Forest area, sq.km - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Forest area, sq. km, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 194 countries was 207903.4 sq. km. The highest value was in Russia: 8153116 sq. km and the lowest value was in Gibraltar: 0 sq. km. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: sq. km; Source: FAO
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Countries Forest area, sq.km , 2021 Global rank Available data
Russia 8153116 1 1992 - 2022
Brazil 4953913.5 2 1990 - 2022
Canada 3468911.3 3 1990 - 2022
USA 3097950 4 1990 - 2022
China 2218577.5 5 1990 - 2022
Australia 1340051 6 1990 - 2022
DR Congo 1250538.6 7 1990 - 2022
Indonesia 915276.6 8 1990 - 2022
India 724264 9 1990 - 2022
Peru 721575.3 10 1990 - 2022
Angola 660523.1 11 1990 - 2022
Mexico 655643.2 12 1990 - 2022
Colombia 589426.3 13 1990 - 2022
Bolivia 506207.7 14 1990 - 2022
Venezuela 461733.6 15 1990 - 2022
Tanzania 452760 16 1990 - 2022
Zambia 446258.1 17 1990 - 2022
Mozambique 364976.1 18 1990 - 2022
Papua N.G. 358222.3 19 1990 - 2022
Argentina 284636.7 20 1990 - 2022
Burma 282541.8 21 1990 - 2022
Sweden 279800 22 1990 - 2022
Japan 249350 23 1990 - 2022
Gabon 235187.2 24 1990 - 2022
Finland 224090 25 1990 - 2022
Turkey 223763.6 26 1990 - 2022
C.A. Republic 222730 27 1990 - 2022
R. of Congo 219310 28 1990 - 2022
Nigeria 214636.5 29 1990 - 2022
Cameroon 202844.8 30 1990 - 2022
Thailand 198370 31 1990 - 2022
Malaysia 190638.9 32 1990 - 2022
Spain 185764.6 33 1990 - 2022
Guyana 184061.3 34 1990 - 2022
Chile 183336.2 35 1990 - 2022
Sudan 181873.9 36 2012 - 2022
Zimbabwe 173985.1 37 1990 - 2022
France 173364 38 1990 - 2022
South Africa 170136.9 39 1990 - 2022
Ethiopia 169955 40 1993 - 2022
Laos 165610 41 1990 - 2022
Paraguay 158229.3 42 1990 - 2022
Suriname 151840.4 43 1990 - 2022
Botswana 151364 44 1990 - 2022
Vietnam 147189.9 45 1990 - 2022
Mongolia 141716.7 46 1990 - 2022
Mali 132960 47 1990 - 2022
Ecuador 124335.6 48 1990 - 2022
Madagascar 124166 49 1990 - 2022
Norway 121878 50 1990 - 2022
Germany 114190 51 1990 - 2022
Iran 107656.3 52 1990 - 2022
New Zealand 99085.3 53 1990 - 2022
Ukraine 96960 54 1992 - 2022
Italy 96199.4 55 1990 - 2022
Poland 94950 56 1990 - 2022
Belarus 87821 57 1992 - 2022
Senegal 80281.6 58 1990 - 2022
Ghana 79929.3 59 1990 - 2022
Cambodia 79126.8 60 1990 - 2022
Liberia 75871.8 61 1990 - 2022
Philippines 72234.8 62 1990 - 2022
Romania 69290.5 63 1990 - 2022
Namibia 65678.9 64 1990 - 2022
Honduras 63383.1 65 1990 - 2022
South Korea 62770 66 1990 - 2022
Burkina Faso 61664 67 1990 - 2022
Guinea 61490 68 1990 - 2022
North Korea 60088.6 69 1990 - 2022
Nepal 59620.3 70 1990 - 2022
Somalia 59032.5 71 1990 - 2022
Morocco 57529.6 72 1990 - 2022
Panama 42024.2 73 1990 - 2022
Chad 42013.3 74 1990 - 2022
Turkmenistan 41270 75 1992 - 2022
Bulgaria 39060 76 1990 - 2022
Greece 39018 77 1990 - 2022
Austria 38926.4 78 1990 - 2022
Uzbekistan 37155 79 1992 - 2022
Pakistan 36845.6 80 1990 - 2022
Kenya 36110.9 81 1990 - 2022
Guatemala 35162 82 1990 - 2022
Kazakhstan 34839.2 83 1992 - 2022
Latvia 34146.6 84 1992 - 2022
Portugal 33120 85 1990 - 2022
Nicaragua 33075.3 86 1990 - 2022
UK 31986.7 87 1990 - 2022
Benin 30851.5 88 1990 - 2022
Costa Rica 30512.4 89 1990 - 2022
Georgia 28224 90 1992 - 2022
Bhutan 27270.6 91 1990 - 2022
Ivory Coast 27238.3 92 1990 - 2022
Serbia 27229.4 93 2006 - 2022
Czechia 26789 94 1993 - 2022
Solomon Isl. 25222.4 95 1990 - 2022
Sierra Leone 25151.5 96 1990 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 24400.6 97 1990 - 2022
Estonia 24384 98 1992 - 2022
Uganda 22966.4 99 1990 - 2022
Lithuania 22026.7 100 1992 - 2022
Malawi 21997 101 1990 - 2022
Bosnia & Herz. 21879.1 102 1992 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 21521.9 103 1990 - 2022
Sri Lanka 21098.6 104 1990 - 2022
Uruguay 20520 105 1990 - 2022
Hungary 20515.6 106 1990 - 2022
G.-Bissau 19715.7 107 1990 - 2022
Algeria 19583.3 108 1990 - 2022
Croatia 19416.1 109 1992 - 2022
Slovakia 19259 110 1993 - 2022
Bangladesh 18834 111 1990 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 13336.2 112 1992 - 2022
Switzerland 12725.5 113 1990 - 2022
Belize 12658.9 114 1990 - 2022
Slovenia 12357.9 115 1992 - 2022
Afghanistan 12084.4 116 1990 - 2022
Togo 12063.1 117 1990 - 2022
Fiji 11467 118 1990 - 2022
Azerbaijan 11433 119 1992 - 2022
Niger 10672.8 120 1990 - 2022
Eritrea 10521 121 1993 - 2022
North Macedonia 10014.9 122 1992 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 9770 123 1990 - 2022
N. Caledonia 8379.2 124 1990 - 2022
Montenegro 8270 125 2006 - 2022
Iraq 8250 126 1990 - 2022
Albania 7889 127 1990 - 2022
Ireland 7860.2 128 1990 - 2022
Tunisia 7042.6 129 1990 - 2022
Belgium 6893 130 2000 - 2022
Denmark 6293.8 131 1990 - 2022
Jamaica 6007.7 132 1990 - 2022
El Salvador 5793.8 133 1990 - 2022
Yemen 5490 134 1990 - 2022
Syria 5220.8 135 1990 - 2022
Bahamas 5098.6 136 1990 - 2022
Swaziland 4987.7 137 1990 - 2022
Puerto Rico 4968.2 138 1990 - 2022
Vanuatu 4423 139 1990 - 2022
Tajikistan 4248 140 1992 - 2022
Moldova 3865 141 1992 - 2022
Brunei 3800 142 1990 - 2022
Netherlands 3704.4 143 1990 - 2022
Haiti 3441.9 144 1990 - 2022
Armenia 3282.6 145 1992 - 2022
UA Emirates 3173 146 1990 - 2022
Mauritania 3073.7 147 1990 - 2022
Burundi 2796.4 148 1990 - 2022
Rwanda 2770 149 1990 - 2022
Gambia 2369.3 150 1990 - 2022
Tr.&Tobago 2277.7 151 1990 - 2022
Libya 2170 152 1990 - 2022
Cyprus 1725.1 153 1990 - 2022
Samoa 1611.9 154 1990 - 2022
Lebanon 1439.3 155 1990 - 2022
Israel 1400 156 1990 - 2021
Jordan 975 157 1990 - 2022
Luxembourg 887 158 2000 - 2022
Micronesia 644.5 159 1991 - 2022
Iceland 520 160 1990 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 512.8 161 1990 - 2022
Dominica 478.7 162 1990 - 2022
Cape Verde 460.2 163 1990 - 2022
Egypt 449.8 164 1990 - 2022
Palau 414.9 165 1991 - 2022
Mauritius 388.1 166 1990 - 2022
Lesotho 345.2 167 1990 - 2022
Seychelles 337 168 1990 - 2022
Comoros 324.8 169 1990 - 2022
St. Vincent & ... 285.4 170 1990 - 2022
Saint Lucia 207.7 171 1990 - 2022
Grenada 177 172 1990 - 2022
Andorra 160 173 1990 - 2022
Singapore 153.9 174 1990 - 2022
Palestine 101.4 175 1990 - 2021
Tonga 89.5 176 1990 - 2022
Ant.& Barb. 80.5 177 1990 - 2022
Liechtenstein 67 178 1990 - 2022
Barbados 63 179 1990 - 2022
Kuwait 62.5 180 1990 - 2022
Djibouti 58.7 181 1990 - 2022
Oman 24.3 182 1990 - 2022
Kiribati 11.8 183 1990 - 2022
Bermuda 10 184 1990 - 2022
San Marino 10 185 1990 - 2022
Tuvalu 10 186 1990 - 2022
Maldives 8.2 187 1990 - 2022
Bahrain 7.2 188 1990 - 2022
Malta 4.6 189 1990 - 2022
Aruba 4.2 190 1990 - 2022
Faroe Isl. 0.8 191 1990 - 2022
Gibraltar 0 192 1990 - 2021
Monaco 0 193 1990 - 2022
Qatar 0 194 1990 - 2022



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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1. Russia
2. Brazil
3. Canada
4. USA
5. China
6. Australia
7. DR Congo
8. Indonesia
9. India
10. Peru
11. Angola
12. Mexico
13. Colombia
14. Bolivia
15. Venezuela
16. Tanzania
17. Zambia
18. Mozambique
19. Papua N.G.
20. Argentina
21. Burma
22. Sweden
23. Japan
24. Gabon
25. Finland
26. Turkey
27. C.A. Republic
28. R. of Congo
29. Nigeria
30. Cameroon
31. Thailand
32. Malaysia
33. Spain
34. Guyana
35. Chile
36. Sudan
37. Zimbabwe
38. France
39. South Africa
40. Ethiopia
41. Laos
42. Paraguay
43. Suriname
44. Botswana
45. Vietnam
46. Mongolia
47. Mali
48. Ecuador
49. Madagascar
50. Norway
51. Germany
52. Iran
53. New Zealand
54. Ukraine
55. Italy
56. Poland
57. Belarus
58. Senegal
59. Ghana
60. Cambodia
61. Liberia
62. Philippines
63. Romania
64. Namibia
65. Honduras
66. South Korea
67. Burkina Faso
68. Guinea
69. North Korea
70. Nepal
71. Somalia
72. Morocco
73. Panama
74. Chad
75. Turkmenistan
76. Bulgaria
77. Greece
78. Austria
79. Uzbekistan
80. Pakistan
81. Kenya
82. Guatemala
83. Kazakhstan
84. Latvia
85. Portugal
86. Nicaragua
87. UK
88. Benin
89. Costa Rica
90. Georgia
91. Bhutan
92. Ivory Coast
93. Serbia
94. Czechia
95. Solomon Isl.
96. Sierra Leone
97. Eq. Guinea
98. Estonia
99. Uganda
100. Lithuania
101. Malawi
102. Bosnia & Herz.
103. Domin. Rep.
104. Sri Lanka
105. Uruguay
106. Hungary
107. G.-Bissau
108. Algeria
109. Croatia
110. Slovakia
111. Bangladesh
112. Kyrgyzstan
113. Switzerland
114. Belize
115. Slovenia
116. Afghanistan
117. Togo
118. Fiji
119. Azerbaijan
120. Niger
121. Eritrea
122. North Macedonia
123. Saudi Arabia
124. N. Caledonia
125. Montenegro
126. Iraq
127. Albania
128. Ireland
129. Tunisia
130. Belgium
131. Denmark
132. Jamaica
133. El Salvador
134. Yemen
135. Syria
136. Bahamas
137. Swaziland
138. Puerto Rico
139. Vanuatu
140. Tajikistan
141. Moldova
142. Brunei
143. Netherlands
144. Haiti
145. Armenia
146. UA Emirates
147. Mauritania
148. Burundi
149. Rwanda
150. Gambia
151. Tr.&Tobago
152. Libya
153. Cyprus
154. Samoa
155. Lebanon
156. Israel
157. Jordan
158. Luxembourg
159. Micronesia
160. Iceland
161. S.T.&Principe
162. Dominica
163. Cape Verde
164. Egypt
165. Palau
166. Mauritius
167. Lesotho
168. Seychelles
169. Comoros
170. St. Vincent & ...
171. Saint Lucia
172. Grenada
173. Andorra
174. Singapore
175. Palestine
176. Tonga
177. Ant.& Barb.
178. Liechtenstein
179. Barbados
180. Kuwait
181. Djibouti
182. Oman
183. Kiribati
184. Bermuda
185. San Marino
186. Tuvalu
187. Maldives
188. Bahrain
189. Malta
190. Aruba
191. Faroe Isl.
192. Gibraltar
193. Monaco
194. Qatar
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