Forest area, sq.km - Country rankings

(measure: sq. km; Source: FAO)

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Forest area, sq.km - Country rankings:

The average for 2016 was 205080.6 sq. km.The highest value was in Russia: 8148895 sq. km and the lowest value was in Gibraltar: 0 sq. km. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Forest area, sq. km, 2016
(sq. km, Source: FAO, TheGlobalEconomy.com)

1. Russia

2. Brazil

3. Canada

4. USA

5. China

6. DR Congo

7. Australia

8. Indonesia

9. Peru

10. India

11. Mexico

12. Colombia

13. Angola

14. Bolivia

15. Zambia

16. Venezuela

17. Tanzania

18. Mozambique

19. Papua N.G.

20. Burma

21. Sweden

22. Argentina

23. Japan

24. Gabon

25. R. of Congo

26. Finland

27. Malaysia

28. C.A. Republic

29. Sudan

30. Laos

31. Cameroon

32. Spain

33. Chile

34. France

35. Guyana

36. Thailand

37. Suriname

38. Paraguay

39. Vietnam

40. Zimbabwe

41. Ethiopia

42. Ecuador

43. Madagascar

44. Mongolia

45. Norway

46. Turkey

47. Germany

48. Botswana

49. Iran

50. Ivory Coast

51. New Zealand

52. Ukraine

53. Poland

54. Ghana

55. Italy

56. Cambodia

57. South Africa

58. Belarus

59. Philippines

60. Senegal

61. Romania

62. Namibia

63. Nigeria

64. Guinea

65. Somalia

66. South Korea

67. Morocco

68. Burkina Faso

69. North Korea

70. Chad

71. Mali

72. Panama

73. Honduras

74. Kenya

75. Benin

76. Liberia

77. Turkmenistan

78. Greece

79. Austria

80. Bulgaria

81. Nepal

82. Guatemala

83. Latvia

84. Kazakhstan

85. Cuba

86. Uzbekistan

87. Portugal

88. UK

89. Malawi

90. Nicaragua

91. Sierra Leone

92. Georgia

93. Costa Rica

94. Bhutan

95. Serbia

96. Czech Rep.

97. Estonia

98. Bosnia & Herz.

99. Lithuania

100. Solomon Isl.

101. Hungary

102. Sri Lanka

103. Domin. Rep.

104. Algeria

105. G.-Bissau

106. Uganda

107. Slovakia

108. Croatia

109. Uruguay

110. Eq. Guinea

111. Eritrea

112. Pakistan

113. Bangladesh

114. Belize

115. Afghanistan

116. Switzerland

117. Slovenia

118. Azerbaijan

119. Niger

120. Tunisia

121. Fiji

122. Macedonia

123. Saudi Arabia

124. N. Caledonia

125. Montenegro

126. Iraq

127. Albania

128. Ireland

129. Belgium

130. Kyrgyzstan

131. Denmark

132. Swaziland

133. Yemen

134. Bahamas

135. Puerto Rico

136. Syria

137. Gambia

138. Rwanda

139. Vanuatu

140. Moldova

141. Tajikistan

142. Brunei

143. Netherlands

144. Jamaica

145. Armenia

146. UA Emirates

147. Burundi

148. El Salvador

149. Tr.&Tobago

150. Mauritania

151. Libya

152. Cyprus

153. Samoa

154. Togo

155. Israel

156. Lebanon

157. Jordan

158. Haiti

159. Cape Verde

160. Luxembourg

161. Egypt

162. Micronesia

163. S.T.&Principe

164. Iceland

165. Lesotho

166. Dominica

167. Seychelles

168. Palau

169. Mauritius

170. Comoros

171. St. Vincent & ...

172. Saint Lucia

173. Grenada

174. Singapore

175. Andorra

176. Kiribati

177. Ant.& Barb.

178. Palestine

179. Tonga

180. Liechtenstein

181. Barbados

182. Kuwait

183. Djibouti

184. Oman

185. Bermuda

186. Maldives

187. Tuvalu

188. Bahrain

189. Aruba

190. Malta

191. Faroe Isl.

192. Gibraltar

193. Qatar

194. San Marino

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

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