Forest area, sq.km - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Forest area, sq. km, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 194 countries was 207390.9 sq. km. The highest value was in Russia: 8153120 sq. km and the lowest value was in Gibraltar: 0 sq. km. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2023. 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 , 2023 Global rank Available data
Russia 8153120 1 1992 - 2023
Brazil 4929787.5 2 1990 - 2023
Canada 3468171.5 3 1990 - 2023
USA 3097950 4 1990 - 2023
China 2256169 5 1990 - 2023
Australia 1340051 6 1990 - 2023
DR Congo 1228511.1 7 1990 - 2023
Indonesia 903165.9 8 1990 - 2023
India 729592 9 1990 - 2023
Peru 718118.7 10 1990 - 2023
Mexico 653087.8 11 1990 - 2023
Angola 649421.9 12 1990 - 2023
Colombia 585440.6 13 1990 - 2023
Bolivia 502063.4 14 1990 - 2023
Venezuela 460728.9 15 1990 - 2023
Tanzania 443380 16 1990 - 2023
Zambia 442493.8 17 1990 - 2023
Mozambique 360264.5 18 1990 - 2023
Papua N.G. 357551.7 19 1990 - 2023
Argentina 282461.8 20 1990 - 2023
Sweden 279800 21 1990 - 2023
Burma 276747.6 22 1990 - 2023
Japan 249350 23 1990 - 2023
Gabon 234949.6 24 1990 - 2023
Turkey 226883.6 25 1990 - 2023
Finland 224090 26 1990 - 2023
C.A. Republic 222130 27 1990 - 2023
R. of Congo 219010 28 1990 - 2023
Nigeria 211370.5 29 1990 - 2023
Cameroon 201724.8 30 1990 - 2023
Thailand 197650 31 1990 - 2023
Malaysia 189635.9 32 1990 - 2023
Spain 185850.4 33 1990 - 2023
Chile 185794.4 34 1990 - 2023
Guyana 183877.3 35 1990 - 2023
Sudan 178430.7 36 2012 - 2023
France 175032 37 1990 - 2023
Zimbabwe 173063.7 38 1990 - 2023
South Africa 169408.9 39 1990 - 2023
Ethiopia 168495 40 1993 - 2023
Laos 164920 41 1990 - 2023
Paraguay 152642.5 42 1990 - 2023
Suriname 151595.6 43 1990 - 2023
Botswana 148998 44 1990 - 2023
Vietnam 148707.9 45 1990 - 2023
Mongolia 141694.5 46 1990 - 2023
Mali 132960 47 1990 - 2023
Madagascar 123901.6 48 1990 - 2023
Ecuador 123050.2 49 1990 - 2023
Norway 122034 50 1990 - 2023
Germany 114190 51 1990 - 2023
Iran 107883.9 52 1990 - 2023
New Zealand 99503 53 1990 - 2023
Italy 97275.6 54 1990 - 2023
Ukraine 97080 55 1992 - 2023
Poland 95190 56 1990 - 2023
Belarus 88111 57 1992 - 2023
Ghana 80073.9 58 1990 - 2023
Senegal 79481.6 59 1990 - 2023
Cambodia 76013 60 1990 - 2023
Liberia 75266.6 61 1990 - 2023
Philippines 72932.6 62 1990 - 2023
Romania 69290.5 63 1990 - 2023
Namibia 64258.7 64 1990 - 2023
Honduras 62964.1 65 1990 - 2023
South Korea 62570 66 1990 - 2023
Guinea 60690 67 1990 - 2023
Burkina Faso 60664 68 1990 - 2023
North Korea 59664 69 1990 - 2023
Nepal 59620.3 70 1990 - 2023
Morocco 57738.3 71 1990 - 2023
Somalia 57497.5 72 1990 - 2023
Panama 41796 73 1990 - 2023
Turkmenistan 41270 74 1992 - 2023
Chad 39803.7 75 1990 - 2023
Bulgaria 39320 76 1990 - 2023
Greece 39018 77 1990 - 2023
Austria 38982.7 78 1990 - 2023
Uzbekistan 37671.8 79 1992 - 2023
Kenya 36110.9 80 1990 - 2023
Pakistan 36018.8 81 1990 - 2023
Kazakhstan 35424 82 1992 - 2023
Guatemala 34930 83 1990 - 2023
Latvia 34224 84 1992 - 2023
Portugal 33120 85 1990 - 2023
UK 32154.2 86 1990 - 2023
Nicaragua 31075.3 87 1990 - 2023
Costa Rica 30839.8 88 1990 - 2023
Benin 29851.5 89 1990 - 2023
Georgia 28224 90 1992 - 2023
Bhutan 27310.2 91 1990 - 2023
Serbia 27236.4 92 2006 - 2023
Czechia 26825.2 93 1993 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 25207.8 94 1990 - 2023
Ivory Coast 24980.5 95 1990 - 2023
Sierra Leone 24756.9 96 1990 - 2023
Estonia 24384 97 1992 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 24233.4 98 1990 - 2023
Uganda 22141.4 99 1990 - 2023
Lithuania 22054.1 100 1992 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 21879.1 101 1992 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 21683.7 102 1990 - 2023
Malawi 21157 103 1990 - 2023
Sri Lanka 21035.4 104 1990 - 2023
Uruguay 20940 105 1990 - 2023
Hungary 20486.4 106 1990 - 2023
Algeria 19775.9 107 1990 - 2023
G.-Bissau 19546.9 108 1990 - 2023
Croatia 19466.1 109 1992 - 2023
Slovakia 19259 110 1993 - 2023
Bangladesh 18834 111 1990 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 13701 112 1992 - 2023
Switzerland 12794.3 113 1990 - 2023
Belize 12435.7 114 1990 - 2023
Slovenia 12317.3 115 1992 - 2023
Afghanistan 12084.4 116 1990 - 2023
Togo 12003.9 117 1990 - 2023
Azerbaijan 11663.5 118 1992 - 2023
Fiji 11600.6 119 1990 - 2023
Eritrea 10457.8 120 1993 - 2023
Niger 10424.4 121 1990 - 2023
North Macedonia 10014.9 122 1992 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 9770 123 1990 - 2023
N. Caledonia 8377.2 124 1990 - 2023
Montenegro 8270 125 2006 - 2023
Iraq 8250 126 1990 - 2023
Ireland 7940.2 127 1990 - 2023
Albania 7889 128 1990 - 2023
Tunisia 7073.2 129 1990 - 2023
Belgium 6893 130 2000 - 2023
Denmark 6312.6 131 1990 - 2023
Jamaica 6085.5 132 1990 - 2023
El Salvador 5703.8 133 1990 - 2023
Yemen 5490 134 1990 - 2023
Syria 5220.8 135 1990 - 2023
Bahamas 5098.6 136 1990 - 2023
Swaziland 5011.9 137 1990 - 2023
Puerto Rico 4978 138 1990 - 2023
Vanuatu 4423 139 1990 - 2023
Tajikistan 4268 140 1992 - 2023
Moldova 3865 141 1992 - 2023
Brunei 3800 142 1990 - 2023
Netherlands 3723 143 1990 - 2023
Haiti 3379.7 144 1990 - 2023
Armenia 3276.3 145 1992 - 2023
UA Emirates 3173 146 1990 - 2023
Mauritania 2964.4 147 1990 - 2023
Burundi 2796.4 148 1990 - 2023
Rwanda 2790 149 1990 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 2269.3 150 1990 - 2023
Gambia 2254.7 151 1990 - 2023
Libya 2170 152 1990 - 2023
Cyprus 1724.7 153 1990 - 2023
Samoa 1602.3 154 1990 - 2023
Lebanon 1451.3 155 1990 - 2023
Israel 1400 156 1990 - 2023
Jordan 975 157 1990 - 2023
Luxembourg 887 158 2000 - 2023
Micronesia 645.1 159 1991 - 2023
Iceland 533.1 160 1990 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 500.4 161 1990 - 2023
Dominica 478.7 162 1990 - 2023
Cape Verde 466.2 163 1990 - 2023
Egypt 449.8 164 1990 - 2023
Palau 416.5 165 1991 - 2023
Mauritius 388.9 166 1990 - 2023
Lesotho 345.2 167 1990 - 2023
Seychelles 337 168 1990 - 2023
Comoros 316 169 1990 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 285.4 170 1990 - 2023
Saint Lucia 207.7 171 1990 - 2023
Grenada 177 172 1990 - 2023
Andorra 160 173 1990 - 2023
Singapore 150.3 174 1990 - 2023
Palestine 101.4 175 1990 - 2023
Tonga 89.5 176 1990 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 79.3 177 1990 - 2023
Liechtenstein 67 178 1990 - 2023
Barbados 63 179 1990 - 2023
Kuwait 62.5 180 1990 - 2023
Djibouti 60.4 181 1990 - 2023
Oman 23.6 182 1990 - 2023
Kiribati 11.8 183 1990 - 2023
Bermuda 10 184 1990 - 2023
San Marino 10 185 1990 - 2023
Tuvalu 10 186 1990 - 2023
Maldives 8.2 187 1990 - 2023
Bahrain 7.6 188 1990 - 2023
Malta 4.6 189 1990 - 2023
Aruba 4.2 190 1990 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0.8 191 1990 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 192 1990 - 2023
Monaco 0 193 1990 - 2023
Qatar 0 194 1990 - 2023


New - World map: Forest area, sq.km




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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2. Brazil
3. Canada
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5. China
6. Australia
7. DR Congo
8. Indonesia
9. India
10. Peru
11. Mexico
12. Angola
13. Colombia
14. Bolivia
15. Venezuela
16. Tanzania
17. Zambia
18. Mozambique
19. Papua N.G.
20. Argentina
21. Sweden
22. Burma
23. Japan
24. Gabon
25. Turkey
26. Finland
27. C.A. Republic
28. R. of Congo
29. Nigeria
30. Cameroon
31. Thailand
32. Malaysia
33. Spain
34. Chile
35. Guyana
36. Sudan
37. France
38. Zimbabwe
39. South Africa
40. Ethiopia
41. Laos
42. Paraguay
43. Suriname
44. Botswana
45. Vietnam
46. Mongolia
47. Mali
48. Madagascar
49. Ecuador
50. Norway
51. Germany
52. Iran
53. New Zealand
54. Italy
55. Ukraine
56. Poland
57. Belarus
58. Ghana
59. Senegal
60. Cambodia
61. Liberia
62. Philippines
63. Romania
64. Namibia
65. Honduras
66. South Korea
67. Guinea
68. Burkina Faso
69. North Korea
70. Nepal
71. Morocco
72. Somalia
73. Panama
74. Turkmenistan
75. Chad
76. Bulgaria
77. Greece
78. Austria
79. Uzbekistan
80. Kenya
81. Pakistan
82. Kazakhstan
83. Guatemala
84. Latvia
85. Portugal
86. UK
87. Nicaragua
88. Costa Rica
89. Benin
90. Georgia
91. Bhutan
92. Serbia
93. Czechia
94. Solomon Isl.
95. Ivory Coast
96. Sierra Leone
97. Estonia
98. Eq. Guinea
99. Uganda
100. Lithuania
101. Bosnia & Herz.
102. Domin. Rep.
103. Malawi
104. Sri Lanka
105. Uruguay
106. Hungary
107. Algeria
108. G.-Bissau
109. Croatia
110. Slovakia
111. Bangladesh
112. Kyrgyzstan
113. Switzerland
114. Belize
115. Slovenia
116. Afghanistan
117. Togo
118. Azerbaijan
119. Fiji
120. Eritrea
121. Niger
122. North Macedonia
123. Saudi Arabia
124. N. Caledonia
125. Montenegro
126. Iraq
127. Ireland
128. Albania
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. Tr.&Tobago
151. Gambia
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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