Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable), per square kilometre by country
Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
205
Highest
0.0944 units per square kilometre
Suriname
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.0325 units per square kilometre
Years covered
32
1992–2023
Data points
6,566
What the numbers show
Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable), per square kilometre is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 0.0944 units per square kilometre in Suriname; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0325 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0328 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 33.5%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 31.1%).
Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 0.0944 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 2 | Micronesia (country) | 0.092 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | Gabon | 0.0912 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 4 | Palau | 0.0907 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 5 | Solomon Islands | 0.0901 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 6 | Guyana | 0.0871 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 7 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0864 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 8 | American Samoa | 0.0856 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 0.079 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Liberia | 0.0781 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 11 | Seychelles | 0.0737 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 12 | Finland | 0.0737 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0734 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | Brunei | 0.0721 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 15 | Bhutan | 0.0716 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 16 | Laos | 0.0715 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0695 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 18 | Sweden | 0.0687 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Japan | 0.0684 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Congo | 0.0641 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 21 | South Korea | 0.0641 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 22 | Dominica | 0.0637 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 23 | Fiji | 0.0635 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 24 | East Timor | 0.0617 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 25 | Montenegro | 0.0615 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Slovenia | 0.0612 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 0.061 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 28 | Zambia | 0.0595 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 29 | Brazil | 0.059 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 30 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0585 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 31 | Malaysia | 0.0577 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 32 | Samoa | 0.0576 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 33 | Estonia | 0.0571 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 34 | Panama | 0.0563 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 35 | Honduras | 0.0563 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 36 | Jamaica | 0.0562 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 0.0561 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 38 | Peru | 0.0561 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 39 | Latvia | 0.055 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 40 | Belize | 0.0545 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 41 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0542 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 42 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0533 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 43 | Colombia | 0.0528 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 44 | Cayman Islands | 0.0525 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 45 | Venezuela | 0.0522 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 46 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0521 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 47 | Angola | 0.0521 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 48 | Marshall Islands | 0.0519 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 49 | Guam | 0.0518 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 50 | Grenada | 0.0515 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 51 | Bahamas | 0.0509 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Tanzania | 0.0502 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 53 | Russia | 0.0498 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 54 | North Korea | 0.0496 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 55 | Ecuador | 0.0495 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 56 | Indonesia | 0.0477 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 57 | Vietnam | 0.0474 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 58 | Austria | 0.0472 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 59 | Bolivia | 0.0461 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 60 | Mozambique | 0.0458 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 61 | New Caledonia | 0.0451 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 0.045 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 0.0447 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0443 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 65 | Belarus | 0.0434 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 66 | Cambodia | 0.0431 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 67 | French Polynesia | 0.0431 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0427 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 69 | Cameroon | 0.0427 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 70 | Myanmar | 0.0424 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 71 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0421 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 72 | Liechtenstein | 0.0419 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 73 | Nepal | 0.0416 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Senegal | 0.0413 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 75 | Georgia | 0.0406 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Slovakia | 0.0401 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 0.0397 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 78 | Canada | 0.0395 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 79 | Thailand | 0.0387 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 80 | Paraguay | 0.0385 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 81 | Tuvalu | 0.0385 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 82 | New Zealand | 0.0378 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 83 | Spain | 0.0372 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 0.0363 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 0.0362 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 86 | Portugal | 0.0362 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 87 | Central African Republic | 0.0357 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 88 | Lithuania | 0.0352 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 89 | Ghana | 0.0352 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 90 | Croatia | 0.0348 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 91 | Czechia | 0.0348 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 0.0345 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 93 | Sierra Leone | 0.0343 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 94 | Andorra | 0.0342 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 95 | Saint Lucia | 0.034 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 0.034 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 97 | United States | 0.0339 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 98 | Mexico | 0.0336 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 99 | Norway | 0.0335 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 100 | Italy | 0.0329 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 101 | Germany | 0.0327 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 102 | Guatemala | 0.0326 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 103 | France | 0.0325 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 104 | Switzerland | 0.0324 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 105 | Cuba | 0.0312 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 106 | Serbia | 0.0311 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 107 | Poland | 0.0311 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 108 | Greece | 0.0303 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | Romania | 0.0301 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 110 | Turkey | 0.0295 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 111 | Eswatini | 0.0291 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 112 | Albania | 0.0288 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 113 | El Salvador | 0.0275 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 114 | Benin | 0.0265 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 115 | Botswana | 0.0263 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 116 | Nicaragua | 0.0258 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 117 | Chile | 0.025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 118 | Guinea | 0.0247 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 119 | India | 0.0245 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 120 | Philippines | 0.0245 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 121 | China | 0.024 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 122 | British Virgin Islands | 0.024 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 123 | Nigeria | 0.0232 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 124 | Belgium | 0.0226 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 125 | Hungary | 0.0224 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 126 | Malawi | 0.0224 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 127 | Gambia | 0.0223 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 128 | Burkina Faso | 0.0222 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 129 | Togo | 0.0221 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 130 | Madagascar | 0.0213 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 131 | Singapore | 0.0208 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 132 | Mauritius | 0.0194 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 133 | Cyprus | 0.0187 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 134 | Bermuda | 0.0185 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 136 | Australia | 0.0174 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 137 | Comoros | 0.017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 138 | Ukraine | 0.0168 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 139 | San Marino | 0.0163 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 140 | Denmark | 0.0158 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 141 | Ethiopia | 0.015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 142 | Barbados | 0.0147 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Bangladesh | 0.0145 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 144 | Lebanon | 0.0142 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 0.0141 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 146 | South Africa | 0.014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 147 | United Kingdom | 0.0133 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 148 | Morocco | 0.0129 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 149 | Tonga | 0.0124 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Haiti | 0.0123 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 151 | Uruguay | 0.012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 152 | Rwanda | 0.0117 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 153 | Moldova | 0.0117 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 154 | Armenia | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 155 | Cape Verde | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 156 | Ireland | 0.0115 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 157 | South Sudan | 0.0113 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0111 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 159 | Netherlands | 0.0111 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 160 | Uganda | 0.011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 161 | Mali | 0.0109 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Burundi | 0.0109 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 163 | Argentina | 0.0103 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 164 | Sudan | 0.0096 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 165 | Somalia | 0.0092 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 166 | Mongolia | 0.0091 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 167 | Turkmenistan | 0.0088 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Eritrea | 0.0087 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 169 | Uzbekistan | 0.0085 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 170 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0079 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 171 | Namibia | 0.0078 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 172 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0071 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 173 | Iran | 0.0066 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 174 | Israel | 0.0065 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 175 | Kenya | 0.0062 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 176 | Isle of Man | 0.006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 177 | Pakistan | 0.0047 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 178 | Tunisia | 0.0046 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 179 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0045 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 180 | Chad | 0.0032 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 181 | Tajikistan | 0.0031 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 182 | Syria | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 183 | Maldives | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 184 | Aruba | 0.0023 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 185 | Iraq | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Malta | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 188 | Kiribati | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 189 | Kazakhstan | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 190 | Lesotho | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 191 | Jordan | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 192 | Yemen | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 193 | Bahrain | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 194 | Algeria | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 195 | Niger | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 196 | Iceland | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 197 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Kuwait | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 199 | Mauritania | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 200 | Djibouti | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 201 | Libya | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 202 | Faroe Islands | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 203 | Egypt | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 204 | Oman | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 205 | Greenland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
How this figure is calculated
Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Forest area, 1000 Hectares International Monetary Fund
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.