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

In 2019, Suriname leads Forest area (% of land area) with 94.75%. Guyana follows at 93.60%, and the gap between the top two positions is 1.16%. 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: 94.75%94.8GuyanaGuyana: 93.60%93.6Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 91.99%92.0GabonGabon: 91.37%91.4Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 90.16%90.2PalauPalau: 89.85%89.8Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 87.59%87.6American SamoaAmerican Samoa: 85.80%85.8LiberiaLiberia: 79.40%79.4Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 79.25%79.3FinlandFinland: 73.73%73.7SeychellesSeychelles: 73.26%73.3

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Guam 51.85%
52 Bahamas, The 50.94%
53 Ecuador 50.58%
54 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 50.25%
55 Russian Federation 49.78%
56 Indonesia 49.39%
57 Bolivia 47.11%
58 Austria 47.10%
59 Mozambique 47.01%
60 Cambodia 46.59%
61 Viet Nam 46.48%
62 New Caledonia 45.85%
63 Zimbabwe 45.21%
64 Trinidad and Tobago 44.56%
65 Dominican Republic 44.32%
66 Myanmar 44.18%
67 Cameroon 43.15%
68 Belarus 43.13%
69 French Polynesia 43.06%
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.73%
71 St. Kitts and Nevis 42.31%
72 Senegal 42.11%
73 Liechtenstein 41.88%
74 Nepal 41.59%
75 Paraguay 41.23%
76 Georgia 40.62%
77 Slovak Republic 40.06%
78 North Macedonia 39.71%
79 Thailand 38.97%
80 Canada 38.70%
81 New Zealand 37.47%
82 Spain 37.17%
83 Vanuatu 36.28%
84 Portugal 36.15%
85 Central African Republic 35.85%
86 Bulgaria 35.74%
87 Sierra Leone 35.39%
88 Lithuania 35.13%
89 Ghana 35.07%
90 Czechia 34.65%
91 Croatia 34.60%
92 Luxembourg 34.45%
93 Sri Lanka 34.21%
94 St. Lucia 34.05%
95 Andorra 34.04%
96 United States 33.87%
97 Mexico 33.86%
98 Norway 33.34%
99 Tuvalu 33.33%
100 Guatemala 33.03%

Analytical takeaways

  • Suriname leads the global ranking for Forest area (% of land area) in 2019, with a lead of 1.16% 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.