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🌲 Forest cover by country

171 countries ranked · World Bank · 2023

Which country is the most forested?

The top 10

1. 🇸🇷Suriname 94.5%
2. 🇬🇦Gabon 91.2%
3. 🇬🇾Guyana 87.1%
4. 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 86.4%
5. 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 79%
6. 🇱🇷Liberia 78.1%
7. 🇫🇮Finland 73.7%
8. 🇧🇳Brunei 72.1%
9. 🇧🇹Bhutan 71.6%
10. 🇱🇦Laos 71.5%

Which country has the least forest?

The least forested countries in this table, tied: Qatar, Monaco and Oman, all at 0%.

The bottom 10

1. 171st 🇶🇦Qatar 0%
2. 170th 🇲🇨Monaco 0%
3. 169th 🇴🇲Oman 0%
4. 168th 🇪🇬Egypt 0.1%
5. 167th 🇱🇾Libya 0.1%
6. 166th 🇩🇯Djibouti 0.3%
7. 165th 🇲🇷Mauritania 0.3%
8. 164th 🇰🇼Kuwait 0.3%
9. 163rd 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 0.5%
10. 162nd 🇮🇸Iceland 0.5%

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Highest and lowest by region

The same table split by continent. Each row gives how many countries on that continent are ranked, and the extremes at both ends of it, which is the comparison a world table ordered by rank hides: a continent's floor is often above another's ceiling. Continents with fewer than three ranked countries are left out, so the counts need not add up to the whole table.

Region	Ranked	Highest	Lowest
Europe	42	🇫🇮Finland 73.7%	🇲🇨Monaco 0%
Asia	45	🇧🇳Brunei 72.1%	🇶🇦Qatar 0%
Africa	51	🇬🇦Gabon 91.2%	🇪🇬Egypt 0.1%
North America	16	🇨🇷Costa Rica 60.4%	🇭🇹Haiti 12.3%
South America	12	🇸🇷Suriname 94.5%	🇦🇷Argentina 10.3%
Oceania	5	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 79%	🇦🇺Australia 17.4%

The full ranking of all 171 countries

Forest cover · 2023

#	Country	Forest cover
1	🇸🇷Suriname	94.5%
2	🇬🇦Gabon	91.2%
3	🇬🇾Guyana	87.1%
4	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	86.4%
5	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	79%
6	🇱🇷Liberia	78.1%
7	🇫🇮Finland	73.7%
8	🇧🇳Brunei	72.1%
9	🇧🇹Bhutan	71.6%
10	🇱🇦Laos	71.5%
11	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	69.5%
12	🇸🇪Sweden	68.7%
13	🇯🇵Japan	68.4%
14	🇨🇬Congo	64.1%
15	🇰🇷South Korea	64.1%
16	🇫🇯Fiji	63.5%
17	🇲🇪Montenegro	61.5%
18	🇸🇮Slovenia	61.2%
19	🇨🇷Costa Rica	60.4%
20	🇿🇲Zambia	59.5%
21	🇧🇷Brazil	59%
22	🇲🇾Malaysia	57.7%
23	🇪🇪Estonia	57.1%
24	🇵🇦Panama	56.3%
25	🇭🇳Honduras	56.3%
26	🇯🇲Jamaica	56.2%
27	🇵🇪Peru	56.1%
28	🇱🇻Latvia	55%
29	🇧🇿Belize	54.5%
30	🇨🇩DR Congo	54.2%
31	🇨🇴Colombia	52.8%
32	🇻🇪Venezuela	52.2%
33	🇦🇴Angola	52.1%
34	🇧🇸Bahamas	50.9%
35	🇹🇿Tanzania	50.1%
36	🇷🇺Russia	49.8%
37	🇪🇨Ecuador	49.6%
38	🇰🇵North Korea	49.6%
39	🇮🇩Indonesia	47.7%
40	🇻🇳Vietnam	47.5%
41	🇦🇹Austria	47.2%
42	🇧🇴Bolivia	46.4%
43	🇲🇿Mozambique	45.8%
44	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	45%
45	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	44.7%
46	🇧🇾Belarus	43.4%
47	🇰🇭Cambodia	43.1%
48	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.7%
49	🇨🇲Cameroon	42.7%
50	🇲🇲Myanmar	42.4%
51	🇳🇵Nepal	41.6%
52	🇸🇳Senegal	41.3%
53	🇬🇪Georgia	40.6%
54	🇸🇰Slovakia	40.1%
55	🇲🇰North Macedonia	39.7%
56	🇨🇦Canada	39.5%
57	🇹🇭Thailand	38.7%
58	🇵🇾Paraguay	38.5%
59	🇳🇿New Zealand	37.8%
60	🇪🇸Spain	37.2%
61	🇻🇺Vanuatu	36.3%
62	🇧🇬Bulgaria	36.2%
63	🇵🇹Portugal	36.2%
64	🇨🇫Central African Republic	35.7%
65	🇱🇹Lithuania	35.2%
66	🇬🇭Ghana	35.2%
67	🇭🇷Croatia	34.8%
68	🇨🇿Czechia	34.8%
69	🇱🇺Luxembourg	34.5%
70	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	34.3%
71	🇦🇩Andorra	34%
72	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	34%
73	🇺🇸United States	33.9%
74	🇲🇽Mexico	33.6%
75	🇳🇴Norway	33.5%
76	🇮🇹Italy	32.9%
77	🇩🇪Germany	32.7%
78	🇬🇹Guatemala	32.6%
79	🇫🇷France	32.5%
80	🇷🇸Serbia	32.4%
81	🇨🇭Switzerland	32.4%
82	🇨🇺Cuba	31.2%
83	🇵🇱Poland	31.1%
84	🇬🇷Greece	30.3%
85	🇷🇴Romania	30.1%
86	🇹🇷Turkey	29.5%
87	🇦🇱Albania	28.8%
88	🇸🇻El Salvador	27.5%
89	🇧🇯Benin	26.5%
90	🇧🇼Botswana	26.3%
91	🇳🇮Nicaragua	25.8%
92	🇨🇱Chile	25%
93	🇬🇳Guinea	24.7%
94	🇮🇳India	24.5%
95	🇵🇭Philippines	24.5%
96	🇨🇳China	24%
97	🇳🇬Nigeria	23.2%
98	🇧🇪Belgium	22.6%
99	🇭🇺Hungary	22.5%
100	🇲🇼Malawi	22.4%
101	🇬🇲Gambia	22.3%
102	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	22.2%
103	🇹🇬Togo	22.1%
104	🇲🇬Madagascar	21.3%
105	🇸🇬Singapore	20.9%
106	🇲🇺Mauritius	19.5%
107	🇨🇾Cyprus	18.7%
108	🇦🇺Australia	17.4%
109	🇰🇲Comoros	17%
110	🇺🇦Ukraine	16.8%
111	🇩🇰Denmark	15.8%
112	🇪🇹Ethiopia	14.9%
113	🇧🇧Barbados	14.7%
114	🇧🇩Bangladesh	14.5%
115	🇱🇧Lebanon	14.2%
116	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	14.1%
117	🇿🇦South Africa	14%
118	🇬🇧United Kingdom	13.3%
119	🇲🇦Morocco	12.9%
120	🇭🇹Haiti	12.3%
121	🇺🇾Uruguay	12%
122	🇲🇩Moldova	11.7%
123	🇦🇲Armenia	11.6%
124	🇨🇻Cape Verde	11.6%
125	🇮🇪Ireland	11.5%
126	🇸🇸South Sudan	11.3%
127	🇷🇼Rwanda	11.3%
128	🇳🇱Netherlands	11.1%
129	🇺🇬Uganda	11%
130	🇲🇱Mali	10.9%
131	🇧🇮Burundi	10.9%
132	🇦🇷Argentina	10.3%
133	🇸🇩Sudan	9.6%
134	🇸🇴Somalia	9.2%
135	🇲🇳Mongolia	9.1%
136	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	8.8%
137	🇪🇷Eritrea	8.6%
138	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	8.6%
139	🇨🇮Ivory Coast	7.9%
140	🇳🇦Namibia	7.8%
141	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	7.1%
142	🇮🇷Iran	6.7%
143	🇮🇱Israel	6.5%
144	🇰🇪Kenya	6.2%
145	🇵🇰Pakistan	4.7%
146	🇹🇳Tunisia	4.6%
147	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	4.5%
148	🇹🇩Chad	3.2%
149	🇹🇯Tajikistan	3.1%
150	🇸🇾Syria	2.8%
151	🇲🇻Maldives	2.8%
152	🇮🇶Iraq	1.9%
153	🇦🇫Afghanistan	1.9%
154	🇲🇹Malta	1.4%
155	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	1.3%
156	🇱🇸Lesotho	1.1%
157	🇯🇴Jordan	1.1%
158	🇾🇪Yemen	1%
159	🇧🇭Bahrain	1%
160	🇩🇿Algeria	0.8%
161	🇳🇪Niger	0.8%
162	🇮🇸Iceland	0.5%
163	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	0.5%
164	🇰🇼Kuwait	0.3%
165	🇲🇷Mauritania	0.3%
166	🇩🇯Djibouti	0.3%
167	🇱🇾Libya	0.1%
168	🇪🇬Egypt	0.1%
169	🇴🇲Oman	0%
170	🇲🇨Monaco	0%
171	🇶🇦Qatar	0%

Forest cover by country for every country, A to Z

All 171 countries in alphabetical order, each with its figure and its position in the world ranking. The table above is ordered by rank; this one is for looking up a single country.

• 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1.9% 153rd of 171
• 🇦🇱Albania 28.8% 87th of 171
• 🇩🇿Algeria 0.8% 160th of 171
• 🇦🇩Andorra 34% 71st of 171
• 🇦🇴Angola 52.1% 33rd of 171
• 🇦🇷Argentina 10.3% 132nd of 171
• 🇦🇲Armenia 11.6% 123rd of 171
• 🇦🇺Australia 17.4% 108th of 171
• 🇦🇹Austria 47.2% 41st of 171
• 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 14.1% 116th of 171
• 🇧🇸Bahamas 50.9% 34th of 171
• 🇧🇭Bahrain 1% 159th of 171
• 🇧🇩Bangladesh 14.5% 114th of 171
• 🇧🇧Barbados 14.7% 113th of 171
• 🇧🇾Belarus 43.4% 46th of 171
• 🇧🇪Belgium 22.6% 98th of 171
• 🇧🇿Belize 54.5% 29th of 171
• 🇧🇯Benin 26.5% 89th of 171
• 🇧🇹Bhutan 71.6% 9th of 171
• 🇧🇴Bolivia 46.4% 42nd of 171
• 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.7% 48th of 171
• 🇧🇼Botswana 26.3% 90th of 171
• 🇧🇷Brazil 59% 21st of 171
• 🇧🇳Brunei 72.1% 8th of 171
• 🇧🇬Bulgaria 36.2% 62nd of 171
• 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 22.2% 102nd of 171
• 🇧🇮Burundi 10.9% 131st of 171
• 🇰🇭Cambodia 43.1% 47th of 171
• 🇨🇲Cameroon 42.7% 49th of 171
• 🇨🇦Canada 39.5% 56th of 171
• 🇨🇻Cape Verde 11.6% 124th of 171
• 🇨🇫Central African Republic 35.7% 64th of 171
• 🇹🇩Chad 3.2% 148th of 171
• 🇨🇱Chile 25% 92nd of 171
• 🇨🇳China 24% 96th of 171
• 🇨🇴Colombia 52.8% 31st of 171
• 🇰🇲Comoros 17% 109th of 171
• 🇨🇬Congo 64.1% 14th of 171
• 🇨🇷Costa Rica 60.4% 19th of 171
• 🇭🇷Croatia 34.8% 67th of 171
• 🇨🇺Cuba 31.2% 82nd of 171
• 🇨🇾Cyprus 18.7% 107th of 171
• 🇨🇿Czechia 34.8% 68th of 171
• 🇩🇰Denmark 15.8% 111th of 171
• 🇩🇯Djibouti 0.3% 166th of 171
• 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 45% 44th of 171
• 🇨🇩DR Congo 54.2% 30th of 171
• 🇪🇨Ecuador 49.6% 37th of 171
• 🇪🇬Egypt 0.1% 168th of 171
• 🇸🇻El Salvador 27.5% 88th of 171
• 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 86.4% 4th of 171
• 🇪🇷Eritrea 8.6% 137th of 171
• 🇪🇪Estonia 57.1% 23rd of 171
• 🇪🇹Ethiopia 14.9% 112th of 171
• 🇫🇯Fiji 63.5% 16th of 171
• 🇫🇮Finland 73.7% 7th of 171
• 🇫🇷France 32.5% 79th of 171
• 🇬🇦Gabon 91.2% 2nd of 171
• 🇬🇲Gambia 22.3% 101st of 171
• 🇬🇪Georgia 40.6% 53rd of 171
• 🇩🇪Germany 32.7% 77th of 171
• 🇬🇭Ghana 35.2% 66th of 171
• 🇬🇷Greece 30.3% 84th of 171
• 🇬🇹Guatemala 32.6% 78th of 171
• 🇬🇳Guinea 24.7% 93rd of 171
• 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 69.5% 11th of 171
• 🇬🇾Guyana 87.1% 3rd of 171
• 🇭🇹Haiti 12.3% 120th of 171
• 🇭🇳Honduras 56.3% 25th of 171
• 🇭🇺Hungary 22.5% 99th of 171
• 🇮🇸Iceland 0.5% 162nd of 171
• 🇮🇳India 24.5% 94th of 171
• 🇮🇩Indonesia 47.7% 39th of 171
• 🇮🇷Iran 6.7% 142nd of 171
• 🇮🇶Iraq 1.9% 152nd of 171
• 🇮🇪Ireland 11.5% 125th of 171
• 🇮🇱Israel 6.5% 143rd of 171
• 🇮🇹Italy 32.9% 76th of 171
• 🇨🇮Ivory Coast 7.9% 139th of 171
• 🇯🇲Jamaica 56.2% 26th of 171
• 🇯🇵Japan 68.4% 13th of 171
• 🇯🇴Jordan 1.1% 157th of 171
• 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.3% 155th of 171
• 🇰🇪Kenya 6.2% 144th of 171
• 🇰🇼Kuwait 0.3% 164th of 171
• 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 7.1% 141st of 171
• 🇱🇦Laos 71.5% 10th of 171
• 🇱🇻Latvia 55% 28th of 171
• 🇱🇧Lebanon 14.2% 115th of 171
• 🇱🇸Lesotho 1.1% 156th of 171
• 🇱🇷Liberia 78.1% 6th of 171
• 🇱🇾Libya 0.1% 167th of 171
• 🇱🇹Lithuania 35.2% 65th of 171
• 🇱🇺Luxembourg 34.5% 69th of 171
• 🇲🇬Madagascar 21.3% 104th of 171
• 🇲🇼Malawi 22.4% 100th of 171
• 🇲🇾Malaysia 57.7% 22nd of 171
• 🇲🇻Maldives 2.8% 151st of 171
• 🇲🇱Mali 10.9% 130th of 171
• 🇲🇹Malta 1.4% 154th of 171
• 🇲🇷Mauritania 0.3% 165th of 171
• 🇲🇺Mauritius 19.5% 106th of 171
• 🇲🇽Mexico 33.6% 74th of 171
• 🇲🇩Moldova 11.7% 122nd of 171
• 🇲🇨Monaco 0% 170th of 171
• 🇲🇳Mongolia 9.1% 135th of 171
• 🇲🇪Montenegro 61.5% 17th of 171
• 🇲🇦Morocco 12.9% 119th of 171
• 🇲🇿Mozambique 45.8% 43rd of 171
• 🇲🇲Myanmar 42.4% 50th of 171
• 🇳🇦Namibia 7.8% 140th of 171
• 🇳🇵Nepal 41.6% 51st of 171
• 🇳🇱Netherlands 11.1% 128th of 171
• 🇳🇿New Zealand 37.8% 59th of 171
• 🇳🇮Nicaragua 25.8% 91st of 171
• 🇳🇪Niger 0.8% 161st of 171
• 🇳🇬Nigeria 23.2% 97th of 171
• 🇰🇵North Korea 49.6% 38th of 171
• 🇲🇰North Macedonia 39.7% 55th of 171
• 🇳🇴Norway 33.5% 75th of 171
• 🇴🇲Oman 0% 169th of 171
• 🇵🇰Pakistan 4.7% 145th of 171
• 🇵🇦Panama 56.3% 24th of 171
• 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 79% 5th of 171
• 🇵🇾Paraguay 38.5% 58th of 171
• 🇵🇪Peru 56.1% 27th of 171
• 🇵🇭Philippines 24.5% 95th of 171
• 🇵🇱Poland 31.1% 83rd of 171
• 🇵🇹Portugal 36.2% 63rd of 171
• 🇶🇦Qatar 0% 171st of 171
• 🇷🇴Romania 30.1% 85th of 171
• 🇷🇺Russia 49.8% 36th of 171
• 🇷🇼Rwanda 11.3% 127th of 171
• 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 0.5% 163rd of 171
• 🇸🇳Senegal 41.3% 52nd of 171
• 🇷🇸Serbia 32.4% 80th of 171
• 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 34.3% 70th of 171
• 🇸🇬Singapore 20.9% 105th of 171
• 🇸🇰Slovakia 40.1% 54th of 171
• 🇸🇮Slovenia 61.2% 18th of 171
• 🇸🇴Somalia 9.2% 134th of 171
• 🇿🇦South Africa 14% 117th of 171
• 🇰🇷South Korea 64.1% 15th of 171
• 🇸🇸South Sudan 11.3% 126th of 171
• 🇪🇸Spain 37.2% 60th of 171
• 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 34% 72nd of 171
• 🇸🇩Sudan 9.6% 133rd of 171
• 🇸🇷Suriname 94.5% 1st of 171
• 🇸🇪Sweden 68.7% 12th of 171
• 🇨🇭Switzerland 32.4% 81st of 171
• 🇸🇾Syria 2.8% 150th of 171
• 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.1% 149th of 171
• 🇹🇿Tanzania 50.1% 35th of 171
• 🇹🇭Thailand 38.7% 57th of 171
• 🇹🇬Togo 22.1% 103rd of 171
• 🇹🇳Tunisia 4.6% 146th of 171
• 🇹🇷Turkey 29.5% 86th of 171
• 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 8.8% 136th of 171
• 🇺🇬Uganda 11% 129th of 171
• 🇺🇦Ukraine 16.8% 110th of 171
• 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 4.5% 147th of 171
• 🇬🇧United Kingdom 13.3% 118th of 171
• 🇺🇸United States 33.9% 73rd of 171
• 🇺🇾Uruguay 12% 121st of 171
• 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 8.6% 138th of 171
• 🇻🇺Vanuatu 36.3% 61st of 171
• 🇻🇪Venezuela 52.2% 32nd of 171
• 🇻🇳Vietnam 47.5% 40th of 171
• 🇾🇪Yemen 1% 158th of 171
• 🇿🇲Zambia 59.5% 20th of 171
• 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 44.7% 45th of 171

What this table covers

This table ranks the 171 countries that have a forest cover figure in World Bank's data (2023). Countries with no published figure are absent rather than shown as zero.

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