List of countries by forest area
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This article is a list of countries by forest
area. Percentage data was calculated using information from the CIA's World Factbook 2011.
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
area. Percentage data was calculated using information from the CIA's World Factbook 2011.
| Rank | Country | Forested area (km2) | Date of information | % of land area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia |
7,762,602 | 2011 | 45.40% |
| 2 |  Brazil |
4,776,980 | 2005 | 56.10% |
| 3 |  Canada |
3,101,340 | 2005 | 31.06% |
| 4 |  United States |
3,030,890 | 2007 | 30.84% |
| 5 |  Mainland China |
1,821,000 | 2011 | 18.21% |
| 6 |  European Union |
1,600,000 | 2011 | 35.00% |
| 7 |  Australia |
1,470,832 | 2011 | 19.00% |
| 8 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
1,219,326 | 2011 | 52.00% |
| 9 |  Argentina |
945,336 | 2011 | 34.00% |
| 10 |  Indonesia |
884,950 | 2011 | 46.46% |
| 11 |  Venezuela |
747,881 | 2011 | 82.00% |
| 12 |  India |
778,424 | 2011 | 23.68% |
| 13 |  Mexico |
710,000 | 2011 | 36.50% |
| 14 |  Peru |
687,420 | 2005 | 53.49% |
| 15 |  Sudan (including ) |
675,460 | 2005 | 26.96% |
| 16 |  Mozambique |
620,000 | 2011 | 78.00% |
| 17 |  Colombia |
607,280 | 2005 | 53.32% |
| 18 |  Angola |
591,040 | 2005 | 47.41% |
| 19 |  Bolivia |
587,400 | 2005 | 53.47% |
| 20 |  Myanmar (Burma) |
430,560 | 2011 | 63.64% |
| 21 |  Zambia |
376,309 | 2011 | 50.00% |
| 22 |  Tanzania |
352,570 | 2005 | 37.22% |
| 23 |  Sweden |
307,850 | 2011 | 74.90% |
| 24 |  Papua New Guinea |
294,370 | 2005 | 63.60% |
| 25 |  Spain |
283,007 | 2011 | 56.00% |
| 26 |  Zimbabwe |
259,267 | 2011 | 66.35% |
| 27 |  Japan |
253,203 | 2011 | 67.00% |
| 28 |  FranceFrance The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... including the French Overseas Departments |
246,640 | 2007 | 36.76% |
| 29 |  Finland |
233,320 | 2011 | 69.00% |
| 30 |  Central African Republic |
227,550 | 2005 | 36.53% |
| 31 |  Gabon |
227,517 | 2011 | 85.00% |
| 32 |  Republic of the Congo |
224,710 | 2005 | 65.70% |
| 33 |  Cameroon |
212,450 | 2005 | 44.68% |
| 34 |  Turkey |
201,992 | 2006 | 25.77% |
| 35 |  Malaysia |
195,200 | 2011 | 59.50% |
| 36 |  Paraguay |
184,750 | 2005 | 45.42% |
| 37 |  Laos |
170,000 | 2011 | 71.60% |
| 38 | France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... (Metropolitan) |
161,000 | 2007 | 29.30% |
| 39 |  Chile |
158,781 | 2011 | 21.00% |
| 40 |  Guyana |
151,040 | 2005 | 70.26% |
| 41 |  Suriname |
147,760 | 2005 | 90.20% |
| 42 |  Thailand |
147,620 | 2011 | 29.00% |
| 43 |  Madagascar |
128,380 | 2005 | 21.87% |
| 44 |  Mali |
125,720 | 2005 | 10.14% |
| 45 |  Vietnam |
123,000 | 2011 | 37.14% |
| 46 |  Botswana |
119,430 | 2005 | 20.53% |
| 47 |  Chad |
119,210 | 2005 | 9.28% |
| 48 |  Ecuador |
115,510 | 2011 | 42.00% |
| 49 |  Germany |
113,176 | 2011 | 31.70% |
| 50 |  Niger |
112,000 | 2011 | 8.00% |
| 51 |  Nigeria |
110,890 | 2005 | 12.00% |
| 52 |  Iran |
110,750 | 2005 | 6.72% |
| 53 |  Guatemala |
108,894 | 2011 | 51.00% |
| 54 |  Italy |
106,736 | 2011 | 35.00% |
| 55 |  Ukraine |
105,000 | 2011 | 17.00% |
| 56 |  Mongolia |
102,520 | 2005 | 6.55% |
| 57 |  Norway |
93,870 | 2005 | 28.99% |
| 58 |  Cambodia |
93,350 | 2011 | 51.56% |
| 59 |  Morocco |
90,772 | 2011 | 8.00% |
| 60 |  Poland |
90,000 | 2011 | 28.80% |
| 61 |  South Africa |
89,170 | 2011 | 7.31% |
| 62 |  Senegal |
86,730 | 2005 | 44.09% |
| 63 |  New Zealand |
85,424 | 2011 | 31.87% |
| 64 |  French Guiana |
83,000 | 2007 | 96.00% |
| 65 |  Belarus |
80,134 | 2011 | 38.60% |
| 66 |  Namibia |
76,610 | 2005 | 9.29% |
| 67 |  North Korea |
76,240 | 2011 | 63.25% |
| 68 |  Philippines |
71,620 | 2005 | 23.87% |
| 69 |  Somalia |
71,310 | 2005 | 11.18% |
| 70 |  Burkina Faso |
67,940 | 2005 | 24.78% |
| 71 |  Honduras |
67,254 | 2011 | 60.00% |
| 72 |  Guinea |
67,240 | 2005 | 27.35% |
| 73 |  South Korea |
63,940 | 2011 | 64.00% |
| 74 |  Kingdom of Romania |
63,700 | 2005 | 26.72% |
| 75 |  Benin |
61,860 | 2011 | 54.93% |
| 76 |  Kazakhstan |
54,498 | 2011 | 2.00% |
| 77 |  Nicaragua |
51,890 | 2005 | 39.80% |
| 78 |  Uganda |
50,000 | 2011 | 20.74% |
| 79 |  Panama |
42,940 | 2005 | 56.93% |
| 80 |  Pakistan |
42,240 | 2011 | 5.31% |
| 81 |  Algeria |
42,000 | 2011 | 1.70% |
| 82 |  Turkmenistan |
41,270 | 2005 | 8.46% |
| 83 |  Austria |
39,600 | 2011 | 47.20% |
| 84 |  Ethiopia |
39,313 | 2011 | 3.56% |
| 85 |  Nepal |
39,000 | 2011 | 26.50% |
| 86 |  Greece |
37,520 | 2005 | 28.43% |
| 87 |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
36,250 | 2005 | 32.69% |
| 88 |  Malawi |
33,176 | 2011 | 28.00% |
| 89 |  Portugal |
32,400 | 2011 | 36.50% |
| 90 |  Liberia |
31,540 | 2005 | 28.32% |
| 91 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
30,000 | 2011 | 9.30% |
| 92 |  Latvia |
28,807 | 2011 | 44.60% |
| 93 |  United Kingdom |
28,650 | 2011 | 11.76% |
| 94 |  Georgia (country) |
27,880 | 2011 | 40.00% |
| 95 |  Sierra Leone |
27,540 | 2005 | 38.39% |
| 96 |  Cuba |
27,130 | 2005 | 24.47% |
| 97 |  Saudi Arabia |
27,000 | 2011 | 1.26% |
| 98 |  Czech Republic |
26,000 | 2011 | 34.00% |
| 99 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
25,599 | 2011 | 50.00% |
| 100 |  Independent State of Croatia |
24,901 | 2011 | 44.00% |
| 101 |  Bhutan |
24,764 | 2011 | 64.50% |
| 102 |  Ghana |
24,600 | 2011 | 10.20% |
| 103 |  Estonia |
23,066 | 2011 | 51.00% |
| 104 |  Solomon Islands |
22,534 to 23,117 | 2011 | 78.00 to 80.00% |
| 105 |  Lithuania |
21,223 | 2011 | 32.50% |
| 106 |  Serbia |
20,868 | 2007 | 23.63% |
| 107 |  Guinea-Bissau |
20,720 | 2005 | 57.36% |
| 108 |  Tunisia |
20,615 | 2011 | 12.60% |
| 109 |  Costa Rica |
20,440 | 2011 | 40.00% |
| 110 |  Slovakia |
20,006 | 2011 | 40.80% |
| 111 |  Uzbekistan |
19,690 | 2011 | 4.40% |
| 112 |  Sri Lanka |
19,330 | 2011 | 29.46% |
| 113 |  Hungary |
18,513 | 2011 | 19.90% |
| 114 |  Belize |
16,530 | 2005 | 71.98% |
| 115 |  Equatorial Guinea |
16,320 | 2005 | 58.18% |
| 116 |  Eritrea |
15,540 | 2005 | 13.21% |
| 117 |  Dominican Republic |
13,384 | 2011 | 27.50% |
| 118 |  Hawaii |
13,300 | 2007 | 46.98% |
| 119 |  Kenya |
13,200 | 2011 | 2.27% |
| 120 |  Kingdom of Scotland |
13,107 | 2004 | 17.00% |
| 121 |  Oman |
13,050 | 2011 | 4.22% |
| 122 |  Slovenia |
12,574 | 2011 | 59.80% |
| 123 |  Switzerland |
12,425 | 2011 | 30.80% |
| 124 |  Albania |
10,349 | 2011 | 36.00% |
| 125 |  Republic of Macedonia |
10,285 | 2011 | 40.00% |
| 126 |  Western Sahara |
10,110 | 2005 | 3.80% |
| 127 |  Fiji |
10,000 | 2005 | 54.72% |
| 128 |  Azerbaijan |
9,360 | 2005 | 10.81% |
| 129 |  Bangladesh |
8,710 | 2005 | 6.05% |
| 130 |  Kyrgyzstan |
8,690 | 2005 | 4.35% |
| 131 |  Iraq |
8,220 | 2005 | 1.88% |
| 132 |  Togo |
8,000 | 2011 | 14.00% |
| 133 |  East Timor |
7,980 | 2007 | 53.65% |
| 134 |  New Caledonia |
7,170 | 2005 | 38.60% |
| 135 |  Uruguay |
7,000 | 2011 | 4.00% |
| 136 |  Republic of Ireland |
6,690 | 2005 | 9.52% |
| 137 |  Belgium |
6,607 | 2011 | 21.64% |
| 138 |  Kingdom of Montenegro |
6,252 | 2007 | 45.26% |
| 139 |  Denmark |
5,171 | 2011 | 12.00% |
| 140 |  The Bahamas |
5,150 | 2005 | 51.45% of land area |
| 141 |  The Gambia |
4,857 | 2011 | 43.00% |
| 142 |  Corsica |
4,774 | 2007 | 55.00% |
| 143 |  Syria |
4,610 | 2011 | 2.49% |
| 144 |  Yemen |
4,490 | 2011 | 0.85% |
| 145 |  Vanuatu |
4,470 | 2011 | 36.67% |
| 146 |  Tajikistan |
4,100 | 2011 | 2.87% |
| 147 |  Puerto Rico |
4,080 | 2005 | 29.59% |
| 148 |  Netherlands |
3,650 | 2005 | 8.79% |
| 149 |  Jamaica |
3,308 | 2011 | 30.10% |
| 150 |  Moldova |
3,290 | 2005 | 9.72% |
| 151 |  Rwanda |
3,161 | 2011 | 12.00% |
| 152 |  United Arab Emirates |
3,120 | 2005 | 3.73% |
| 153 |  El Salvador |
2,980 | 2005 | 14.16% |
| 154 |  Armenia |
2,974 | 2011 | 10.00% |
| 155 |  Brunei |
2,780 | 2005 | 48.22% |
| 156 |  Mauritania |
2,670 | 2005 | 0.26% |
| 157 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
2,260 | 2005 | 44.07% |
| 158 |  Libya |
2,170 | 2005 | 0.12% |
| 159 |  Cyprus |
1,740 | 2005 | 18.81% |
| 160 |  Afghanistan |
1,631 | 2011 | 0.25% |
| 161 |  Israel |
1,600 | 2011 | 7.00% |
| 162 |  Lebanon |
1,383 | 2011 | 13.30% |
| 163 |  Réunion |
1,370 | 2011 | 53.00% |
| 164 |  Burundi |
1,270 | 2011 | 4.50% |
| 165 |  French Polynesia |
1,050 | 2005 | 25.20% |
| 166 |  Samoa |
1,050 | 2011 | 37.00% |
| 167 |  Iceland |
1,030 | 2011 | 1.00% |
| 168 |  Jordan |
893 | 2011 | 1.00% |
| 169 |  Luxembourg |
870 | 2005 | 33.64% |
| 170 |  Cape Verde |
840 | 2005 | 20.83% |
| 171 |  Egypt |
670 | 2005 | 0.07% |
| 172 |  Guadeloupe |
640 | 2007 | 39.00% |
| 173 | 630 | 2005 | 89.74% | |
| 174 |  Mauritius |
612 | 2011 | 30.00% |
| 175 |  Martinique |
490 | 2007 | 46.00% |
| 176 |  Dominica |
488 | 2011 | 65.00% |
| 177 |  Haiti |
416 | 2011 | 1.50% |
| 178 |  Seychelles |
407 | 2011 | 89.45% |
| 179 |  Hong Kong |
400 | 2007 | 36.36% |
| 180 |  Palau |
400 | 2005 | 87.15% |
| 181 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
340 | 2005 | 35.86% |
| 182 |  Northern Mariana Islands |
330 | 2005 | 71.12% |
| 183 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
270 | 2005 | 28.01% |
| 184 |  Guam |
260 | 2005 | 47.79% |
| 185 |  American Samoa |
180 | 2005 | 90.45% |
| 186 |  Swaziland |
174 | 2011 | 1.00% |
| 187 |  Saint Lucia |
170 | 2005 | 27.60% |
| 188 |  Niue |
169 to 182 | 2011 | 65.00 to 70.00% |
| 189 |  Andorra |
160 | 2005 | 34.19% |
| 190 |  Cook Islands |
142 | 2011 | 60.00% |
| 191 |  Mayotte |
140 | 2007 | 37.00% |
| 192 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
127 | 2011 | 32.56% |
| 193 |  Cayman Islands |
120 | 2005 | 45.45% |
| 194 |  United States Virgin Islands |
100 | 2005 | 28.87% |
| 195 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
90 | 2011 | 21.00% |
| 196 |  Palestinian territories |
90 | 2005 | 1.45% |
| 197 |  Lesotho |
80 | 2005 | 0.26% |
| 198 |  Liechtenstein |
70 | 2005 | 43.75% |
| 199 |  Djibouti |
60 | 2005 | 0.26% |
| 200 |  Kuwait |
60 | 2005 | 0.34% |
| 201 |  Comoros |
50 | 2005 | 2.24% |
| 202 |  Anguilla |
55 | 2007 | 60.44% |
| 203 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
50 | 2005 | 19.16% |
| 204 |  Wallis and Futuna |
47 | 2007 | 33.10% |
| 205 |  British Virgin Islands |
40 | 2005 | 26.49% |
| 206 |  Grenada |
40 | 2005 | 11.63% |
| 207 |  Tonga |
40 | 2011 | 5.35% |
| 208 |  Montserrat |
35 | 2007 | 34.31% |
| 209 |  Pitcairn Islands |
35 | 2007 | 74.47% |
| 210 |  Isle of Man |
30 | 2005 | 5.24% |
| 211 |  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |
30 | 2005 | 12.40% |
| 212 |  Tuvalu |
23 | 2011 | 89.12% |
| 213 |  Barbados |
20 | 2005 | 4.65% |
| 214 |  Kiribati |
20 | 2005 | 2.47% |
| 215 |  Saint Helena |
20 | 2005 | 16.39% |
| 216 |  Singapore |
20 | 2011 | 3.00% |
| 217 |  Netherlands Antilles |
12 | 2007 | 1.50% |
| 218 |  Bermuda |
10 | 2005 | 18.52% |
| 219 |  Maldives |
10 | 2005 | 3.56% |
| 220 |   Channel IslandsChannel Islands The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey... |
8 | 2007 | 4.12% |
| 221 |  Bahrain |
5 | 2007 | 0.67% |
| 222 |  Aruba |
4 | 2007 | 2.22% |
| 223 |  Malta |
3 | 2007 | 0.95% |
| 224 |  Greenland |
2 | 2007 | 0.00% |
| 225 |  Faroe Islands |
1 | 2007 | 0.07% |
| 226 |  San Marino |
1 | 2007 | 1.64% |
External links
- Environment statistics by country - Detailed country level environment statistics by bunseki.info
- Turkey General Directorate of Forestry - Official Web Site of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Forestry General Directorate of Forestry