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Forest area (% of land area)

For 2023, Forest area (% of land area) is led by Suriname at 94.45%. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is 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 (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Countries ranked 213
Snapshot year 2023
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0.023.647.270.894.4SurinameSuriname: 94.45%94.4Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 92.16%92.2GabonGabon: 91.18%91.2PalauPalau: 90.54%90.5Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 90.06%90.1GuyanaGuyana: 87.09%87.1Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 86.39%86.4American SamoaAmerican Samoa: 85.20%85.2Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 78.95%79.0LiberiaLiberia: 78.14%78.1FinlandFinland: 73.72%73.7SeychellesSeychelles: 73.26%73.3
Rank Country Value
101 Germany 32.68%
102 Guatemala 32.60%
103 France 32.48%
104 Serbia 32.39%
105 Switzerland 32.38%
106 Cuba 31.23%
107 Poland 31.08%
108 Greece 30.27%
109 Romania 30.12%
110 Turkiye 29.48%
111 Eswatini 29.14%
112 Albania 28.79%
113 El Salvador 27.53%
114 Benin 26.47%
115 Botswana 26.29%
116 Nicaragua 25.82%
117 Chile 25.01%
118 St. Martin (French part) 24.80%
119 Guinea 24.70%
120 India 24.54%
121 Philippines 24.46%
122 British Virgin Islands 24.13%
123 China 24.03%
124 Nigeria 23.21%
125 Belgium 22.60%
126 Hungary 22.45%
127 Malawi 22.44%
128 Gambia, The 22.28%
129 Burkina Faso 22.17%
130 Togo 22.07%
131 Madagascar 21.30%
132 Singapore 20.93%
133 Mauritius 19.47%
134 Cyprus 18.67%
135 Bermuda 18.52%
136 Antigua and Barbuda 18.01%
137 Australia 17.42%
138 Comoros 16.98%
139 Ukraine 16.76%
140 San Marino 16.67%
141 Denmark 15.78%
142 Ethiopia 14.93%
143 Barbados 14.65%
144 Bangladesh 14.49%
145 Lebanon 14.19%
146 Azerbaijan 14.11%
147 South Africa 13.97%
148 United Kingdom 13.29%
149 Morocco 12.94%
150 Tonga 12.43%
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Suriname sits at the top of the Forest area (% of land area) distribution in 2023 at 94.45%, with a lead of 2.29% over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Poland at 31.08%, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Qatar (0.00%), and the page currently covers 213 countries.