Share of land covered by forest

percent, 1990–2020

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    1990 Ranking
    1. Suriname 98.58
    2. Equatorial Guinea 96.23
    3. Guyana 94.50
    4. Gabon 92.22
    5. Solomon Islands 90.92
    6. American Samoa 90.35
    7. Liberia 88.51
    8. Papua New Guinea 80.38
    9. Guinea Bissau 79.42
    10. Brunei 78.37
    11. Laos 77.31
    12. Pitcairn 74.47
    13. Seychelles 73.26
    14. Niue 72.81
    15. Finland 71.98
    16. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 70.62
    17. Brazil 70.46
    18. Belize 70.15
    19. Virgin Islands (U.S.) 70.11
    20. Sweden 68.90
    21. Japan 68.45
    22. South Korea 67.18
    23. Dominica 67.08
    24. Congo (Kinshasa) 66.44
    25. Bhutan 65.72
    26. Congo (Brazzaville) 65.34
    27. Tanzania 64.79
    28. Timor Leste 64.77
    29. Paraguay 64.30
    30. Zambia 63.78
    31. Angola 63.58
    32. Indonesia 63.14
    33. Malaysia 62.76
    34. Honduras 62.45
    35. Cambodia 62.34
    36. Samoa 62.24
    37. Panama 62.16
    38. Cook Islands 62.13
    39. Anguilla 61.11
    40. Saint Thomas and Principe 61.06
    41. Burma (Myanmar) 60.08
    42. Peru 59.73
    43. Venezuela 58.98
    44. Ecuador 58.92
    45. Colombia 58.55
    46. North Korea 57.40
    47. Costa Rica 56.94
    48. Mozambique 55.16
    49. Cayman Islands 54.71
    50. Bolivia 53.36
    51. Nicaragua 53.18
    52. Grenada 52.06
    53. Fiji 51.43
    54. Mayotte 51.07
    55. Bahamas 50.94
    56. Zimbabwe 48.67
    57. Senegal 48.32
    58. Jamaica 48.13
    59. Cameroon 47.60
    60. Trinidad and Tobago 47.19
    61. Austria 45.76
    62. New Caledonia 45.47
    63. Guadeloupe 45.17
    64. Martinique 45.13
    65. Guatemala 44.62
    66. Guam 44.44
    67. Ghana 43.62
    68. Sierra Leone 43.32
    69. Benin 42.88
    70. Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.31
    71. Wallis and Futuna 41.43
    72. Gambia 40.97
    73. Liechtenstein 40.63
    74. Nepal 39.57
    75. French Polynesia 39.46
    76. Canada 38.85
    77. Sri Lanka 37.97
    78. Thailand 37.90
    79. Central African Republic 37.25
    80. Malawi 37.14
    81. Portugal 37.11
    82. Mexico 36.31
    83. Vanuatu 36.28
    84. Puerto Rico 36.11
    85. New Zealand 35.59
    86. Montserrat 35.00
    87. Saint Lucia 34.87
    88. El Salvador 34.70
    89. Andorra 34.04
    90. Tuvalu 33.33
    91. Norway 33.23
    92. Botswana 33.18
    93. United States 33.06
    94. Dominican Republic 33.01
    95. Germany 32.34
    96. Bulgaria 30.65
    97. Vietnam 30.24
    98. Guinea 29.61
    99. Switzerland 29.19
    100. Nigeria 29.13
    101. Poland 29.01
    102. Albania 28.79
    103. Burkina Faso 28.20
    104. Spain 27.84
    105. Romania 27.69
    106. Swaziland 26.81
    107. France 26.36
    108. Philippines 26.09
    109. Italy 25.80
    110. Turkey 25.71
    111. Greece 25.59
    112. Togo 25.04
    113. Comoros 24.75
    114. British Virgin Islands 24.73
    115. Madagascar 23.54
    116. Antigua and Barbuda 22.98
    117. India 21.51
    118. Singapore 20.91
    119. Chile 20.51
    120. Mauritius 20.23
    121. Hungary 19.88
    122. Cuba 19.83
    123. Bermuda 18.52
    124. Uganda 17.83
    125. Cyprus 17.44
    126. Australia 17.41
    127. China 16.74
    128. San Marino 16.67
    129. South Africa 14.96
    130. Scotland 14.79
    131. Bangladesh 14.75
    132. Barbados 14.65
    133. Haiti 13.89
    134. Lebanon 13.66
    135. Denmark 13.29
    136. Somalia 13.20
    137. Argentina 12.86
    138. Rwanda 12.85
    139. Tonga 12.43
    140. Morocco 12.29
    141. Norfolk Island 12.25
    142. United Kingdom 11.48
    143. Turks and Caicos 11.07
    144. Mali 10.90
    145. Burundi 10.77
    146. Namibia 10.65
    147. Netherlands 10.26
    148. Mongolia 9.22
    149. Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.26
    150. England 8.02
    151. Kenya 6.78
    152. Ireland 6.70
    153. Pakistan 6.47
    154. Israel 6.10
    155. Isle of Man 6.07
    156. Iran 5.57
    157. Chad 5.35
    158. Saint Helena 5.13
    159. Uruguay 4.56
    160. Tunisia 4.15
    161. Cape Verde 3.82
    162. United Arab Emirates 3.45
    163. Maldives 2.73
    164. Western Sahara 2.50
    165. Aruba 2.33
    166. Syria 2.03
    167. Iraq 1.85
    168. Afghanistan 1.85
    169. Niger 1.54
    170. West Bank and Gaza 1.51
    171. Kiribati 1.46
    172. Lesotho 1.14
    173. Jordan 1.10
    174. Malta 1.09
    175. Yemen 1.04
    176. Algeria 0.70
    177. Mauritania 0.46
    178. Saudi Arabia 0.45
    179. Bahrain 0.28
    180. Djibouti 0.24
    181. Kuwait 0.19
    182. Iceland 0.17
    183. Libya 0.12
    184. Faroe Islands 0.06
    185. Egypt 0.04
    186. Oman 0.01
    187. Greenland 0.00
    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