Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable) by country
This dataset provides information on global climate and weather patterns, providing insights into temperature variations, land cover accounts, and shifts in mean sea levels.
Countries reporting
223
Highest
815,312
Russia
Lowest
0.08
Faroe Islands
Median
1,955
Years covered
32
1992–2023
Data points
7,520
What the numbers show
Forest area, 1000 Hectares (Not Applicable) is currently reported for 223 countries. The highest value is 815,312 in Russia; the lowest is 0.08 in Faroe Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,955, and the mean is 18,149.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 33.8%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 31.1%).
Forest area, 1000 Hectares: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 815,312 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | Brazil | 492,979 | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 3 | Canada | 346,817 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | United States | 309,795 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | China | 225,617 | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 6 | Australia | 134,005 | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 122,851 | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 8 | Indonesia | 90,317 | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 9 | India | 72,959 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 10 | Peru | 71,812 | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 11 | Mexico | 65,309 | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 12 | Angola | 64,942 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 58,544 | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 14 | Bolivia | 50,206 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 15 | Venezuela | 46,073 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 16 | Tanzania | 44,338 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 17 | Zambia | 44,249 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 18 | Mozambique | 36,026 | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 35,755 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 20 | Argentina | 28,246 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 21 | Sweden | 27,980 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | Myanmar | 27,675 | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 23 | Japan | 24,935 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Gabon | 23,495 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 25 | Turkey | 22,688 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 26 | Finland | 22,409 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 27 | Central African Republic | 22,213 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 28 | Congo | 21,901 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 29 | Nigeria | 21,137 | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 30 | Cameroon | 20,172 | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 31 | Thailand | 19,765 | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 32 | Malaysia | 18,964 | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 33 | Spain | 18,585 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 18,579 | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 35 | Guyana | 18,388 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | Sudan | 17,843 | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 37 | France | 17,503 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 17,306 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 39 | South Africa | 16,941 | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 16,850 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 41 | Laos | 16,492 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 42 | Paraguay | 15,264 | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 43 | Suriname | 15,160 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 44 | Botswana | 14,900 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 45 | Vietnam | 14,871 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 46 | Mongolia | 14,170 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 47 | Mali | 13,296 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Madagascar | 12,390 | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 49 | Ecuador | 12,305 | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 50 | Norway | 12,203 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 51 | Germany | 11,419 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 52 | Iran | 10,788 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 53 | New Zealand | 9,950 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 54 | Italy | 9,728 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 55 | Ukraine | 9,708 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 56 | Poland | 9,519 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 57 | Belarus | 8,811 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 58 | Ghana | 8,007 | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 59 | French Guiana | 7,993 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 60 | Senegal | 7,948 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 61 | Cambodia | 7,601 | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 62 | Liberia | 7,527 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 63 | Philippines | 7,293 | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 64 | South Sudan | 7,157 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 65 | Romania | 6,929 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 66 | Namibia | 6,426 | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 67 | Honduras | 6,296 | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 68 | South Korea | 6,257 | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 69 | Guinea | 6,069 | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 70 | Burkina Faso | 6,066 | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 71 | North Korea | 5,966 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 72 | Nepal | 5,962 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 73 | Morocco | 5,774 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 74 | Somalia | 5,750 | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 75 | Panama | 4,180 | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 76 | Turkmenistan | 4,127 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Chad | 3,980 | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 3,932 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 79 | Greece | 3,902 | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 80 | Austria | 3,898 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 81 | Uzbekistan | 3,767 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 82 | Kenya | 3,611 | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 83 | Pakistan | 3,602 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 3,542 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 85 | Guatemala | 3,493 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 86 | Latvia | 3,422 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 87 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3,313 | 2005 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 88 | Portugal | 3,312 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 89 | Cuba | 3,242 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 90 | United Kingdom | 3,215 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 3,108 | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 3,084 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 93 | Benin | 2,985 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 94 | Georgia | 2,822 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Bhutan | 2,731 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 96 | Serbia | 2,724 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 97 | Czechia | 2,683 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 98 | Solomon Islands | 2,521 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 99 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,498 | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 2,476 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 101 | Estonia | 2,438 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,423 | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 103 | Uganda | 2,214 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 104 | Lithuania | 2,205 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,188 | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 2,168 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 107 | Malawi | 2,116 | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | 2,104 | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 109 | Uruguay | 2,094 | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 110 | Hungary | 2,049 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 111 | Algeria | 1,978 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 112 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,955 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 113 | Croatia | 1,947 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 114 | Slovakia | 1,926 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 115 | Bangladesh | 1,883 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,370 | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 117 | Switzerland | 1,279 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 118 | Belize | 1,244 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 119 | Slovenia | 1,232 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 120 | Afghanistan | 1,208 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Togo | 1,200 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 122 | Azerbaijan | 1,166 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 123 | Fiji | 1,160 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 124 | Eritrea | 1,046 | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 125 | Niger | 1,042 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 126 | North Macedonia | 1,001 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 127 | Saudi Arabia | 977 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | East Timor | 916.9 | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 129 | New Caledonia | 837.72 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 130 | Montenegro | 827 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 131 | Iraq | 825 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Ireland | 794.02 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 133 | Albania | 788.9 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 134 | Tunisia | 707.32 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 135 | Belgium | 689.3 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 136 | Western Sahara | 664.98 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 137 | Denmark | 631.26 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 138 | Jamaica | 608.55 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 139 | El Salvador | 570.38 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 140 | Yemen | 549 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Syria | 522.08 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 142 | Bahamas | 509.86 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Eswatini | 501.19 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 497.8 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 145 | Vanuatu | 442.3 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | Tajikistan | 426.8 | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 147 | Moldova | 386.5 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 148 | Brunei | 380 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 149 | Netherlands | 372.3 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 150 | Haiti | 337.97 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 151 | Armenia | 327.63 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 152 | United Arab Emirates | 317.3 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Mauritania | 296.44 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 154 | Burundi | 279.64 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 155 | Rwanda | 279 | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 226.93 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 157 | Gambia | 225.47 | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 158 | Libya | 217 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Cyprus | 172.47 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 160 | Samoa | 160.23 | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 161 | French Polynesia | 149.46 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Lebanon | 145.13 | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 163 | Israel | 140 | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 164 | Reunion | 99.88 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 165 | Jordan | 97.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 88.7 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Guadeloupe | 71.74 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 168 | Micronesia (country) | 64.51 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 169 | Iceland | 53.31 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 170 | Martinique | 52.89 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 50.04 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 172 | Dominica | 47.87 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Cape Verde | 46.62 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 174 | Egypt | 44.98 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 175 | Palau | 41.65 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 176 | Mauritius | 38.89 | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 177 | Lesotho | 34.52 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Seychelles | 33.7 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Comoros | 31.6 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.54 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Guam | 28 | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 182 | Northern Mariana Islands | 24.36 | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 20.77 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | United States Virgin Islands | 20.36 | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 185 | Niue | 18.9 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 186 | Grenada | 17.7 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | American Samoa | 17.04 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 188 | Andorra | 16 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 15.59 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Singapore | 15.03 | 2023 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 191 | Mayotte | 13.74 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 192 | Cayman Islands | 12.59 | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 193 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10.52 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | West Bank and Gaza | 10.14 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 196 | Marshall Islands | 9.4 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Tonga | 8.95 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.93 | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 199 | Liechtenstein | 6.7 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 200 | Barbados | 6.3 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Kuwait | 6.25 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 202 | Djibouti | 6.04 | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 203 | Wallis and Futuna | 5.83 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 204 | Anguilla | 5.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 205 | British Virgin Islands | 3.62 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 206 | Pitcairn | 3.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Isle of Man | 3.46 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Montserrat | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 209 | Oman | 2.36 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 210 | Netherlands Antilles | 2.35 | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | Saint Helena | 2 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 212 | Kiribati | 1.18 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 213 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.16 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 214 | Bermuda | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | San Marino | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 217 | Maldives | 0.82 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 218 | Bahrain | 0.76 | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 219 | Norfolk Island | 0.49 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 220 | Malta | 0.46 | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 221 | Aruba | 0.42 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 222 | Greenland | 0.22 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 223 | Faroe Islands | 0.08 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4.04 million
- G7 844,529
- Emerging Market and Developing Economies 3.08 million
- Asia 626,476
- G20 2.82 million
- Chagai 1.02
- Americas 1.58 million
- Euro Area (EA) – aggregate of member states 1.02 million
- Euro Area (EA) 1.02 million
- Advanced economies 962,675
- Africa 624,671
- Oceania 185,222
About this data
This dataset provides information on global climate and weather patterns, providing insights into temperature variations, land cover accounts, and shifts in mean sea levels.