Forestland — Area, per capita by country
Forestland — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
0.0229 1000 ha per person
Suriname
Lowest
0 1000 ha per person
Egypt
Median
0.0002 1000 ha per person
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
6,723
What the numbers show
Forestland — Area, per capita is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 0.0229 1000 ha per person in Suriname; the lowest is 0 1000 ha per person in Egypt.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0002 1000 ha per person, and the mean is 0.001 1000 ha per person.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 146 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 173.1%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 48.5%).
Forestland — Area, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 0.0229 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 2 | Guyana | 0.022 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 3 | Gabon | 0.0091 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 4 | Canada | 0.0089 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 0.0082 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 6 | Botswana | 0.0061 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 7 | Australia | 0.0048 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 8 | Finland | 0.004 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 9 | Mongolia | 0.004 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 10 | Congo | 0.0034 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 11 | Bhutan | 0.0034 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0032 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 13 | Belize | 0.0031 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 14 | New Caledonia | 0.003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 15 | Solomon Islands | 0.003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 16 | Vanuatu | 0.0027 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 17 | Sweden | 0.0026 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 18 | Namibia | 0.0026 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 19 | Palau | 0.0024 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 20 | Brazil | 0.0023 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 21 | Norway | 0.0022 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 22 | Zambia | 0.002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 23 | Paraguay | 0.002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 24 | Peru | 0.0019 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 25 | New Zealand | 0.0019 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 26 | Latvia | 0.0019 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 27 | Estonia | 0.0018 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 28 | Angola | 0.0016 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 29 | Montenegro | 0.0013 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 30 | Bahamas | 0.0013 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 31 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 32 | Fiji | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 33 | Colombia | 0.0011 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 34 | Liberia | 0.0011 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 35 | Argentina | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 36 | Panama | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 37 | Belarus | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 38 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 39 | Chile | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 40 | Mozambique | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 41 | Dominica | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 43 | Georgia | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 44 | Lithuania | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 45 | Samoa | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 46 | Nicaragua | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 48 | Ecuador | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 49 | Cameroon | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 52 | South Sudan | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 53 | Slovenia | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 55 | North Macedonia | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 56 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 57 | Honduras | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 58 | Serbia | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 59 | French Polynesia | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 60 | Malaysia | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 61 | Mexico | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 62 | Croatia | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 63 | Myanmar | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 64 | Greece | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 65 | Senegal | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 66 | Sudan | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 67 | Austria | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 68 | Mali | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 69 | Albania | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 70 | Eritrea | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 71 | Spain | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 72 | Romania | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 73 | Slovakia | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 74 | Cambodia | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 75 | South Africa | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 76 | Eswatini | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 77 | American Samoa | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 78 | Indonesia | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 79 | Cuba | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 80 | Guinea | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 81 | Portugal | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 83 | Madagascar | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 84 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 85 | Sierra Leone | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 86 | Thailand | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 87 | Czechia | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 88 | Marshall Islands | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 89 | Poland | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 90 | France | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 91 | Ukraine | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 92 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 93 | Somalia | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 95 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 96 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 97 | Andorra | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 98 | Hungary | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 99 | Jamaica | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 100 | Seychelles | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 101 | Nepal | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 102 | Benin | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Japan | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 104 | Ghana | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 105 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 106 | Ethiopia | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 108 | Mauritania | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 109 | Guatemala | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 110 | Saint Lucia | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 111 | Chad | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 114 | Cayman Islands | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 115 | Guam | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 117 | China | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 118 | Italy | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 119 | Iceland | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 120 | Ireland | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 121 | Grenada | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 122 | Morocco | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 123 | Liechtenstein | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 124 | Togo | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 125 | Switzerland | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 126 | Germany | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 127 | Puerto Rico | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 128 | Burkina Faso | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Luxembourg | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 130 | Cyprus | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 131 | Azerbaijan | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 132 | Tuvalu | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 133 | Armenia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 134 | El Salvador | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 135 | Denmark | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 136 | Uzbekistan | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 137 | Sri Lanka | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 138 | Malawi | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 139 | Tonga | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 141 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 142 | Gambia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 143 | Nigeria | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 144 | Kenya | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 145 | Philippines | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 146 | Belgium | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 147 | Tunisia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 148 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 149 | India | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 150 | Uganda | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Isle of Man | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 152 | Rwanda | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 153 | Tajikistan | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 154 | Comoros | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 155 | Niger | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Algeria | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 157 | Haiti | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 158 | Mauritius | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 159 | San Marino | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Afghanistan | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 162 | Libya | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 163 | Lebanon | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 164 | Barbados | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 165 | Burundi | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 166 | Israel | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 167 | Iraq | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 168 | Lesotho | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 169 | Yemen | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 170 | Pakistan | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 171 | Bermuda | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 172 | Bangladesh | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 173 | Kiribati | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 174 | Maldives | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 175 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 176 | Jordan | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 177 | Djibouti | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 178 | Aruba | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 179 | Greenland | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 180 | Bahrain | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 173.1% | falling |
| 181 | Singapore | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 182 | Palestine | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 183 | Faroe Islands | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 184 | Kuwait | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 185 | Malta | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 186 | Qatar | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Oman | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 188 | Egypt | 0 1000 ha per person | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0005 1000 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
Forestland — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Forestland — Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Forestland — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Forestland — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.