Rankings · environment
Countries by forest area
Share of land area covered by forest, including both natural forests and forest plantations. 213 countries ranked for 2025 (%).
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| 1 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 92.2% | +0.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 2 |  Gabon | 91.4% | -0.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 3 |  Suriname | 91.4% | -1.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 4 |  Palau | 91% | +2.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 5 |  Solomon Islands | 89.8% | -0.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 6 |  Guyana | 87% | -0.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 7 |  Equatorial Guinea | 85.8% | -3.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 8 |  American Samoa | 79.3% | +0.0% | = |
| 9 |  Dominica | 76.5% | -0.8% | = |
| 10 |  Papua New Guinea | 75.1% | -0.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 11 |  Guinea-Bissau | 74.7% | -2.0% | = |
| 12 |  Vanuatu | 74.4% | -2.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 13 |  Finland | 74.2% | +0.7% | = |
| 14 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.2% | +0.0% | = |
| 15 |  Central African Republic | 72.4% | -1.0% | = |
| 16 |  Brunei | 72.1% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 17 |  Timor-Leste | 70.9% | -1.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 18 |  Bhutan | 70.1% | -1.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 19 |  Sweden | 68.6% | -0.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 20 |  Japan | 68.3% | -0.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 21 |  British Virgin Islands | 66.5% | +0.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 22 |  Liberia | 65.7% | -10.1% | ▼ 6 |
| 23 |  South Korea | 64.3% | -0.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 24 |  North Korea | 64.2% | +1.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 25 |  Republic of the Congo | 64% | -0.3% | = |
| 26 |  Fiji | 62.2% | +4.2% | ▲ 9 |
| 27 |  Panama | 62.2% | -0.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 28 |  Slovenia | 61.8% | -0.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 29 |  Montenegro | 61.5% | +0.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 30 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.4% | -1.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 31 |  Zambia | 60.4% | -1.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 32 |  United States Virgin Islands | 59% | +7.9% | ▲ 14 |
| 33 |  Costa Rica | 58.6% | +1.2% | ▲ 6 |
| 34 |  Brazil | 58.2% | -5.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 35 |  Belize | 57.7% | -5.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 36 |  Seychelles | 57.7% | -7.5% | ▼ 7 |
| 37 |  São Tomé and Principe | 57.6% | +0.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 38 |  Malaysia | 57.5% | -2.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 39 |  Samoa | 57.5% | -2.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 40 |  Estonia | 57.3% | +1.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 41 |  Jamaica | 56.9% | +6.8% | ▲ 10 |
| 42 |  Laos | 56.5% | -2.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 43 |  Latvia | 55.7% | +2.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 44 |  Marshall Islands | 53.9% | +3.3% | ▲ 13 |
| 45 |  Saint Lucia | 53.8% | +2.3% | ▲ 9 |
| 46 |  Colombia | 53.6% | -2.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 47 |  Venezuela | 53.4% | -1.7% | ▲ 3 |
| 48 |  Cayman Islands | 53% | +0.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 49 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 53% | +0.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 50 |  Peru | 52.5% | -3.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 51 |  Guam | 52.4% | +0.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 52 |  Honduras | 52.4% | -10.1% | ▼ 14 |
| 53 |  Grenada | 52.1% | +0.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 54 |  The Bahamas | 50.9% | +0.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 55 |  Russia | 50.8% | +1.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 56 |  Angola | 50.7% | -7.5% | ▼ 11 |
| 57 |  Indonesia | 50.7% | +1.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 58 |  Bolivia | 50.2% | -4.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 59 |  Ecuador | 49.6% | -3.9% | = |
| 60 |  Puerto Rico | 49.2% | -10.5% | ▼ 17 |
| 61 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 49% | -9.8% | ▼ 12 |
| 62 |  New Caledonia | 48.8% | +0.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 63 |  Austria | 47.3% | +0.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 64 |  Vietnam | 47.2% | +5.1% | ▲ 6 |
| 65 |  Dominican Republic | 46.8% | +1.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 66 |  Senegal | 44.9% | -1.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 67 |  Georgia | 44.6% | +0.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 68 |  Belarus | 44.2% | +4.0% | ▲ 8 |
| 69 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 44.1% | -1.8% | = |
| 70 |  Nepal | 43.7% | +2.6% | ▲ 5 |
| 71 |  French Polynesia | 43.1% | +0.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 72 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.3% | +0.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 73 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.2% | +0.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 74 |  Canada | 42% | +0.2% | ▲ 5 |
| 75 |  Myanmar | 41.5% | -9.8% | ▼ 8 |
| 76 |  Republic of Serbia | 41.3% | +12.8% | ▲ 14 |
| 77 |  Mozambique | 41% | -7.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 78 |  North Macedonia | 40.7% | +3.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 79 |  Cameroon | 40.5% | -7.1% | ▼ 6 |
| 80 |  Slovakia | 40.4% | +1.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 81 |  Nicaragua | 39.7% | -4.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 82 |  New Zealand | 39.1% | +4.5% | ▲ 5 |
| 83 |  Andorra | 38.8% | -0.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 84 |  Czechia | 38.5% | +2.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 85 |  Thailand | 38.5% | -2.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 86 |  Spain | 38.3% | +3.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 87 |  Liechtenstein | 37.4% | +7.8% | ▲ 8 |
| 88 |  Greece | 36.9% | +16.0% | ▲ 19 |
| 89 |  Portugal | 36.7% | +1.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 90 |  Bulgaria | 36.5% | +3.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 91 |  Paraguay | 36.1% | -12.6% | ▼ 10 |
| 92 |  Cambodia | 35.9% | -28.3% | ▼ 29 |
| 93 |  Zimbabwe | 35.6% | -3.8% | ▼ 4 |
| 94 |  Lithuania | 35.4% | +1.4% | = |
| 95 |  Cuba | 34.9% | +2.9% | ▲ 6 |
| 96 |  Croatia | 34.8% | +1.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 97 |  Luxembourg | 34.5% | +0.0% | = |
| 98 |  Albania | 34.3% | +17.9% | ▲ 17 |
| 99 |  Sri Lanka | 34.3% | +1.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 100 |  Tuvalu | 34.3% | +0.0% | = |
| 101 |  Mexico | 34.1% | -1.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 102 |  Sierra Leone | 33.8% | -7.4% | ▼ 11 |
| 103 |  United States | 33.8% | -0.3% | = |
| 104 |  Norway | 33.2% | -0.3% | = |
| 105 |  El Salvador | 33.1% | +1.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 106 |  France | 33% | +5.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 107 |  Guatemala | 33% | -3.8% | ▼ 9 |
| 108 |  Germany | 32.9% | +0.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 109 |  Switzerland | 32.1% | +1.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 110 |  Italy | 31.9% | +6.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 111 |  Ghana | 31% | +5.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 112 |  Poland | 31% | +0.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 113 |  Romania | 30.2% | +0.7% | = |
| 114 |  Turkey | 29.6% | +5.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 115 |  Benin | 27.8% | -10.6% | ▼ 5 |
| 116 |  Botswana | 27.8% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 117 |  Rwanda | 25.7% | +29.8% | ▲ 16 |
| 118 |  Eswatini | 25.2% | -3.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 119 |  Philippines | 24.9% | +6.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 120 |  Saint Martin | 24.8% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 121 |  India | 24.5% | +2.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 122 |  Chile | 24.4% | -0.4% | = |
| 123 |  China | 24.2% | +8.0% | ▲ 8 |
| 124 |  Ethiopia | 23.7% | +0.0% | = |
| 125 |  Hungary | 22.9% | +1.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 126 |  Togo | 22.5% | +0.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 127 |  Belgium | 22% | -2.7% | = |
| 128 |  Singapore | 22% | -3.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 129 |  Malawi | 21.5% | -17.3% | ▼ 9 |
| 130 |  Gambia | 20.7% | -22.8% | ▼ 12 |
| 131 |  Guinea | 19.8% | -12.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 132 |  Mauritius | 19.2% | +0.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 133 |  South Africa | 18.9% | +4.4% | ▲ 6 |
| 134 |  Nigeria | 18.8% | -6.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 135 |  Cyprus | 18.6% | -0.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 136 |  Comoros | 17.9% | -3.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 137 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 17.7% | -7.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 138 |  Australia | 17.4% | +1.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 139 |  Ukraine | 17.4% | +4.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 140 |  Madagascar | 17.1% | -10.9% | ▼ 5 |
| 141 |  Argentina | 17% | -4.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 142 |  San Marino | 16.7% | +0.0% | = |
| 143 |  Denmark | 16.1% | +3.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 144 |  Azerbaijan | 14.7% | +13.1% | ▲ 9 |
| 145 |  Barbados | 14.7% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 146 |  Bangladesh | 14.4% | -0.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 147 |  Bermuda | 14.4% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 148 |  Lebanon | 13.8% | +0.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 149 |  United Kingdom | 13.5% | +3.8% | ▲ 5 |
| 150 |  Haiti | 13.5% | +2.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 151 |  Morocco | 12.8% | +0.8% | ▲ 4 |
| 152 |  Cabo Verde | 12.7% | +14.4% | ▲ 11 |
| 153 |  Maldives | 12.5% | +0.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 154 |  Ireland | 12.1% | +10.0% | ▲ 11 |
| 155 |  Tonga | 12.1% | +0.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 156 |  Ivory Coast | 11.9% | -15.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 157 |  Eritrea | 11.9% | -4.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 158 |  Armenia | 11.8% | -0.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 159 |  Burkina Faso | 11.8% | -27.2% | ▼ 15 |
| 160 |  Sudan | 11.8% | -7.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 161 |  Uganda | 11.8% | -10.6% | ▼ 9 |
| 162 |  Uruguay | 11.6% | +10.5% | ▲ 6 |
| 163 |  South Sudan | 11.3% | +0.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 164 |  Moldova | 11.2% | -4.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 165 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.1% | +0.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 166 |  Netherlands | 11% | +1.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 167 |  Burundi | 10.9% | +0.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 168 |  Namibia | 9.8% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 169 |  Mongolia | 9.1% | +0.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 170 |  Sint Maarten | 8.8% | +0.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 171 |  Uzbekistan | 8.8% | +8.6% | ▲ 3 |
| 172 |  Mali | 8.6% | -8.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 173 |  Somalia | 7.7% | -18.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 174 |  Israel | 6.9% | -9.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 175 |  Kenya | 6.7% | +15.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 176 |  Iran | 6.6% | +0.0% | = |
| 177 |  Kyrgyzstan | 6.5% | +0.0% | = |
| 178 |  Isle of Man | 6.4% | +0.0% | = |
| 179 |  Bahrain | 5.5% | +223.5% | ▲ 12 |
| 180 |  Turkmenistan | 5% | +0.0% | = |
| 181 |  United Arab Emirates | 4.6% | +2.2% | = |
| 182 |  Tunisia | 4.4% | -2.2% | = |
| 183 |  Pakistan | 4.1% | +5.1% | = |
| 184 |  Tajikistan | 3.1% | +3.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 185 |  Syria | 2.9% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 186 |  Chad | 2.9% | -25.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 187 |  Aruba | 2.7% | +0.0% | = |
| 188 |  Afghanistan | 1.9% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 189 |  Western Sahara | 1.9% | -5.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 190 |  Palestine | 1.8% | +0.0% | = |
| 191 |  Iraq | 1.6% | -5.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 192 |  Malta | 1.5% | +36.4% | ▲ 5 |
| 193 |  Kazakhstan | 1.3% | +8.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 194 |  Kiribati | 1.3% | +0.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 195 |  Saudi Arabia | 1.3% | +0.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 196 |  Lesotho | 1.1% | +0.0% | = |
| 197 |  Mauritania | 1% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 198 |  Yemen | 1% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 199 |  Jordan | 0.8% | +0.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 200 |  Niger | 0.8% | -11.1% | = |
| 201 |  Algeria | 0.7% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 202 |  Iceland | 0.6% | +20.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 203 |  Kuwait | 0.4% | +33.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 204 |  Djibouti | 0.3% | +50.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 205 |  Curaçao | 0.2% | +0.0% | = |
| 206 |  Faroe Islands | 0.1% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 207 |  Libya | 0.1% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 208 |  Qatar | 0.1% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 209 |  Egypt | 0% | – | ▲ 1 |
| 210 |  Greenland | 0% | – | ▲ 1 |
| 211 |  Monaco | 0% | – | ▲ 1 |
| 212 |  Nauru | 0% | – | ▲ 1 |
| 213 |  Oman | 0% | – | ▲ 1 |
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