Forest area by country, 2024, OECD (38 countries)
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.
38 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Finland (74.2%). Lowest: Iceland (0.6%). The median is 34.3%.
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Highest 10
- 1. Finland 74.2%
- 2. Sweden 68.6%
- 3. Japan 68.3%
- 4. South Korea 64.4%
- 5. Slovenia 61.8%
- 6. Costa Rica 59.1%
- 7. Estonia 57.2%
- 8. Latvia 55.6%
- 9. Colombia 53.7%
- 10. Austria 47.3%
Lowest 10
- 38. Iceland 0.6%
- 37. Israel 6.8%
- 36. Netherlands 11.0%
- 35. Ireland 12.0%
- 34. United Kingdom 13.5%
- 33. Denmark 16.0%
- 32. Australia 17.4%
- 31. Belgium 22.0%
- 30. Hungary 22.8%
- 29. Chile 24.5%
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 74.2% | 2024 | |
| 2 | Sweden | 68.6% | 2024 | |
| 3 | Japan | 68.3% | 2024 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 64.4% | 2024 | |
| 5 | Slovenia | 61.8% | 2024 | |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 59.1% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Estonia | 57.2% | 2024 | |
| 8 | Latvia | 55.6% | 2024 | |
| 9 | Colombia | 53.7% | 2024 | |
| 10 | Austria | 47.3% | 2024 | |
| 11 | Canada | 42.0% | 2024 | |
| 12 | Slovakia | 40.3% | 2024 | |
| 13 | New Zealand | 38.9% | 2024 | |
| 14 | Czechia | 38.4% | 2024 | |
| 15 | Spain | 38.2% | 2024 | |
| 16 | Greece | 36.9% | 2024 | |
| 17 | Portugal | 36.6% | 2024 | |
| 18 | Lithuania | 35.4% | 2024 | |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 34.5% | 2024 | |
| 20 | Mexico | 34.2% | 2024 | |
| 21 | United States | 33.8% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Norway | 33.2% | 2024 | |
| 23 | France | 32.9% | 2024 | |
| 24 | Germany | 32.8% | 2024 | |
| 25 | Switzerland | 32.0% | 2024 | |
| 26 | Italy | 31.8% | 2024 | |
| 27 | Poland | 31.0% | 2024 | |
| 28 | Türkiye | 29.5% | 2024 | |
| 29 | Chile | 24.5% | 2024 | |
| 30 | Hungary | 22.8% | 2024 | |
| 31 | Belgium | 22.0% | 2024 | |
| 32 | Australia | 17.4% | 2024 | |
| 33 | Denmark | 16.0% | 2024 | |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 13.5% | 2024 | |
| 35 | Ireland | 12.0% | 2024 | |
| 36 | Netherlands | 11.0% | 2024 | |
| 37 | Israel | 6.8% | 2024 | |
| 38 | Iceland | 0.6% | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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