Forest area as a share of land area
Land under natural or planted stands of trees at least 5 metres tall, excluding trees in agricultural production systems and urban parks, as a share of land area.
Highest in 2024
92.1%
Micronesia
Lowest in 2024
0.0%
Greenland
Countries ranked for 2024
209
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
209 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Paraguay |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 36.5% |
| 2023 | 36.9% |
| 2022 | 37.3% |
| 2021 | 37.6% |
| 2020 | 38.0% |
| 2019 | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 39.3% |
| 2017 | 39.9% |
| 2016 | 40.6% |
| 2015 | 41.2% |
| 2014 | 42.1% |
| 2013 | 43.0% |
| 2012 | 43.9% |
| 2011 | 44.8% |
| 2010 | 45.7% |
| 2009 | 46.6% |
| 2008 | 47.6% |
| 2007 | 48.5% |
| 2006 | 49.5% |
| 2005 | 50.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 209 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Micronesia (92.1%) and the lowest Greenland (0.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 33.0% and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 78 countries and fell in 87.
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Micronesia 92.1%
- 2 Suriname 91.5%
- 3 Gabon 91.4%
- 4 Palau 90.8%
- 5 Solomon Islands 89.8%
- 6 Guyana 87.1%
- 7 Equatorial Guinea 86.1%
- 8 American Samoa 79.6%
- 9 Dominica 76.4%
- 10 Papua New Guinea 75.2%
- 11 Guinea-Bissau 74.8%
- 12 Vanuatu 74.6%
- 13 Finland 74.2%
- 14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73.4%
- 15 Central African Republic 72.5%
- 16 Brunei 72.1%
- 17 Timor-Leste 71.0%
- 18 Bhutan 70.4%
- 19 Sweden 68.6%
- 20 Japan 68.3%
- 21 Liberia 66.1%
- 22 British Virgin Islands 66.0%
- 23 South Korea 64.4%
- 24 North Korea 64.1%
- 25 Republic of the Congo 64.0%
- 26 Panama 62.2%
- 27 Slovenia 61.8%
- 28 Fiji 61.7%
- 29 Democratic Republic of the Congo 61.5%
- 30 Montenegro 61.5%
- 31 Zambia 60.5%
- 32 Costa Rica 59.1%
- 33 US Virgin Islands 58.9%
- 34 Brazil 58.5%
- 35 Seychelles 58.5%
- 36 Belize 58.0%
- 37 Malaysia 57.7%
- 38 Samoa 57.6%
- 39 São Tomé and Príncipe 57.6%
- 40 Estonia 57.2%
- 41 Laos 56.6%
- 42 Jamaica 56.5%
- 43 Latvia 55.6%
- 44 Saint Lucia 53.8%
- 45 Colombia 53.7%
- 46 Marshall Islands 53.6%
- 47 Venezuela 53.4%
- 48 Northern Mariana Islands 53.3%
- 49 Cayman Islands 53.0%
- 50 Honduras 52.8%
- 51 Peru 52.7%
- 52 Guam 52.3%
- 53 Grenada 51.5%
- 54 Angola 51.2%
- 55 Bahamas 50.9%
- 56 Russia 50.8%
- 57 Indonesia 50.7%
- 58 Bolivia 50.2%
- 59 Puerto Rico (US) 49.7%
- 60 Ecuador 49.7%
- 61 Tanzania 49.6%
- 62 New Caledonia 48.1%
- 63 Austria 47.3%
- 64 Viet Nam 47.1%
- 65 Dominican Republic 46.7%
- 66 Senegal 45.0%
- 67 Georgia 44.6%
- 68 Trinidad and Tobago 44.2%
- 69 Belarus 44.1%
- 70 Nepal 43.6%
- 71 French Polynesia 42.4%
- 72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.2%
- 73 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.1%
- 74 Canada 42.0%
- 75 Myanmar 42.0%
- 76 Mozambique 41.3%
- 77 North Macedonia 40.8%
- 78 Cameroon 40.7%
- 79 Slovakia 40.3%
- 80 Tuvalu 39.6%
- 81 Serbia 39.2%
- 82 Andorra 38.9%
- 83 New Zealand 38.9%
- 84 Thailand 38.7%
- 85 Czechia 38.4%
- 86 Spain 38.2%
- 87 Cambodia 37.6%
- 88 Greece 36.9%
- 89 Liechtenstein 36.8%
- 90 Portugal 36.6%
- 91 Paraguay 36.5%
- 92 Bulgaria 36.4%
- 93 Zimbabwe 35.7%
- 94 Lithuania 35.4%
- 95 Cuba 34.9%
- 96 Croatia 34.8%
- 97 Luxembourg 34.5%
- 98 Sri Lanka 34.4%
- 99 Albania 34.3%
- 100 Mexico 34.2%
- 101 Sierra Leone 34.0%
- 102 United States 33.8%
- 103 Norway 33.2%
- 104 Guatemala 33.1%
- 105 El Salvador 33.0%
- 106 France 32.9%
- 107 Germany 32.8%
- 108 Switzerland 32.0%
- 109 Italy 31.8%
- 110 Poland 31.0%
- 111 Ghana 30.9%
- 112 Romania 30.2%
- 113 Türkiye 29.5%
- 114 Benin 28.1%
- 115 Botswana 27.8%
- 116 Rwanda 26.1%
- 117 Eswatini 25.3%
- 118 Philippines 24.8%
- 119 Chile 24.5%
- 120 India 24.4%
- 121 China 24.0%
- 122 Ethiopia 23.8%
- 123 Saint Martin (French part) 23.4%
- 124 Hungary 22.8%
- 125 Togo 22.5%
- 126 Malawi 22.0%
- 127 Belgium 22.0%
- 128 Singapore 21.8%
- 129 Gambia 21.3%
- 130 Guinea 20.0%
- 131 Mauritius 19.1%
- 132 Nigeria 18.9%
- 133 South Africa 18.8%
- 134 Cyprus 18.6%
- 135 Antigua and Barbuda 17.9%
- 136 Comoros 17.8%
- 137 Australia 17.4%
- 138 Ukraine 17.3%
- 139 Madagascar 17.3%
- 140 Argentina 17.1%
- 141 San Marino 16.3%
- 142 Denmark 16.0%
- 143 Barbados 14.6%
- 144 Azerbaijan 14.6%
- 145 Bermuda 14.4%
- 146 Bangladesh 14.4%
- 147 Lebanon 13.8%
- 148 United Kingdom 13.5%
- 149 Haiti 13.5%
- 150 Morocco 12.8%
- 151 Cabo Verde 12.5%
- 152 Maldives 12.5%
- 153 Burkina Faso 12.3%
- 154 Tonga 12.1%
- 155 Côte d'Ivoire 12.1%
- 156 Eritrea 12.0%
- 157 Ireland 12.0%
- 158 Uganda 11.9%
- 159 Sudan 11.9%
- 160 Armenia 11.8%
- 161 Uruguay 11.5%
- 162 South Sudan 11.3%
- 163 Moldova 11.3%
- 164 Turks and Caicos Islands 11.1%
- 165 Netherlands 11.0%
- 166 Burundi 10.9%
- 167 Namibia 9.8%
- 168 Mongolia 9.1%
- 169 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 8.8%
- 170 Uzbekistan 8.8%
- 171 Mali 8.7%
- 172 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 7.8%
- 173 Israel 6.8%
- 174 Kenya 6.6%
- 175 Iran 6.6%
- 176 Kyrgyzstan 6.5%
- 177 Isle of Man 6.4%
- 178 Turkmenistan 5.0%
- 179 Bahrain 4.9%
- 180 United Arab Emirates 4.6%
- 181 Tunisia 4.4%
- 182 Pakistan 4.1%
- 183 Tajikistan 3.1%
- 184 Chad 3.0%
- 185 Syria 2.9%
- 186 Aruba 2.7%
- 187 Afghanistan 1.9%
- 188 West Bank and Gaza 1.8%
- 189 Iraq 1.6%
- 190 Malta 1.5%
- 191 Kiribati 1.3%
- 192 Kazakhstan 1.3%
- 193 Saudi Arabia 1.3%
- 194 Lesotho 1.1%
- 195 Yemen 1.0%
- 196 Mauritania 1.0%
- 197 Niger 0.8%
- 198 Jordan 0.8%
- 199 Algeria 0.7%
- 200 Iceland 0.6%
- 201 Kuwait 0.4%
- 202 Djibouti 0.3%
- 203 Curaçao 0.2%
- 204 Qatar 0.1%
- 205 Libya 0.1%
- 206 Faroe Islands 0.1%
- 207 Oman 0.0%
- 208 Egypt 0.0%
- 209 Greenland 0.0%
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