Forest land area

thousand hectares, 1990–2020

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    1990 Ranking
    1. Russia 808,949.90
    2. Brazil 588,898.00
    3. Canada 348,272.93
    4. United States 302,450.00
    5. China 157,140.59
    6. Congo (Kinshasa) 150,629.00
    7. Australia 133,882.20
    8. Indonesia 118,545.00
    9. Angola 79,262.78
    10. Peru 76,448.54
    11. Mexico 70,591.65
    12. Colombia 64,958.14
    13. India 63,938.00
    14. Bolivia 57,804.72
    15. Tanzania 57,390.01
    16. Venezuela 52,026.00
    17. Zambia 47,412.00
    18. Mozambique 43,378.00
    19. Burma (Myanmar) 39,218.48
    20. Papua New Guinea 36,399.68
    21. Argentina 35,204.00
    22. Sweden 28,063.00
    23. Nigeria 26,526.09
    24. Paraguay 25,545.86
    25. Japan 24,950.00
    26. Gabon 23,761.62
    27. Sudan 23,570.31
    28. Central African Republic 23,203.00
    29. Cameroon 22,500.00
    30. Congo (Brazzaville) 22,315.00
    31. Finland 21,875.33
    32. Malaysia 20,618.50
    33. Turkey 19,783.48
    34. Thailand 19,361.00
    35. Ethiopia 19,258.50
    36. Zimbabwe 18,826.68
    37. Botswana 18,803.70
    38. Guyana 18,602.15
    39. South Africa 18,142.09
    40. Laos 17,843.00
    41. Suriname 15,377.63
    42. Chile 15,246.05
    43. Ecuador 14,632.21
    44. France 14,436.00
    45. Mongolia 14,352.00
    46. Spain 13,904.66
    47. Madagascar 13,693.45
    48. Mali 13,296.00
    49. Norway 12,132.00
    50. Germany 11,300.00
    51. Cambodia 11,004.79
    52. Ghana 9,924.26
    53. Vietnam 9,375.96
    54. New Zealand 9,372.27
    55. Senegal 9,303.16
    56. Ukraine 9,274.00
    57. Iran 9,076.06
    58. Poland 8,882.00
    59. Namibia 8,769.17
    60. Liberia 8,525.24
    61. Somalia 8,282.50
    62. Ivory Coast 7,850.86
    63. Belarus 7,780.00
    64. Philippines 7,778.81
    65. Burkina Faso 7,716.60
    66. Italy 7,589.75
    67. Guinea 7,276.00
    68. South Sudan 7,157.00
    69. Honduras 6,987.78
    70. North Korea 6,912.03
    71. Chad 6,730.00
    72. South Korea 6,551.00
    73. Nicaragua 6,399.32
    74. Romania 6,371.00
    75. Nepal 5,672.00
    76. Morocco 5,485.29
    77. Pakistan 4,986.79
    78. Benin 4,835.15
    79. Guatemala 4,781.20
    80. Panama 4,607.40
    81. Turkmenistan 4,127.00
    82. Kenya 3,858.54
    83. Austria 3,775.67
    84. Uganda 3,575.47
    85. Malawi 3,501.70
    86. Portugal 3,399.00
    87. Bulgaria 3,327.00
    88. Greece 3,298.55
    89. Latvia 3,173.00
    90. Kazakhstan 3,162.24
    91. Sierra Leone 3,126.70
    92. Costa Rica 2,907.40
    93. United Kingdom 2,778.00
    94. Georgia 2,752.30
    95. Equatorial Guinea 2,699.15
    96. Czech Republic 2,629.42
    97. Uzbekistan 2,549.37
    98. Solomon Islands 2,544.91
    99. Bhutan 2,506.72
    100. Sri Lanka 2,350.33
    101. Serbia 2,313.00
    102. Guinea Bissau 2,233.33
    103. Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,210.00
    104. Estonia 2,205.90
    105. Cuba 2,058.00
    106. Niger 1,945.00
    107. Lithuania 1,945.00
    108. Bangladesh 1,920.33
    109. Slovakia 1,902.48
    110. Croatia 1,850.00
    111. Hungary 1,813.90
    112. Algeria 1,667.00
    113. Belize 1,600.03
    114. Dominican Republic 1,594.89
    115. Togo 1,361.66
    116. Afghanistan 1,208.44
    117. Slovenia 1,188.00
    118. Switzerland 1,153.50
    119. Eritrea 1,150.06
    120. Kyrgyzstan 1,136.42
    121. Saudi Arabia 977.00
    122. Timor Leste 963.10
    123. Azerbaijan 944.74
    124. Fiji 939.69
    125. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 912.00
    126. New Caledonia 831.13
    127. Iraq 804.00
    128. Uruguay 798.00
    129. Albania 788.80
    130. El Salvador 718.88
    131. Belgium 677.40
    132. Western Sahara 665.10
    133. Tunisia 643.98
    134. Montenegro 626.00
    135. Yemen 549.00
    136. Denmark 531.44
    137. Jamaica 521.28
    138. Bahamas 509.86
    139. Mauritania 476.04
    140. Ireland 461.64
    141. Swaziland 461.14
    142. Vanuatu 442.30
    143. Gambia 414.66
    144. Brunei 413.00
    145. Tajikistan 408.00
    146. Haiti 382.92
    147. Syria 372.08
    148. Netherlands 345.33
    149. Armenia 334.73
    150. Moldova 325.40
    151. Puerto Rico 320.33
    152. Rwanda 317.00
    153. Burundi 276.48
    154. United Arab Emirates 245.00
    155. Trinidad and Tobago 242.06
    156. Libya 217.00
    157. Samoa 176.13
    158. Cyprus 161.11
    159. French Polynesia 144.43
    160. Lebanon 139.70
    161. Israel 132.00
    162. Jordan 97.50
    163. Reunion 87.95
    164. Luxembourg 85.80
    165. Guadeloupe 73.17
    166. Micronesia 63.58
    167. Saint Thomas and Principe 58.62
    168. Dominica 50.31
    169. Martinique 47.84
    170. Comoros 46.06
    171. Egypt 43.81
    172. Mauritius 41.07
    173. Palau 38.15
    174. Lesotho 34.52
    175. Seychelles 33.70
    176. Northern Mariana Islands 33.61
    177. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 27.54
    178. Virgin Islands (U.S.) 24.54
    179. Guam 24.00
    180. Saint Lucia 21.27
    181. Mayotte 19.10
    182. Niue 18.93
    183. American Samoa 18.07
    184. Grenada 17.70
    185. Iceland 17.07
    186. Andorra 16.00
    187. Cape Verde 15.38
    188. Cook Islands 14.91
    189. Singapore 14.83
    190. Cayman Islands 13.13
    191. Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.00
    192. Turks and Caicos 10.52
    193. Antigua and Barbuda 10.11
    194. Marshall Islands 9.40
    195. West Bank and Gaza 9.08
    196. Tonga 8.95
    197. Liechtenstein 6.50
    198. Barbados 6.30
    199. Wallis and Futuna 5.80
    200. Djibouti 5.60
    201. Anguilla 5.50
    202. British Virgin Islands 3.71
    203. Pitcairn 3.50
    204. Montserrat 3.50
    205. Isle of Man 3.46
    206. Kuwait 3.45
    207. Oman 3.00
    208. Saint Helena 2.00
    209. Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.90
    210. Kiribati 1.18
    211. Bermuda 1.00
    212. Tuvalu 1.00
    213. San Marino 1.00
    214. Maldives 0.82
    215. Norfolk Island 0.49
    216. Aruba 0.42
    217. Saint Martin (Netherlands) 0.37
    218. Malta 0.35
    219. Bahrain 0.22
    220. Greenland 0.22
    221. Saint Bartholomew 0.17
    222. Faroe Islands 0.08
    223. Curacao 0.07
    2020 Ranking
    1. Russia 815,311.60
    2. Brazil 496,619.60
    3. Canada 346,928.10
    4. United States 309,795.00
    5. China 219,978.18
    6. Australia 134,005.10
    7. Congo (Kinshasa) 126,155.24
    8. Indonesia 92,133.20
    9. Peru 72,330.37
    10. India 72,160.00
    11. Angola 66,607.38
    12. Mexico 65,692.08
    13. Colombia 59,141.91
    14. Bolivia 50,833.76
    15. Venezuela 46,230.90
    16. Tanzania 45,745.00
    17. Zambia 44,814.03
    18. Mozambique 36,743.76
    19. Papua New Guinea 35,855.76
    20. Argentina 28,573.00
    21. Burma (Myanmar) 28,543.89
    22. Sweden 27,980.00
    23. Japan 24,935.00
    24. Gabon 23,530.60
    25. Finland 22,409.00
    26. Central African Republic 22,303.00
    27. Turkey 22,220.36
    28. Congo (Brazzaville) 21,946.00
    29. Nigeria 21,626.95
    30. Cameroon 20,340.48
    31. Thailand 19,873.00
    32. Malaysia 19,114.04
    33. Spain 18,572.17
    34. Guyana 18,415.34
    35. Sudan 18,359.55
    36. Chile 18,210.70
    37. Zimbabwe 17,444.58
    38. France 17,253.00
    39. Ethiopia 17,068.50
    40. South Africa 17,050.09
    41. Laos 16,595.50
    42. Paraguay 16,102.26
    43. Botswana 15,254.70
    44. Suriname 15,196.29
    45. Vietnam 14,643.09
    46. Mongolia 14,172.78
    47. Mali 13,296.00
    48. Ecuador 12,497.83
    49. Madagascar 12,429.81
    50. Norway 12,180.00
    51. Germany 11,419.00
    52. Iran 10,751.87
    53. New Zealand 9,892.59
    54. Ukraine 9,690.00
    55. Italy 9,566.13
    56. Poland 9,483.00
    57. Belarus 8,767.60
    58. Cambodia 8,068.37
    59. Senegal 8,068.16
    60. Ghana 7,985.71
    61. Liberia 7,617.44
    62. Philippines 7,188.59
    63. South Sudan 7,157.00
    64. Romania 6,929.05
    65. Namibia 6,638.90
    66. Honduras 6,359.26
    67. South Korea 6,287.00
    68. Burkina Faso 6,216.40
    69. Guinea 6,189.00
    70. North Korea 6,030.09
    71. Somalia 5,980.00
    72. Nepal 5,962.03
    73. Morocco 5,742.49
    74. Chad 4,313.00
    75. Panama 4,213.84
    76. Turkmenistan 4,127.00
    77. Greece 3,901.80
    78. Austria 3,899.15
    79. Bulgaria 3,893.00
    80. Pakistan 3,725.90
    81. Uzbekistan 3,689.66
    82. Kenya 3,611.09
    83. Guatemala 3,527.80
    84. Kazakhstan 3,454.68
    85. Latvia 3,410.79
    86. Nicaragua 3,407.53
    87. Portugal 3,312.00
    88. Cuba 3,242.00
    89. United Kingdom 3,190.00
    90. Benin 3,135.15
    91. Costa Rica 3,034.87
    92. Ivory Coast 2,836.71
    93. Georgia 2,822.40
    94. Bhutan 2,725.08
    95. Serbia 2,722.65
    96. Czech Republic 2,677.09
    97. Sierra Leone 2,534.88
    98. Solomon Islands 2,522.97
    99. Equatorial Guinea 2,448.42
    100. Estonia 2,438.40
    101. Uganda 2,337.90
    102. Malawi 2,241.70
    103. Lithuania 2,201.00
    104. Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,187.91
    105. Dominican Republic 2,144.10
    106. Sri Lanka 2,113.02
    107. Hungary 2,053.01
    108. Uruguay 2,031.00
    109. Guinea Bissau 1,980.01
    110. Algeria 1,949.00
    111. Croatia 1,939.11
    112. Slovakia 1,925.90
    113. Bangladesh 1,883.40
    114. Kyrgyzstan 1,315.38
    115. Belize 1,277.05
    116. Switzerland 1,269.11
    117. Slovenia 1,237.83
    118. Togo 1,209.27
    119. Afghanistan 1,208.44
    120. Fiji 1,140.02
    121. Azerbaijan 1,131.77
    122. Niger 1,079.70
    123. Eritrea 1,055.26
    124. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 1,001.49
    125. Saudi Arabia 977.00
    126. Timor Leste 921.10
    127. New Caledonia 838.02
    128. Montenegro 827.00
    129. Iraq 825.00
    130. Albania 788.90
    131. Ireland 782.02
    132. Tunisia 702.73
    133. Belgium 689.30
    134. Western Sahara 665.07
    135. Denmark 628.44
    136. Jamaica 596.89
    137. El Salvador 583.88
    138. Yemen 549.00
    139. Syria 522.08
    140. Bahamas 509.86
    141. Swaziland 497.56
    142. Puerto Rico 496.33
    143. Vanuatu 442.30
    144. Tajikistan 423.80
    145. Moldova 386.50
    146. Brunei 380.00
    147. Netherlands 369.50
    148. Haiti 347.30
    149. Armenia 328.47
    150. United Arab Emirates 317.30
    151. Mauritania 312.80
    152. Burundi 279.64
    153. Rwanda 276.00
    154. Gambia 242.67
    155. Trinidad and Tobago 228.19
    156. Libya 217.00
    157. Cyprus 172.53
    158. Samoa 161.67
    159. French Polynesia 149.46
    160. Lebanon 143.33
    161. Israel 140.00
    162. Reunion 98.44
    163. Jordan 97.50
    164. Luxembourg 88.70
    165. Guadeloupe 71.92
    166. Micronesia 64.42
    167. Martinique 52.29
    168. Saint Thomas and Principe 51.90
    169. Iceland 51.35
    170. Dominica 47.87
    171. Cape Verde 45.72
    172. Egypt 44.98
    173. Palau 41.41
    174. Mauritius 38.77
    175. Lesotho 34.52
    176. Seychelles 33.70
    177. Comoros 32.92
    178. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 28.54
    179. Guam 28.00
    180. Northern Mariana Islands 24.36
    181. Saint Lucia 20.77
    182. Virgin Islands (U.S.) 19.91
    183. Niue 18.87
    184. Grenada 17.70
    185. American Samoa 17.13
    186. Andorra 16.00
    187. Cook Islands 15.59
    188. Singapore 15.57
    189. Mayotte 13.89
    190. Cayman Islands 12.72
    191. Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.00
    192. Turks and Caicos 10.52
    193. West Bank and Gaza 10.14
    194. Marshall Islands 9.40
    195. Tonga 8.95
    196. Antigua and Barbuda 8.12
    197. Liechtenstein 6.70
    198. Barbados 6.30
    199. Kuwait 6.25
    200. Wallis and Futuna 5.83
    201. Djibouti 5.80
    202. Anguilla 5.50
    203. British Virgin Islands 3.62
    204. Pitcairn 3.50
    205. Isle of Man 3.46
    206. Montserrat 2.50
    207. Oman 2.50
    208. Saint Helena 2.00
    209. Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.22
    210. Kiribati 1.18
    211. Tuvalu 1.00
    212. Bermuda 1.00
    213. San Marino 1.00
    214. Maldives 0.82
    215. Bahrain 0.70
    216. Norfolk Island 0.49
    217. Malta 0.46
    218. Aruba 0.42
    219. Saint Martin (Netherlands) 0.37
    220. Greenland 0.22
    221. Saint Bartholomew 0.17
    222. Faroe Islands 0.08
    223. Curacao 0.07

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    Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use.

    Source: Global Forest Resources Assessment