Share of land covered by forest

percent, 1700–2020

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    1700 Ranking
    1. China 30.83
    2020 Ranking
    1. Suriname 97.41
    2. Guyana 93.55
    3. Gabon 91.32
    4. Solomon Islands 90.14
    5. Palau 90.02
    6. Equatorial Guinea 87.29
    7. American Samoa 85.65
    8. Papua New Guinea 79.18
    9. Liberia 79.09
    10. Pitcairn 74.47
    11. Finland 73.73
    12. Seychelles 73.26
    13. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 73.18
    14. Niue 72.58
    15. Brunei 72.11
    16. Laos 71.90
    17. Bhutan 71.44
    18. Guinea Bissau 70.41
    19. Sweden 68.70
    20. Japan 68.41
    21. Cook Islands 64.96
    22. South Korea 64.48
    23. Congo (Brazzaville) 64.26
    24. Dominica 63.83
    25. Fiji 62.40
    26. Timor Leste 61.94
    27. Montenegro 61.49
    28. Slovenia 61.47
    29. Anguilla 61.11
    30. Zambia 60.28
    31. Costa Rica 59.44
    32. Brazil 59.42
    33. Malaysia 58.18
    34. Samoa 57.13
    35. Virgin Islands (U.S.) 56.89
    36. Panama 56.85
    37. Honduras 56.84
    38. Peru 56.51
    39. Estonia 56.09
    40. Belize 55.99
    41. Puerto Rico 55.96
    42. Congo (Kinshasa) 55.65
    43. Jamaica 55.11
    44. Latvia 54.92
    45. Saint Thomas and Principe 54.06
    46. Angola 53.43
    47. Colombia 53.31
    48. Cayman Islands 53.00
    49. Northern Mariana Islands 52.96
    50. Venezuela 52.41
    51. Marshall Islands 52.22
    52. Grenada 52.06
    53. Guam 51.85
    54. Tanzania 51.64
    55. Bahamas 50.94
    56. Ecuador 50.32
    57. North Korea 50.08
    58. Russia 49.78
    59. Martinique 49.33
    60. Indonesia 49.07
    61. Austria 47.25
    62. Vietnam 47.23
    63. Bolivia 46.93
    64. Mozambique 46.73
    65. New Caledonia 45.84
    66. Cambodia 45.71
    67. Zimbabwe 45.09
    68. Trinidad and Tobago 44.48
    69. Guadeloupe 44.40
    70. Dominican Republic 44.38
    71. Burma (Myanmar) 43.73
    72. Belarus 43.19
    73. Cameroon 43.03
    74. Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.73
    75. Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.31
    76. Senegal 41.91
    77. Liechtenstein 41.88
    78. Wallis and Futuna 41.64
    79. Nepal 41.59
    80. French Polynesia 40.84
    81. Georgia 40.62
    82. Paraguay 40.53
    83. Slovakia 40.06
    84. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 39.71
    85. Thailand 38.90
    86. Canada 38.70
    87. New Zealand 37.57
    88. Spain 37.18
    89. Mayotte 37.14
    90. Luxembourg 36.50
    91. Vanuatu 36.28
    92. Portugal 36.16
    93. Bulgaria 35.86
    94. Central African Republic 35.80
    95. Lithuania 35.14
    96. Sierra Leone 35.12
    97. Ghana 35.10
    98. Czech Republic 34.67
    99. Croatia 34.27
    100. Sri Lanka 34.14
    101. Saint Lucia 34.05
    102. Andorra 34.04
    103. United States 33.87
    104. Mexico 33.79
    105. Norway 33.36
    106. Tuvalu 33.33
    107. Guatemala 32.92
    108. Germany 32.69
    109. Italy 32.52
    110. Switzerland 32.12
    111. France 31.51
    112. Cuba 31.23
    113. Serbia 31.13
    114. Poland 30.97
    115. Greece 30.27
    116. Romania 30.12
    117. Swaziland 28.93
    118. Turkey 28.87
    119. Albania 28.79
    120. Nicaragua 28.32
    121. El Salvador 28.18
    122. Benin 27.80
    123. Botswana 26.92
    124. Guinea 25.19
    125. Montserrat 25.00
    126. Chile 24.49
    127. India 24.27
    128. British Virgin Islands 24.13
    129. Philippines 24.11
    130. Gambia 23.98
    131. Malawi 23.78
    132. Nigeria 23.75
    133. China 23.43
    134. Belgium 22.76
    135. Burkina Faso 22.72
    136. Hungary 22.50
    137. Togo 22.23
    138. Singapore 21.96
    139. Madagascar 21.36
    140. Mauritius 19.10
    141. Cyprus 18.67
    142. Bermuda 18.52
    143. Antigua and Barbuda 18.46
    144. Comoros 17.69
    145. Australia 17.42
    146. Ukraine 16.73
    147. San Marino 16.67
    148. Denmark 15.71
    149. Ethiopia 15.11
    150. Barbados 14.65
    151. Bangladesh 14.47
    152. South Africa 14.06
    153. Lebanon 14.01
    154. Azerbaijan 13.69
    155. United Kingdom 13.19
    156. Morocco 12.87
    157. Haiti 12.60
    158. Tonga 12.43
    159. Norfolk Island 12.25
    160. Moldova 11.75
    161. Uganda 11.66
    162. Uruguay 11.60
    163. Armenia 11.54
    164. Ireland 11.35
    165. Cape Verde 11.35
    166. South Sudan 11.33
    167. Rwanda 11.19
    168. Turks and Caicos 11.07
    169. Netherlands 10.97
    170. Mali 10.90
    171. Burundi 10.89
    172. Saint Martin (Netherlands) 10.88
    173. Eritrea 10.45
    174. Argentina 10.44
    175. Sudan 9.93
    176. Somalia 9.53
    177. Mongolia 9.10
    178. Turkmenistan 8.78
    179. Uzbekistan 8.37
    180. Namibia 8.06
    181. Kyrgyzstan 6.86
    182. Iran 6.60
    183. Israel 6.47
    184. Kenya 6.35
    185. Isle of Man 6.07
    186. Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5.30
    187. Saint Helena 5.13
    188. Pakistan 4.83
    189. Tunisia 4.52
    190. United Arab Emirates 4.47
    191. Chad 3.43
    192. Tajikistan 3.05
    193. Syria 2.84
    194. Maldives 2.73
    195. Western Sahara 2.50
    196. Aruba 2.33
    197. Iraq 1.90
    198. Afghanistan 1.85
    199. West Bank and Gaza 1.68
    200. Kiribati 1.46
    201. Malta 1.44
    202. Kazakhstan 1.28
    203. Lesotho 1.14
    204. Jordan 1.10
    205. Yemen 1.04
    206. Bahrain 0.90
    207. Niger 0.85
    208. Algeria 0.82
    209. Iceland 0.51
    210. Saudi Arabia 0.45
    211. Kuwait 0.35
    212. Mauritania 0.30
    213. Djibouti 0.25
    214. Libya 0.12
    215. Faroe Islands 0.06
    216. Egypt 0.05
    217. Oman 0.01
    218. Greenland 0.00

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    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.

    Source: Global Forest Resources Assessment