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

In 2023, Suriname leads Forest area (% of land area) with 94.45%. Micronesia, Fed. Sts. follows at 92.16%, and the gap between the top two positions is 2.29%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

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

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Bahamas, The 50.94%
52 Tanzania 50.05%
53 Russian Federation 49.78%
54 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 49.55%
55 Ecuador 49.55%
56 Indonesia 47.72%
57 Viet Nam 47.45%
58 Austria 47.24%
59 Bolivia 46.35%
60 New Caledonia 45.83%
61 Mozambique 45.81%
62 Dominican Republic 44.99%
63 Zimbabwe 44.74%
64 Trinidad and Tobago 44.24%
65 Belarus 43.41%
66 Cambodia 43.06%
67 French Polynesia 43.06%
68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.73%
69 Cameroon 42.67%
70 Myanmar 42.40%
71 St. Kitts and Nevis 42.31%
72 Liechtenstein 41.88%
73 Nepal 41.59%
74 Senegal 41.28%
75 Georgia 40.62%
76 Slovak Republic 40.06%
77 North Macedonia 39.71%
78 Canada 39.46%
79 Thailand 38.69%
80 Paraguay 38.54%
81 New Zealand 37.79%
82 Spain 37.19%
83 Vanuatu 36.28%
84 Bulgaria 36.22%
85 Portugal 36.15%
86 Central African Republic 35.66%
87 Lithuania 35.23%
88 Ghana 35.19%
89 Croatia 34.79%
90 Czechia 34.76%
91 Luxembourg 34.45%
92 Sierra Leone 34.30%
93 St. Lucia 34.05%
94 Andorra 34.04%
95 Sri Lanka 34.00%
96 United States 33.87%
97 Mexico 33.60%
98 Norway 33.50%
99 Tuvalu 33.33%
100 Italy 32.89%

Analytical takeaways

  • Suriname leads the global ranking for Forest area (% of land area) in 2023, with a lead of 2.29% 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.