List of countries by forest area

This is a list of countries and territories of the world according to the total area covered by forests, based on data published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2010, the world had 3.92 billion hectares (ha) of tree cover, extending over 30% of its land area.^{[1][need quotation to verify]}

Guiana Amazonian Park in French Guiana

Forest covered area

In 2020, the world had a total forest area of 4.06 billion ha, which was 31 percent of the total land area. This area is equivalent to 0.52 ha per person^[2] – although forests are not distributed equally among the world's people or geographically. The tropical domain has the largest proportion of the world's forests (45 percent), followed by the boreal, temperate and subtropical domains. More than half (54 percent) of the world's forests is in only five countries – the Russian Federation (20.1%), Brazil (12.2%), Canada (8.6%), the United States of America (7.6%) and China (5.4%).^[2]

Many of the world's forests are being damaged and degraded or are disappearing altogether. Their capacity to provide tangible goods, such as fiber, food, and medicines, as well as essential ecological services, including habitat for biodiversity, carbon storage, and moderation of freshwater flows, is under greater threat than ever before.^{[3][obsolete source]}According to World Resource Institute in Washington, between 2000 and 2020 the world lost 101 million hectares (Mha) of tree cover, mostly tropical and subtropical forests (92%).^[3] The FAO is compiling a new global assessment due to be published in 2025.^[4]

Planet, continents and regions

All areas are given in units of 1000 hectares. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization^[5]

Region	1990	2000	2010	2020
World	4,236,433	4,158,050	4,106,317	4,058,931
Asia (including Russia)	1,394,343	1,396,679	1,426,096	1,437,999
South America	973,666	922,645	870,154	844,186
North America and Central America	755,279	752,349	754,190	752,710
Africa	742,801	710,049	676,015	636,639
Europe (excluding Russia)	185,369	192,999	198,846	202,149
Oceania	184,974	183,328	181,015	185,248

Countries and territories

Russia has more total forested land than any other country

Share of global forest in each country

Data are for the year 2022 and are from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.^[6]

Location	Land km2	Forest km2	% forest
World	139,539,828	42,726,835	30.6%
French Guiana	82,810	79,960	96.6%
Suriname	160,508	151,718	94.5%
Guyana	196,850	183,969	93.5%
Micronesia	700	645	92.1%
Gabon	257,670	235,068	91.2%
Palau	460	416	90.4%
Solomon Islands	27,990	25,215	90.1%
Equatorial Guinea	28,050	24,317	86.7%
American Samoa	200	171	85.4%
Papua New Guinea	452,860	357,887	79.0%
Liberia	96,320	75,569	78.5%
Pitcairn	47	35	74.5%
Finland	303,948	224,090	73.7%
Seychelles	460	337	73.3%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	390	285	73.2%
Niue	260	189	72.7%
Brunei	5,270	3,800	72.1%
Laos	230,800	165,265	71.6%
Bhutan	38,140	27,290	71.6%
Guinea-Bissau	28,120	19,631	69.8%
Sweden	407,280	279,800	68.7%
Japan	364,500	249,350	68.4%
Cook Islands	240	156	65.0%
South Korea	97,600	62,670	64.2%
Congo	341,500	219,160	64.2%
Dominica	750	479	63.8%
Fiji	18,270	11,534	63.1%
Timor-Leste	14,870	9,183	61.8%
Montenegro	13,450	8,270	61.5%
Slovenia	20,136	12,338	61.3%
Anguilla	90	55	61.1%
Costa Rica	51,060	30,676	60.1%
Zambia	743,390	444,376	59.8%
Brazil	8,358,140	4,941,960	59.1%
Malaysia	328,550	190,137	57.9%
Samoa	2,780	1,607	57.8%
US Virgin Islands	350	202	57.7%
Estonia	42,730	24,384	57.1%
Panama	74,180	41,910	56.5%
Honduras	111,890	63,174	56.5%
Peru	1,280,000	719,847	56.2%
Puerto Rico	8,870	4,973	56.1%
Jamaica	10,830	6,047	55.8%
Belize	22,810	12,547	55.0%
Latvia	62,230	34,185	54.9%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,267,050	1,239,525	54.7%
Northern Mariana Islands	460	244	53.0%
Colombia	1,109,500	587,433	52.9%
Sao Tome and Principe	960	507	52.8%
Cayman Islands	240	126	52.7%
Angola	1,246,700	654,973	52.5%
Venezuela	882,050	461,268	52.3%
Marshall Islands	180	94	52.2%
Grenada	340	177	52.1%
Guam	540	280	51.9%
Bahamas	10,010	5,099	50.9%
Tanzania	885,800	448,070	50.6%
Ecuador	248,360	123,693	49.8%
Russia	16,376,870	8,153,116	49.8%
North Korea	120,410	59,876	49.7%
Martinique	1,060	527	49.7%
Indonesia	1,892,555	909,221	48.0%
Austria	82,520	38,955	47.2%
Vietnam	313,429	147,949	47.2%
Bolivia	1,083,300	504,164	46.5%
Mozambique	786,380	362,673	46.1%
New Caledonia	18,280	8,378	45.8%
Zimbabwe	386,850	173,524	44.9%
Dominican Republic	48,198	21,603	44.8%
Guadeloupe	1,620	718	44.3%
Trinidad and Tobago	5,130	2,274	44.3%
Cambodia	176,520	77,570	43.9%
Belarus	202,990	87,966	43.3%
French Polynesia	3,471	1,495	43.1%
Myanmar	652,670	279,645	42.8%
Cameroon	472,710	202,285	42.8%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,200	21,879	42.7%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	260	110	42.3%
Liechtenstein	160	67	41.9%
Wallis and Futuna Islands	140	58	41.6%
Nepal	143,350	59,620	41.6%
Senegal	192,530	79,882	41.5%
Georgia	69,490	28,224	40.6%
Slovakia	48,080	19,259	40.1%
North Macedonia	25,220	10,015	39.7%
Réunion	2,510	994	39.6%
Canada	8,788,700	3,468,541	39.5%
Paraguay	396,012	155,436	39.3%
Thailand	510,890	198,010	38.8%
New Zealand	263,310	99,319	37.7%
Mayotte	366	138	37.7%
Spain	499,714	185,808	37.2%
Vanuatu	12,190	4,423	36.3%
Portugal	91,606	33,120	36.2%
Bulgaria	108,560	39,190	36.1%
Central African Republic	622,980	222,430	35.7%
Lithuania	62,604	22,039	35.2%
Ghana	227,533	80,002	35.2%
Croatia	55,960	19,441	34.7%
Czech Republic	77,172	26,807	34.7%
Sierra Leone	72,180	24,954	34.6%
Luxembourg	2,574	887	34.5%
Sri Lanka	61,860	21,067	34.1%
Saint Lucia	610	208	34.0%
Andorra	470	160	34.0%
United States	9,147,420	3,097,950	33.9%
Mexico	1,943,950	654,365	33.7%
Norway	364,270	121,956	33.5%
Tuvalu	30	10	33.3%
Italy	295,720	96,738	32.7%
Guatemala	107,160	35,046	32.7%
Germany	349,360	114,190	32.7%
Serbia	84,090	27,233	32.4%
Switzerland	39,510	12,760	32.3%
France	547,557	174,198	31.8%
Cuba	103,800	32,420	31.2%
Poland	306,090	95,070	31.1%
Greece	128,900	39,018	30.3%
Romania	230,080	69,291	30.1%
Turkey	769,630	225,324	29.3%
Eswatini	17,200	5,000	29.1%
Albania	27,400	7,889	28.8%
El Salvador	20,720	5,749	27.7%
Benin	112,760	30,352	26.9%
Nicaragua	120,340	32,075	26.7%
Botswana	566,730	150,181	26.5%
Montserrat	100	25	25.0%
Guinea	245,720	61,090	24.9%
Chile	743,532	184,565	24.8%
Saint Martin	50	12	24.8%
India	2,973,190	726,928	24.4%
Philippines	298,170	72,584	24.3%
British Virgin Islands	150	36	24.1%
China	9,388,210	2,237,373	23.8%
Nigeria	910,770	213,004	23.4%
Malawi	94,280	21,577	22.9%
Gambia	10,120	2,312	22.8%
Belgium	30,494	6,893	22.6%
Hungary	91,260	20,501	22.5%
Burkina Faso	273,600	61,164	22.4%
Togo	54,390	12,034	22.1%
Madagascar	581,800	124,034	21.3%
Singapore	718	152	21.2%
Mauritius	1,997	389	19.5%
Cyprus	9,240	1,725	18.7%
Bermuda	54	10	18.5%
Antigua and Barbuda	440	80	18.2%
Australia	7,692,020	1,340,051	17.4%
Comoros	1,861	320	17.2%
Ukraine	579,400	97,020	16.7%
San Marino	60	10	16.7%
Denmark	40,000	6,303	15.8%
Ethiopia	1,128,571	169,225	15.0%
Barbados	430	63	14.7%
Bangladesh	130,170	18,834	14.5%
Lebanon	10,230	1,445	14.1%
South Africa	1,213,090	169,773	14.0%
Azerbaijan	82,650	11,548	14.0%
United Kingdom	241,930	32,069	13.3%
Morocco	446,300	57,634	12.9%
Tonga	720	90	12.4%
Haiti	27,560	3,411	12.4%
Norfolk Island	40	5	12.3%
Uruguay	175,020	20,730	11.8%
Moldova	32,890	3,865	11.8%
Armenia	28,470	3,281	11.5%
Cape Verde	4,030	463	11.5%
Ireland	68,890	7,900	11.5%
South Sudan	631,930	71,570	11.3%
Rwanda	24,670	2,780	11.3%
Uganda	200,520	22,554	11.2%
Turks and Caicos Islands	950	105	11.1%
Netherlands	33,670	3,714	11.0%
Mali	1,220,190	132,960	10.9%
Burundi	25,680	2,796	10.9%
Sint Maarten	34	4	10.9%
Argentina	2,736,690	283,552	10.4%
Sudan	1,868,000	180,152	9.6%
Somalia	627,340	58,265	9.3%
Mongolia	1,557,507	141,706	9.1%
Turkmenistan	469,930	41,270	8.8%
Eritrea	121,041	10,489	8.7%
Saint Barthélemy	20	2	8.5%
Uzbekistan	440,652	37,413	8.5%
Ivory Coast	318,000	26,109	8.2%
Namibia	823,290	64,969	7.9%
Kyrgyzstan	191,800	13,519	7.0%
Iran	1,622,500	107,758	6.6%
Israel	21,640	1,400	6.5%
Kenya	569,140	36,111	6.3%
Isle of Man	570	35	6.1%
Caribbean Netherlands	322	19	5.9%
Channel Islands	198	10	5.2%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	230	12	5.1%
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	390	20	5.1%
Pakistan	770,880	36,432	4.7%
Tunisia	155,360	7,058	4.5%
United Arab Emirates	71,020	3,173	4.5%
Chad	1,259,200	40,914	3.2%
Tajikistan	138,790	4,258	3.1%
Syria	185,180	5,221	2.8%
Maldives	300	8	2.7%
Western Sahara	266,000	6,650	2.5%
Aruba	180	4	2.3%
Iraq	434,128	8,250	1.9%
Afghanistan	652,230	12,084	1.9%
Palestine	6,025	101	1.7%
Kiribati	810	12	1.5%
Malta	320	5	1.4%
Kazakhstan	2,699,700	35,132	1.3%
Lesotho	30,360	345	1.1%
Jordan	88,794	975	1.1%
Yemen	527,970	5,490	1.0%
Bahrain	790	7	0.9%
Niger	1,266,700	10,549	0.8%
Algeria	2,381,741	19,681	0.8%
Iceland	100,830	527	0.5%
Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	9,770	0.5%
Kuwait	17,820	63	0.4%
Mauritania	1,030,700	3,019	0.3%
Djibouti	23,180	60	0.3%
Curaçao	444	1	0.2%
Libya	1,759,540	2,170	0.1%
Faroe Islands	1,370	1	0.1%
Egypt	995,450	450	0.0%
Oman	309,500	24	0.0%
Greenland	410,450	2	0.0%
Falkland Islands	12,170	0	0.0%
Gibraltar	10	0	0.0%
Vatican City	0	0	0.0%
Monaco	2	0	0.0%
Nauru	20	0	0.0%
Qatar	11,490	0	0.0%
Tokelau	10	0	0.0%

See also

• Trees portal

• Deforestation by continent
• Forest cover by state and territory in the United States
• Forest cover by state in India
• Forest cover by federal subject in Russia
• Forest cover by province or territory in Canada
• Forest cover by state or territory in Australia
• Forest Landscape Integrity Index
• Forest restoration
• Reforestation

Sources

This article incorporates text from "Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 Key findings" (PDF). FAO. 2020. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. See c:File:Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 – Key findings.pdf. VRTS ticket # 2020073010003087.

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (license statement/permission). Text taken from The State of the World's Forests 2020. Forests, biodiversity and people – In brief​, FAO & UNEP, FAO & UNEP.