Forest area, sq.km - country rankings

(measure: sq. km; Source: FAO)

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

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Forest area, sq.km - Country rankings:

The average for 2015 was 205250.4 sq. km.The highest value was in Russia: 8149305 sq. km and the lowest value was in Gibraltar: 0 sq. km. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available for: Forest area, sq.km .

Country

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. Cameroon

31. Laos

32. Spain

33. Chile

34. France

35. Guyana

36. Thailand

37. Suriname

38. Paraguay

39. Vietnam

40. Zimbabwe

41. Mongolia

42. Ecuador

43. Ethiopia

44. Madagascar

45. Norway

46. Turkey

47. Germany

48. Botswana

49. Iran

50. Ivory Coast

51. New Zealand

52. Ukraine

53. Cambodia

54. Poland

55. Ghana

56. Italy

57. South Africa

58. Belarus

59. Senegal

60. Philippines

61. Nigeria

62. Namibia

63. Romania

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. Uzbekistan

86. Cuba

87. Portugal

88. Malawi

89. UK

90. Nicaragua

91. Sierra Leone

92. Georgia

93. Costa Rica

94. Bhutan

95. Serbia

96. Czech Rep.

97. Estonia

98. Bosnia & Herz.

99. Solomon Isl.

100. Lithuania

101. Uganda

102. Sri Lanka

103. Hungary

104. Domin. Rep.

105. G.-Bissau

106. Algeria

107. Slovakia

108. Croatia

109. Uruguay

110. Eq. Guinea

111. Eritrea

112. Pakistan

113. Bangladesh

114. Belize

115. Afghanistan

116. Switzerland

117. Slovenia

118. Niger

119. Azerbaijan

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. Tajikistan

141. Moldova

142. Brunei

143. Netherlands

144. Jamaica

145. Armenia

146. UA Emirates

147. Burundi

148. El Salvador

149. Tr.&Tobago

150. Mauritania

151. Libya

152. Togo

153. Cyprus

154. Samoa

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.