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

In 2022, Suriname leads Forest area (% of land area) with 94.52%. Micronesia, Fed. Sts. follows at 92.11%, and the gap between the top two positions is 2.41%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.023.647.370.994.5SurinameSuriname: 94.52%94.5Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 92.11%92.1GabonGabon: 91.23%91.2PalauPalau: 90.37%90.4Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 90.09%90.1GuyanaGuyana: 87.13%87.1Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 86.69%86.7American SamoaAmerican Samoa: 85.35%85.4Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 79.03%79.0LiberiaLiberia: 78.46%78.5FinlandFinland: 73.73%73.7SeychellesSeychelles: 73.26%73.3

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Bahamas, The 50.94%
52 Tanzania 50.58%
53 Ecuador 49.80%
54 Russian Federation 49.78%
55 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 49.73%
56 Indonesia 48.04%
57 Austria 47.21%
58 Viet Nam 47.20%
59 Bolivia 46.54%
60 Mozambique 46.12%
61 New Caledonia 45.83%
62 Zimbabwe 44.86%
63 Dominican Republic 44.82%
64 Trinidad and Tobago 44.32%
65 Cambodia 43.94%
66 Belarus 43.34%
67 French Polynesia 43.06%
68 Myanmar 42.85%
69 Cameroon 42.79%
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.73%
71 St. Kitts and Nevis 42.31%
72 Liechtenstein 41.88%
73 Nepal 41.59%
74 Senegal 41.49%
75 Georgia 40.62%
76 Slovak Republic 40.06%
77 North Macedonia 39.71%
78 Canada 39.47%
79 Paraguay 39.25%
80 Thailand 38.76%
81 New Zealand 37.72%
82 Spain 37.18%
83 Vanuatu 36.28%
84 Portugal 36.15%
85 Bulgaria 36.10%
86 Central African Republic 35.70%
87 Lithuania 35.20%
88 Ghana 35.16%
89 Croatia 34.74%
90 Czechia 34.74%
91 Sierra Leone 34.57%
92 Luxembourg 34.45%
93 Sri Lanka 34.06%
94 St. Lucia 34.05%
95 Andorra 34.04%
96 United States 33.87%
97 Mexico 33.66%
98 Norway 33.48%
99 Tuvalu 33.33%
100 Italy 32.71%

Analytical takeaways

  • Suriname leads the global ranking for Forest area (% of land area) in 2022, with a lead of 2.41% 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.