High income
Forest area (% of land area)

Within the “High income” group, Palau leads Forest area (% of land area) in 2023 at 90.54%, while Qatar sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.00%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.022.645.367.990.5PalauPalau: 90.54%90.5GuyanaGuyana: 87.09%87.1American SamoaAmerican Samoa: 85.20%85.2FinlandFinland: 73.72%73.7SeychellesSeychelles: 73.26%73.3Brunei DarussalamBrunei Darussalam: 72.11%72.1SwedenSweden: 68.70%68.7JapanJapan: 68.40%68.4Korea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 64.11%64.1SloveniaSlovenia: 61.17%61.2Costa RicaCosta Rica: 60.40%60.4Virgin Islands (U.S.)Virgin Islands (U.S.): 58.17%58.2

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Palau 90.54%
2 Guyana 87.09%
3 American Samoa 85.20%
4 Finland 73.72%
5 Seychelles 73.26%
6 Brunei Darussalam 72.11%
7 Sweden 68.70%
8 Japan 68.40%
9 Korea, Rep. 64.11%
10 Slovenia 61.17%
11 Costa Rica 60.40%
12 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 58.17%
13 Estonia 57.07%
14 Panama 56.34%
15 Puerto Rico (US) 56.12%
16 Latvia 55.00%
17 Northern Mariana Islands 52.96%
18 Cayman Islands 52.47%
19 Guam 51.85%
20 Bahamas, The 50.94%
21 Russian Federation 49.78%
22 Austria 47.24%
23 New Caledonia 45.83%
24 Trinidad and Tobago 44.24%
25 French Polynesia 43.06%
26 St. Kitts and Nevis 42.31%
27 Liechtenstein 41.88%
28 Slovak Republic 40.06%
29 Canada 39.46%
30 New Zealand 37.79%
31 Spain 37.19%
32 Bulgaria 36.22%
33 Portugal 36.15%
34 Lithuania 35.23%
35 Croatia 34.79%
36 Czechia 34.76%
37 Luxembourg 34.45%
38 Andorra 34.04%
39 United States 33.87%
40 Norway 33.50%
41 Italy 32.89%
42 Germany 32.68%
43 France 32.48%
44 Switzerland 32.38%
45 Poland 31.08%
46 Greece 30.27%
47 Romania 30.12%
48 Chile 25.01%
49 St. Martin (French part) 24.80%
50 British Virgin Islands 24.13%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the High income group for Forest area (% of land area) in 2023, Palau leads with a gap of 3.46% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 83 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Qatar at 0.00%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.