How much of the land is forest?
Forest cover, 207 countries & territories. Forest area as a share of land area (FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment, via World Bank).
lowest≥ 2.9%≥ 11.9%≥ 24.2%≥ 34.4%≥ 45.1%≥ 57.7% no data
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of… via World Bank· 2023
Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (0%) to the highest value (94.4%).
The ranking
- 1
Suriname 94.4% 2023 - 2
Micronesia 92.2% 2023 - 3
Gabon 91.2% 2023 - 4
Palau 90.5% 2023 - 5
Solomon Islands 90.1% 2023 - 6
Guyana 87.1% 2023 - 7
Equatorial Guinea 86.4% 2023 - 8
Papua New Guinea 79% 2023 - 9
Liberia 78.1% 2023 - 10
Finland 73.7% 2023 - 11
Seychelles 73.3% 2023 - 12
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73.2% 2023 - 13
Brunei 72.1% 2023 - 14
Bhutan 71.6% 2023 - 15
Laos 71.5% 2023 - 16
Guinea-Bissau 69.5% 2023 - 17
Sweden 68.7% 2023 - 18
Japan 68.4% 2023 - 19
Congo 64.1% 2023 - 20
South Korea 64.1% 2023 - 21
Dominica 63.8% 2023 - 22
Fiji 63.5% 2023 - 23
Timor-Leste 61.7% 2023 - 24
Montenegro 61.5% 2023 - 25
Slovenia 61.2% 2023 - 26
Costa Rica 60.4% 2023 - 27
Zambia 59.5% 2023 - 28
Brazil 59% 2023 - 29
United States Virgin Islands (United States) 58.2% 2023 - 30
Malaysia 57.7% 2023 - 31
Samoa 57.6% 2023 - 32
Estonia 57.1% 2023 - 33
Panama 56.3% 2023 - 34
Honduras 56.3% 2023 - 35
Jamaica 56.2% 2023 - 36
Puerto Rico (United States) 56.1% 2023 - 37
Peru 56.1% 2023 - 38
Latvia 55% 2023 - 39
Belize 54.5% 2023 - 40
DR Congo 54.2% 2023 - 41
Colombia 52.8% 2023 - 42
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 52.5% 2023 - 43
Venezuela 52.2% 2023 - 44
Marshall Islands 52.2% 2023 - 45
São Tomé and Príncipe 52.1% 2023 - 46
Angola 52.1% 2023 - 47
Grenada 52.1% 2023 - 48
Guam (United States) 51.9% 2023 - 49
Bahamas 50.9% 2023 - 50
Tanzania 50.1% 2023