Countries with the highest
Forest area (% of land area)

In 2018, Suriname leads Forest area (% of land area) with 94.83%. Guyana follows at 93.64%, and the gap between the top two positions is 1.19%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.023.747.471.194.8SurinameSuriname: 94.83%94.8GuyanaGuyana: 93.64%93.6Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 91.94%91.9GabonGabon: 91.41%91.4Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 90.19%90.2PalauPalau: 89.67%89.7Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 87.88%87.9American SamoaAmerican Samoa: 85.95%86.0LiberiaLiberia: 79.71%79.7Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 79.32%79.3FinlandFinland: 73.73%73.7SeychellesSeychelles: 73.26%73.3

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Germany 32.68%
102 Italy 31.98%
103 Switzerland 31.95%
104 France 31.70%
105 Cuba 31.23%
106 Serbia 31.12%
107 Poland 30.89%
108 Greece 30.27%
109 Romania 30.12%
110 Nicaragua 29.98%
111 Albania 28.79%
112 Eswatini 28.79%
113 Benin 28.69%
114 El Salvador 28.61%
115 Turkiye 28.47%
116 Botswana 27.33%
117 Guinea 25.51%
118 Gambia, The 25.11%
119 St. Martin (French part) 24.80%
120 Malawi 24.67%
121 Chile 24.20%
122 British Virgin Islands 24.13%
123 Nigeria 24.10%
124 India 24.09%
125 Philippines 23.88%
126 Burkina Faso 23.09%
127 China 23.03%
128 Belgium 22.61%
129 Hungary 22.53%
130 Togo 22.34%
131 Singapore 22.31%
132 Madagascar 21.41%
133 Mauritius 19.37%
134 Antigua and Barbuda 18.75%
135 Cyprus 18.68%
136 Bermuda 18.52%
137 Comoros 18.16%
138 Australia 17.42%
139 Ukraine 16.70%
140 San Marino 16.67%
141 Denmark 15.66%
142 Ethiopia 15.25%
143 Barbados 14.65%
144 Bangladesh 14.47%
145 South Africa 14.12%
146 Lebanon 13.89%
147 Azerbaijan 13.41%
148 United Kingdom 13.12%
149 Haiti 12.83%
150 Morocco 12.82%

Analytical takeaways

  • Suriname leads the global ranking for Forest area (% of land area) in 2018, with a lead of 1.19% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Seychelles at 73.26%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.