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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
151 Haiti 12.26%
152 Uruguay 11.96%
153 Moldova 11.74%
154 Armenia 11.62%
155 Cabo Verde 11.57%
156 Ireland 11.53%
157 South Sudan 11.33%
158 Rwanda 11.31%
159 Turks and Caicos Islands 11.07%
160 Netherlands 11.06%
161 Uganda 11.04%
162 Mali 10.90%
163 Burundi 10.89%
164 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 10.88%
165 Argentina 10.32%
166 Sudan 9.55%
167 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 9.17%
168 Mongolia 9.09%
169 Turkmenistan 8.78%
170 Eritrea 8.63%
171 Uzbekistan 8.55%
172 Cote d'Ivoire 7.86%
173 Namibia 7.81%
174 Kyrgyz Republic 7.14%
175 Iran, Islamic Rep. 6.65%
176 Israel 6.47%
177 Kenya 6.22%
178 Isle of Man 6.07%
179 Pakistan 4.67%
180 Tunisia 4.55%
181 United Arab Emirates 4.47%
182 Chad 3.16%
183 Tajikistan 3.08%
184 Syrian Arab Republic 2.84%
185 Maldives 2.75%
186 Aruba 2.33%
187 Iraq 1.90%
188 Afghanistan 1.85%
189 West Bank and Gaza 1.68%
190 Kiribati 1.46%
191 Malta 1.44%
192 Kazakhstan 1.31%
193 Lesotho 1.14%
194 Jordan 1.10%
195 Yemen, Rep. 1.04%
196 Bahrain 0.95%
197 Algeria 0.83%
198 Niger 0.82%
199 Iceland 0.53%
200 Saudi Arabia 0.45%
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.