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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
201 Kuwait 0.35%
202 Mauritania 0.29%
203 Djibouti 0.26%
204 Curacao 0.16%
205 Libya 0.12%
206 Faroe Islands 0.06%
207 Egypt, Arab Rep. 0.05%
208 Oman 0.01%
209 Greenland 0.00%
210 Gibraltar 0.00%
211 Monaco 0.00%
212 Naoero 0.00%
213 Qatar 0.00%
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.