Forest area, sq.km - Country rankings

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Forest area, sq. km, 2020 - Country rankings:

The average for 2020 based on 194 countries was 208162.7 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 2020. 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 , 2020 Global rank Available data
Russia 8153116 1 1992 - 2020
Brazil 4966196 2 1990 - 2020
Canada 3469281 3 1990 - 2020
USA 3097950 4 1990 - 2020
China 2199781.8 5 1990 - 2020
Australia 1340051 6 1990 - 2020
DR Congo 1261552.4 7 1990 - 2020
Indonesia 921332 8 1990 - 2020
Peru 723303.7 9 1990 - 2020
India 721600 10 1990 - 2020
Angola 666073.8 11 1990 - 2020
Mexico 656920.8 12 1990 - 2020
Colombia 591419.1 13 1990 - 2020
Bolivia 508337.6 14 1990 - 2020
Venezuela 462309 15 1990 - 2020
Tanzania 457450 16 1990 - 2020
Zambia 448140.3 17 1990 - 2020
Mozambique 367437.6 18 1990 - 2020
Papua N.G. 358557.6 19 1990 - 2020
Argentina 285730 20 1990 - 2020
Burma 285438.9 21 1990 - 2020
Sweden 279800 22 1990 - 2020
Japan 249350 23 1990 - 2020
Gabon 235306 24 1990 - 2020
Finland 224090 25 1990 - 2020
C.A. Republic 223030 26 1990 - 2020
Turkey 222203.6 27 1990 - 2020
R. of Congo 219460 28 1990 - 2020
Nigeria 216269.5 29 1990 - 2020
Cameroon 203404.8 30 1990 - 2020
Thailand 198730 31 1990 - 2020
Malaysia 191140.4 32 1990 - 2020
Spain 185721.7 33 1990 - 2020
Guyana 184153.4 34 1990 - 2020
Sudan 183595.5 35 1990 - 2020
Chile 182107 36 1990 - 2020
Zimbabwe 174445.8 37 1990 - 2020
France 172530 38 1990 - 2020
Ethiopia 170685 39 1990 - 2020
South Africa 170500.9 40 1990 - 2020
Laos 165955 41 1990 - 2020
Paraguay 161022.6 42 1990 - 2020
Botswana 152547 43 1990 - 2020
Suriname 151962.9 44 1990 - 2020
Vietnam 146430.9 45 1990 - 2020
Mongolia 141727.8 46 1990 - 2020
Mali 132960 47 1990 - 2020
Ecuador 124978.3 48 1990 - 2020
Madagascar 124298.1 49 1990 - 2020
Norway 121800 50 1990 - 2020
Germany 114190 51 1990 - 2020
Iran 107518.7 52 1990 - 2020
New Zealand 98925.9 53 1990 - 2020
Ukraine 96900 54 1992 - 2020
Italy 95661.3 55 1990 - 2020
Poland 94830 56 1990 - 2020
Belarus 87676 57 1992 - 2020
Cambodia 80683.7 58 1990 - 2020
Senegal 80681.6 59 1990 - 2020
Ghana 79857.1 60 1990 - 2020
Liberia 76174.4 61 1990 - 2020
Philippines 71885.9 62 1990 - 2020
Romania 69290.5 63 1990 - 2020
Namibia 66389 64 1990 - 2020
Honduras 63592.6 65 1990 - 2020
South Korea 62870 66 1990 - 2020
Burkina Faso 62164 67 1990 - 2020
Guinea 61890 68 1990 - 2020
North Korea 60300.9 69 1990 - 2020
Somalia 59800 70 1990 - 2020
Nepal 59620.3 71 1990 - 2020
Morocco 57424.9 72 1990 - 2020
Chad 43130 73 1990 - 2020
Panama 42138.4 74 1990 - 2020
Turkmenistan 41270 75 1992 - 2020
Greece 39018 76 1990 - 2020
Austria 38991.5 77 1990 - 2020
Bulgaria 38930 78 1990 - 2020
Pakistan 37259 79 1990 - 2020
Uzbekistan 36896.6 80 1992 - 2020
Kenya 36110.9 81 1990 - 2020
Guatemala 35278 82 1990 - 2020
Kazakhstan 34546.8 83 1992 - 2020
Latvia 34107.9 84 1992 - 2020
Nicaragua 34075.3 85 1990 - 2020
Portugal 33120 86 1990 - 2020
UK 31900 87 1990 - 2020
Benin 31351.5 88 1990 - 2020
Costa Rica 30348.7 89 1990 - 2020
Ivory Coast 28367.1 90 1990 - 2020
Georgia 28224 91 1992 - 2020
Bhutan 27250.8 92 1990 - 2020
Serbia 27226.5 93 2006 - 2020
Czechia 26770.9 94 1993 - 2020
Sierra Leone 25348.8 95 1990 - 2020
Solomon Isl. 25229.7 96 1990 - 2020
Eq. Guinea 24484.2 97 1990 - 2020
Estonia 24384 98 1992 - 2020
Uganda 23379 99 1990 - 2020
Malawi 22417 100 1990 - 2020
Lithuania 22010 101 1992 - 2020
Bosnia & Herz. 21879.1 102 1992 - 2020
Domin. Rep. 21441 103 1990 - 2020
Sri Lanka 21130.2 104 1990 - 2020
Hungary 20530.1 105 1990 - 2020
Uruguay 20310 106 1990 - 2020
G.-Bissau 19800.1 107 1990 - 2020
Algeria 19490 108 1990 - 2020
Croatia 19391.1 109 1992 - 2020
Slovakia 19259 110 1993 - 2020
Bangladesh 18834 111 1990 - 2020
Kyrgyzstan 13153.8 112 1992 - 2020
Belize 12770.5 113 1990 - 2020
Switzerland 12691.1 114 1990 - 2020
Slovenia 12378.3 115 1992 - 2020
Togo 12092.7 116 1990 - 2020
Afghanistan 12084.4 117 1990 - 2020
Fiji 11400.2 118 1990 - 2020
Azerbaijan 11317.7 119 1992 - 2020
Niger 10797 120 1990 - 2020
Eritrea 10552.6 121 1993 - 2020
North Macedonia 10014.9 122 1992 - 2020
Saudi Arabia 9770 123 1990 - 2020
N. Caledonia 8380.2 124 1990 - 2020
Montenegro 8270 125 2006 - 2020
Iraq 8250 126 1990 - 2020
Albania 7889 127 1990 - 2020
Ireland 7820.2 128 1990 - 2020
Tunisia 7027.3 129 1990 - 2020
Belgium 6893 130 1990 - 2020
Denmark 6284.4 131 1990 - 2020
Jamaica 5968.9 132 1990 - 2020
El Salvador 5838.8 133 1990 - 2020
Yemen 5490 134 1990 - 2020
Syria 5220.8 135 1990 - 2020
Bahamas 5098.6 136 1990 - 2020
Swaziland 4975.6 137 1990 - 2020
Puerto Rico 4963.3 138 1990 - 2020
Vanuatu 4423 139 1990 - 2020
Tajikistan 4238 140 1992 - 2020
Moldova 3865 141 1992 - 2020
Brunei 3800 142 1990 - 2020
Netherlands 3695 143 1990 - 2020
Haiti 3473 144 1990 - 2020
Armenia 3284.7 145 1992 - 2020
UA Emirates 3173 146 1990 - 2020
Mauritania 3128 147 1990 - 2020
Burundi 2796.4 148 1990 - 2020
Rwanda 2760 149 1990 - 2020
Gambia 2426.7 150 1990 - 2020
Tr.&Tobago 2281.9 151 1990 - 2020
Libya 2170 152 1990 - 2020
Cyprus 1725.3 153 1990 - 2020
Samoa 1616.7 154 1990 - 2020
Lebanon 1433.3 155 1990 - 2020
Israel 1400 156 1990 - 2020
Jordan 975 157 1990 - 2020
Luxembourg 887 158 2000 - 2020
Micronesia 644.2 159 1991 - 2020
S.T.&Principe 519 160 1990 - 2020
Iceland 513.5 161 1990 - 2020
Dominica 478.7 162 1990 - 2020
Cape Verde 457.2 163 1990 - 2020
Egypt 449.8 164 1990 - 2020
Palau 414.1 165 1991 - 2020
Mauritius 387.7 166 1990 - 2020
Lesotho 345.2 167 1990 - 2020
Seychelles 337 168 1990 - 2020
Comoros 329.2 169 1990 - 2020
St. Vincent & ... 285.4 170 1990 - 2020
Saint Lucia 207.7 171 1990 - 2020
Grenada 177 172 1990 - 2020
Andorra 160 173 1990 - 2020
Singapore 155.7 174 1990 - 2020
Palestine 101.4 175 1990 - 2020
Tonga 89.5 176 1990 - 2020
Ant.& Barb. 81.2 177 1990 - 2020
Liechtenstein 67 178 1990 - 2020
Barbados 63 179 1990 - 2020
Kuwait 62.5 180 1990 - 2020
Djibouti 58 181 1990 - 2020
Oman 25 182 1990 - 2020
Kiribati 11.8 183 1990 - 2020
Bermuda 10 184 1990 - 2020
San Marino 10 185 1990 - 2020
Tuvalu 10 186 1990 - 2020
Maldives 8.2 187 1990 - 2020
Bahrain 7 188 1990 - 2020
Malta 4.6 189 1990 - 2020
Aruba 4.2 190 1990 - 2020
Faroe Isl. 0.8 191 1990 - 2020
Gibraltar 0 192 1990 - 2020
Monaco 0 193 1990 - 2020
Qatar 0 194 1990 - 2020


Economic outlook

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.
1. Russia
2. Brazil
3. Canada
4. USA
5. China
6. Australia
7. DR Congo
8. Indonesia
9. Peru
10. India
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. C.A. Republic
27. Turkey
28. R. of Congo
29. Nigeria
30. Cameroon
31. Thailand
32. Malaysia
33. Spain
34. Guyana
35. Sudan
36. Chile
37. Zimbabwe
38. France
39. Ethiopia
40. South Africa
41. Laos
42. Paraguay
43. Botswana
44. Suriname
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. Cambodia
59. Senegal
60. Ghana
61. Liberia
62. Philippines
63. Romania
64. Namibia
65. Honduras
66. South Korea
67. Burkina Faso
68. Guinea
69. North Korea
70. Somalia
71. Nepal
72. Morocco
73. Chad
74. Panama
75. Turkmenistan
76. Greece
77. Austria
78. Bulgaria
79. Pakistan
80. Uzbekistan
81. Kenya
82. Guatemala
83. Kazakhstan
84. Latvia
85. Nicaragua
86. Portugal
87. UK
88. Benin
89. Costa Rica
90. Ivory Coast
91. Georgia
92. Bhutan
93. Serbia
94. Czechia
95. Sierra Leone
96. Solomon Isl.
97. Eq. Guinea
98. Estonia
99. Uganda
100. Malawi
101. Lithuania
102. Bosnia & Herz.
103. Domin. Rep.
104. Sri Lanka
105. Hungary
106. Uruguay
107. G.-Bissau
108. Algeria
109. Croatia
110. Slovakia
111. Bangladesh
112. Kyrgyzstan
113. Belize
114. Switzerland
115. Slovenia
116. Togo
117. Afghanistan
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. S.T.&Principe
161. Iceland
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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