Sortlas Play today's puzzle

Forest cover by country

% of land area · 2023 · World Bank · 193 countries

Highest
94.4%
Suriname
Median
32.4%
of 193 countries
Lowest
0.0%
Qatar
Forest cover by country, % of land area, 2023
# Flag Country % of land area
1 Suriname 94.4%
2 Micronesia 92.2%
3 Gabon 91.2%
4 Palau 90.5%
5 Solomon Islands 90.1%
6 Guyana 87.1%
7 Equatorial Guinea 86.4%
8 Papua New Guinea 79.0%
9 Liberia 78.1%
10 Finland 73.7%
11 Seychelles 73.3%
12 St. Vincent & Grenadines 73.2%
13 Brunei 72.1%
14 Bhutan 71.6%
15 Laos 71.5%
16 Guinea-Bissau 69.5%
17 Sweden 68.7%
18 Japan 68.4%
19 Republic of the Congo 64.1%
20 South Korea 64.1%
21 Dominica 63.8%
22 Fiji 63.5%
23 Timor-Leste 61.7%
24 Montenegro 61.5%
25 Slovenia 61.2%
26 Costa Rica 60.4%
27 Zambia 59.5%
28 Brazil 59.0%
29 Malaysia 57.7%
30 Samoa 57.6%
31 Estonia 57.1%
32 Panama 56.3%
33 Honduras 56.3%
34 Jamaica 56.2%
35 Peru 56.1%
36 Latvia 55.0%
37 Belize 54.5%
38 DR Congo 54.2%
39 Colombia 52.8%
40 Venezuela 52.2%
41 Marshall Islands 52.2%
42 Sao Tome and Principe 52.1%
43 Angola 52.1%
44 Grenada 52.1%
45 Bahamas 50.9%
46 Tanzania 50.1%
47 Russia 49.8%
48 North Korea 49.6%
49 Ecuador 49.5%
50 Indonesia 47.7%
51 Vietnam 47.4%
52 Austria 47.2%
53 Bolivia 46.3%
54 Mozambique 45.8%
55 Dominican Republic 45.0%
56 Zimbabwe 44.7%
57 Trinidad and Tobago 44.2%
58 Belarus 43.4%
59 Cambodia 43.1%
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.7%
61 Cameroon 42.7%
62 Myanmar 42.4%
63 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.3%
64 Liechtenstein 41.9%
65 Nepal 41.6%
66 Senegal 41.3%
67 Georgia 40.6%
68 Slovakia 40.1%
69 North Macedonia 39.7%
70 Canada 39.5%
71 Thailand 38.7%
72 Paraguay 38.5%
73 New Zealand 37.8%
74 Spain 37.2%
75 Vanuatu 36.3%
76 Bulgaria 36.2%
77 Portugal 36.2%
78 Central African Republic 35.7%
79 Lithuania 35.2%
80 Ghana 35.2%
81 Croatia 34.8%
82 Czechia 34.8%
83 Luxembourg 34.5%
84 Sierra Leone 34.3%
85 Saint Lucia 34.0%
86 Andorra 34.0%
87 Sri Lanka 34.0%
88 United States 33.9%
89 Mexico 33.6%
90 Norway 33.5%
91 Tuvalu 33.3%
92 Italy 32.9%
93 Germany 32.7%
94 Guatemala 32.6%
95 France 32.5%
96 Serbia 32.4%
97 Switzerland 32.4%
98 Cuba 31.2%
99 Poland 31.1%
100 Greece 30.3%
101 Romania 30.1%
102 Turkey 29.5%
103 Eswatini 29.1%
104 Albania 28.8%
105 El Salvador 27.5%
106 Benin 26.5%
107 Botswana 26.3%
108 Nicaragua 25.8%
109 Chile 25.0%
110 Guinea 24.7%
111 India 24.5%
112 Philippines 24.5%
113 China 24.0%
114 Nigeria 23.2%
115 Belgium 22.6%
116 Hungary 22.4%
117 Malawi 22.4%
118 Gambia 22.3%
119 Burkina Faso 22.2%
120 Togo 22.1%
121 Madagascar 21.3%
122 Singapore 20.9%
123 Mauritius 19.5%
124 Cyprus 18.7%
125 Antigua and Barbuda 18.0%
126 Australia 17.4%
127 Comoros 17.0%
128 Ukraine 16.8%
129 San Marino 16.7%
130 Denmark 15.8%
131 Ethiopia 14.9%
132 Barbados 14.7%
133 Bangladesh 14.5%
134 Lebanon 14.2%
135 Azerbaijan 14.1%
136 South Africa 14.0%
137 United Kingdom 13.3%
138 Morocco 12.9%
139 Tonga 12.4%
140 Haiti 12.3%
141 Uruguay 12.0%
142 Moldova 11.7%
143 Armenia 11.6%
144 Cabo Verde 11.6%
145 Ireland 11.5%
146 South Sudan 11.3%
147 Rwanda 11.3%
148 Netherlands 11.1%
149 Uganda 11.0%
150 Mali 10.9%
151 Burundi 10.9%
152 Argentina 10.3%
153 Sudan 9.6%
154 Somalia 9.2%
155 Mongolia 9.1%
156 Turkmenistan 8.8%
157 Eritrea 8.6%
158 Uzbekistan 8.5%
159 Ivory Coast 7.9%
160 Namibia 7.8%
161 Kyrgyzstan 7.1%
162 Iran 6.6%
163 Israel 6.5%
164 Kenya 6.2%
165 Pakistan 4.7%
166 Tunisia 4.6%
167 United Arab Emirates 4.5%
168 Chad 3.2%
169 Tajikistan 3.1%
170 Syria 2.8%
171 Maldives 2.8%
172 Iraq 1.9%
173 Afghanistan 1.9%
174 Kiribati 1.5%
175 Malta 1.4%
176 Kazakhstan 1.3%
177 Lesotho 1.1%
178 Jordan 1.1%
179 Yemen 1.0%
180 Bahrain 0.9%
181 Algeria 0.8%
182 Niger 0.8%
183 Iceland 0.5%
184 Saudi Arabia 0.5%
185 Kuwait 0.4%
186 Mauritania 0.3%
187 Djibouti 0.3%
188 Libya 0.1%
189 Egypt 0.0%
190 Oman 0.0%
191 Monaco 0.0%
192 Nauru 0.0%
193 Qatar 0.0%

About this data

  • Figures are for 2023. Each ranking uses the most recent year with wide country coverage, so the year differs between rankings.
  • Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Definitions and method are the publisher's.
  • Only the 193 UN member states are ranked. Territories and non-members are not included.

Related rankings