatemala: |
36.32 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
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| #72 |
Malawi: |
36.16 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #73 |
Vanuatu: |
36.1 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #74 |
Spain: |
35.89 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #75 |
Macedonia, Republic of: |
35.63 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #76 |
Czech Republic: |
34.27 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #77 |
Andorra: |
34.19 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #78 |
Canada: |
34.1 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #79 |
Italy: |
33.93 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #80 |
Mexico: |
33.66 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #81 |
Luxembourg: |
33.59 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #82 |
Lithuania: |
33.49 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #83 |
Bulgaria: |
33.37 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #84 |
United States: |
33.08 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #85 |
Liberia: |
32.75 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #86 |
Côte d'Ivoire: |
32.72 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #87 |
Germany: |
31.76 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #88 |
Swaziland: |
31.45 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #89 |
Jamaica: |
31.3 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #90 |
New Zealand: |
31 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #91 |
Norway: |
30.85 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #92 |
Switzerland: |
30.52 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #93 |
Poland: |
30.01 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #94 |
Sri Lanka: |
29.91 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #95 |
Greece: |
29.11 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #96 |
Albania: |
28.98 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #97 |
French Polynesia: |
28.69 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #98 |
Virgin Islands: |
28.57 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #99 |
Dominican Republic: |
28.44 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #100 |
Sudan: |
28.43 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #101 |
Thailand: |
28.42 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #102 |
France: |
28.27 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #103 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
28.21 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #104 |
São Tomé and Príncipe: |
28.12 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #105 |
Saint Lucia: |
27.87 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #106 |
Romania: |
27.7 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #107 |
Guinea: |
27.36 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #108 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
26.41 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #109 |
Nepal: |
25.43 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #110 |
Burkina Faso: |
24.83 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #111 |
Cuba: |
24.7 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #112 |
Mozambique: |
24.57 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #113 |
Ghana: |
24.25 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #114 |
Philippines: |
24.02 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #115 |
India: |
22.77 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #116 |
Madagascar: |
22.08 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #117 |
Belgium: |
22.06 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #118 |
Hungary: |
22.05 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #119 |
Chile: |
21.53 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #120 |
Australia: |
21.31 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #121 |
Benin: |
21.25 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #122 |
China: |
21.15 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #123 |
Botswana: |
21.07 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #124 |
Cape Verde: |
20.84 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #125 |
Antigua and Barbuda: |
20.45 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #126 |
Bermuda: |
20 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #127 |
Rwanda: |
19.46 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #128 |
Cyprus: |
18.83 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #129 |
Uganda: |
18.4 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #130 |
Mauritius: |
18.23 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #131 |
Ukraine: |
16.53 % of land area
|
2005 ... |
|
| #132 |
Eritrea: |
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