List of countries by forest area
The following list sorts countries and territories according to their total forest area (including primeval forest area) in 2015 in square kilometers . The proportion of wooded areas in the total land area is also given. All data come from the World Bank . The total global forest area was 39,991,336.2 km² (as of 2015) which was 30.8% of the global land area (excluding Antarctica ).
rank | country | Forest area in km² | Share of forest area in land area in% |
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1 | Russia | 8,149,305 | 49.8% |
2 | Brazil | 4,935,380 | 59.0% |
3 | Canada | 3,470,690 | 38.2% |
4th | United States | 3,100,950 | 33.9% |
5 | People's Republic of China | 2,083,213 | 22.2% |
6th | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,525,780 | 67.6% |
7th | Australia | 1,247,510 | 16.2% |
8th | Indonesia | 910.100 | 50.2% |
9 | Peru | 739.730 | 57.8% |
10 | India | 706.820 | 23.8% |
11 | Mexico | 660,400 | 34.0% |
12 | Colombia | 585.017 | 52.7% |
13 | Angola | 578,560 | 46.4% |
14th | Bolivia | 547.640 | 50.6% |
15th | Zambia | 486.350 | 65.4% |
16 | Venezuela | 466.830 | 52.9% |
17th | Tanzania | 460,600 | 52.0% |
18th | Mozambique | 379,400 | 48.2% |
19th | Papua New Guinea | 335,590 | 74.1% |
20th | Myanmar | 290.410 | 44.5% |
21st | Sweden | 280.730 | 68.9% |
22nd | Argentina | 271.120 | 9.9% |
23 | Japan | 249,580 | 68.5% |
24 | Gabon | 230,000 | 89.3% |
25th | Republic of the Congo | 223,340 | 65.4% |
26th | Finland | 222.180 | 73.1% |
27 | Malaysia | 221,950 | 67.6% |
28 | Central African Republic | 221,700 | 35.6% |
29 | Sudan | 192.099 | 8.1% |
30th | Cameroon | 188.160 | 39.8% |
31 | Laos | 187.614 | 81.3% |
32 | Spain | 184.179 | 38.2% |
33 | Chile | 177,350 | 23.9% |
34 | France | 169,890 | 31.0% |
35 | Guyana | 165.260 | 84.0% |
36 | Thailand | 163,990 | 32.1% |
37 | Suriname | 153,320 | 98.3% |
38 | Paraguay | 153.230 | 38.6% |
39 | Vietnam | 147.730 | 47.6% |
40 | Zimbabwe | 140,620 | 36.4% |
41 | Mongolia | 125,528 | 8.1% |
42 | Ecuador | 125,479 | 50.5% |
43 | Ethiopia | 124,990 | 12.5% |
44 | Madagascar | 124.730 | 21.4% |
45 | Norway | 121,120 | 33.2% |
46 | Turkey | 118.174 | 15.4% |
47 | Germany | 114.190 | 32.7% |
48 | Botswana | 108,400 | 19.1% |
49 | Iran | 106,920 | 6.6% |
50 | Ivory Coast | 104.010 | 32.7% |
51 | New Zealand | 101,520 | 38.6% |
52 | Ukraine | 96,570 | 16.7% |
53 | Cambodia | 94,570 | 53.6% |
54 | Poland | 94,350 | 30.8% |
55 | Ghana | 93,370 | 41.0% |
56 | Italy | 92,970 | 31.6% |
57 | South Africa | 92,410 | 7.6% |
58 | Belarus | 86,335 | 42.5% |
59 | Senegal | 82,730 | 43.0% |
60 | Philippines | 80,400 | 27.0% |
61 | South Sudan | 71,570 | 11.1% |
62 | Nigeria | 69,930 | 7.7% |
63 | Namibia | 69,190 | 8.4% |
64 | Romania | 68,610 | 29.8% |
65 | Guinea | 63,640 | 25.9% |
66 | Somalia | 63,630 | 10.1% |
67 | South Korea | 61,840 | 63.4% |
68 | Morocco | 56,320 | 12.6% |
69 | Burkina Faso | 53,500 | 19.6% |
70 | North Korea | 50,310 | 41.8% |
71 | Chad | 48,750 | 3.9% |
72 | Mali | 47,150 | 3.9% |
73 | Panama | 46.170 | 62.1% |
74 | Honduras | 45,920 | 41.0% |
75 | Kenya | 44,130 | 7.8% |
76 | Benin | 43.110 | 38.2% |
77 | Liberia | 41,790 | 43.4% |
78 | Turkmenistan | 41,270 | 8.8% |
79 | Greece | 40,540 | 31.5% |
80 | Austria | 38,690 | 46.9% |
81 | Bulgaria | 38,230 | 35.2% |
82 | Nepal | 36,360 | 25.4% |
83 | Guatemala | 35,400 | 33.0% |
84 | Latvia | 33,560 | 54.0% |
85 | Kazakhstan | 33,090 | 1.2% |
86 | Uzbekistan | 32,199 | 7.6% |
87 | Cuba | 32,000 | 30.8% |
88 | Portugal | 31,820 | 34.7% |
89 | Malawi | 31,470 | 33.4% |
90 | United Kingdom | 31,440 | 13.0% |
91 | Nicaragua | 31,140 | 25.9% |
92 | Sierra Leone | 30,440 | 42.2% |
93 | Georgia | 28,224 | 40.6% |
94 | Costa Rica | 27,560 | 54.0% |
95 | Bhutan | 27,549 | 72.3% |
96 | Serbia | 27,200 | 31.1% |
97 | Czech Republic | 26,670 | 34.5% |
98 | Estonia | 22,320 | 52.7% |
99 | Solomon Islands | 21,850 | 78.1% |
99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21,850 | 42.7% |
101 | Lithuania | 21,800 | 34.8% |
102 | Uganda | 20,770 | 10.4% |
103 | Sri Lanka | 20,700 | 33.0% |
104 | Hungary | 20,690 | 22.9% |
105 | Dominican Republic | 19,830 | 41.0% |
106 | Guinea-Bissau | 19,720 | 70.1% |
107 | Algeria | 19,560 | 0.8% |
108 | Slovakia | 19,400 | 40.3% |
109 | Croatia | 19,220 | 34.3% |
110 | Uruguay | 18,450 | 10.5% |
111 | Equatorial Guinea | 15,680 | 55.9% |
112 | Eritrea | 15,100 | 15.0% |
113 | Pakistan | 14,720 | 1.9% |
114 | Bangladesh | 14,290 | 11.0% |
115 | Belize | 13,663 | 59.9% |
116 | Afghanistan | 13,500 | 2.1% |
117 | Switzerland | 12,540 | 31.7% |
118 | Slovenia | 12,480 | 62.0% |
119 | Niger | 11,420 | 0.9% |
120 | Azerbaijan | 11,394 | 13.8% |
121 | Tunisia | 10,410 | 6.7% |
122 | Fiji | 10.172 | 55.7% |
123 | North Macedonia | 9,980 | 39.6% |
124 | Saudi Arabia | 9,770 | 0.5% |
125 | New Caledonia | 8,390 | 45.9% |
126 | Montenegro | 8,270 | 61.5% |
127 | Iraq | 8,250 | 1.9% |
128 | Albania | 7,715 | 28.2% |
129 | Ireland | 7,540 | 10.9% |
130 | East Timor | 6,860 | 46.1% |
131 | Belgium | 6,834 | 22.6% |
132 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,370 | 3.3% |
133 | Denmark | 6.122 | 14.6% |
134 | Swaziland | 5,860 | 34.1% |
135 | Yemen | 5,490 | 1.0% |
136 | Bahamas | 5,150 | 51.4% |
137 | Puerto Rico | 4,960 | 55.9% |
138 | Syria | 4,910 | 2.7% |
139 | Gambia | 4,880 | 48.2% |
140 | Rwanda | 4,800 | 19.5% |
141 | Vanuatu | 4,400 | 36.1% |
142 | Tajikistan | 4.120 | 3.0% |
143 | Moldova | 4,090 | 12.4% |
144 | Brunei | 3,800 | 72.1% |
145 | Netherlands | 3,760 | 11.2% |
146 | Jamaica | 3,352 | 31.0% |
147 | Armenia | 3,320 | 11.7% |
148 | United Arab Emirates | 3.226 | 3.9% |
149 | Burundi | 2,760 | 10.7% |
150 | El Salvador | 2,650 | 12.8% |
151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,345 | 45.7% |
152 | Mauritania | 2,245 | 0.2% |
153 | Libya | 2,170 | 0.1% |
154 | Togo | 1,880 | 3.5% |
155 | Cyprus | 1,727 | 18.7% |
156 | Samoa | 1,710 | 60.4% |
157 | Israel | 1,650 | 7.6% |
158 | French Polynesia | 1,550 | 42.3% |
159 | Lebanon | 1,373 | 13.4% |
160 | Jordan | 975 | 1.1% |
161 | Haiti | 970 | 3.5% |
162 | Cape Verde | 899 | 22.3% |
163 | Luxembourg | 867 | 33.5% |
164 | Egypt | 730 | 0.1% |
165 | Micronesia | 643 | 91.8% |
166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 536 | 55.8% |
167 | Iceland | 492 | 0.5% |
168 | Lesotho | 490 | 1.6% |
169 | Dominica | 433 | 57.8% |
170 | Seychelles | 407 | 88.4% |
171 | Palau | 403 | 87.6% |
172 | Mauritius | 386 | 19.0% |
173 | Comoros | 370 | 19.9% |
174 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 270 | 69.2% |
175 | Guam | 250 | 46.3% |
176 | St. Lucia | 203 | 33.3% |
177 | Grenada | 170 | 50.0% |
178 | Singapore | 164 | 23.1% |
179 | Andorra | 160 | 34.0% |
180 | Marshall Islands | 126 | 70.2% |
181 | Kiribati | 122 | 15.0% |
182 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 110 | 42.3% |
183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 98 | 22.3% |
184 | Palestine | 92 | 1.5% |
185 | Tonga | 90 | 12.5% |
186 | Liechtenstein | 69 | 43.1% |
187 | Barbados | 63 | 14.7% |
187 | Kuwait | 63 | 0.4% |
189 | Djibouti | 56 | 0.2% |
190 | Oman | 20th | 0% |
191 | Tuvalu | 10 | 33.3% |
191 | Maldives | 10 | 3.3% |
193 | Bahrain | 6th | 0.8% |
194 | Malta | 4th | 1.1% |
195 | Qatar | 0 | 0% |
195 | Monaco | 0 | 0% |
Development of the global forest area
The following list gives an overview of the development of the land area in the 20 countries with the largest land area since 1990. In total, a forest area of 1,291,359 km² has been lost since 1990, which corresponds to the total area of Peru or four times the total area of Germany. In some countries, such as Russia , the USA and the People's Republic of China , the forest area increased due to reforestation programs. In Brazil , Indonesia and large parts of Africa, however, an even larger area of forest areas was lost to deforestation.
country | Forest area in km² 1990 |
Forest area in km² 1995 |
Forest area in km² 2000 |
Forest area in km² 2005 |
Forest area in km² 2010 |
Forest area in km² 2015 |
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world | 41,282,695 | 40,919,359 | 40,556,022 | 40.327.426 | 40.156.730 | 39,991,336 |
Russia | 8,089,500 | 8.091.092 | 8.092.685 | 8,087,900 | 8,151,356 | 8,149,305 |
Brazil | 5,467,050 | 5,339,895 | 5,212,740 | 5,067,340 | 4,984,580 | 4,935,380 |
Canada | 3,482,730 | 3,480,375 | 3,478,020 | 3,475,760 | 3,473,020 | 3,470,690 |
United States | 3,024,500 | 3,029,930 | 3,035,360 | 3,047,570 | 3,087,200 | 3,100,950 |
People's Republic of China | 1,571,406 | 1,670,706 | 1,770,005 | 1,930,439 | 2,006,103 | 2,083,213 |
Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,603,630 | 1,588,060 | 1,572,490 | 1,556,920 | 1,541,350 | 1,525,780 |
Australia | 1,285,410 | 1,286,910 | 1,288,410 | 1,276,410 | 1,232,110 | 1,247,510 |
Indonesia | 1,185,450 | 1,089,770 | 994.090 | 978.570 | 944.320 | 910.100 |
Peru | 779.210 | 770.340 | 761,470 | 755.280 | 748.110 | 739.730 |
India | 639.390 | 646.645 | 653,900 | 677.090 | 697,900 | 706.820 |
Mexico | 697,600 | 688.080 | 678,560 | 670.830 | 664.980 | 660,400 |
Colombia | 644.170 | 631.077 | 617.984 | 602.013 | 586.353 | 585.017 |
Angola | 609.760 | 603.520 | 597.280 | 591.040 | 584,800 | 578,560 |
Bolivia | 627.950 | 614.430 | 600.910 | 587,340 | 562.090 | 547.640 |
Zambia | 528,000 | 519.670 | 511,340 | 503.010 | 494,680 | 486.350 |
Venezuela | 520.260 | 505.885 | 491.510 | 477.130 | 475.050 | 466.830 |
Tanzania | 559.200 | 539.200 | 519.200 | 499.200 | 479.200 | 460,600 |
Mozambique | 433.780 | 422.830 | 411.880 | 400,790 | 389.720 | 379,400 |
Papua New Guinea | 336.270 | 336.135 | 336,000 | 335.860 | 335.730 | 335,590 |
Myanmar | 392.180 | 370.430 | 411.880 | 333.210 | 317.730 | 290.410 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Forest area (sq. Km) | Data. Retrieved February 11, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Forest area (% of land area) | Data. Retrieved February 11, 2018 (American English).