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Europe & Central Asia
Forest area (% of land area)

Within the “Europe & Central Asia” group, Finland leads Forest area (% of land area) in 2023 at 73.72%, while Monaco sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.00%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.018.436.955.373.7FinlandFinland: 73.72%73.7SwedenSweden: 68.70%68.7MontenegroMontenegro: 61.49%61.5SloveniaSlovenia: 61.17%61.2EstoniaEstonia: 57.07%57.1LatviaLatvia: 55.00%55.0Russian FederationRussian Federation: 49.78%49.8AustriaAustria: 47.24%47.2BelarusBelarus: 43.41%43.4Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 42.73%42.7LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 41.88%41.9GeorgiaGeorgia: 40.62%40.6

Country table

#CountryValue
51 Kazakhstan 1.31%
52 Iceland 0.53%
53 Faroe Islands 0.06%
54 Greenland 0.00%
55 Gibraltar 0.00%
56 Monaco 0.00%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Europe & Central Asia group for Forest area (% of land area) in 2023, Finland leads with a gap of 5.02% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 56 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Monaco at 0.00%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.