Forestland — Area, per square kilometre by country
Forestland — Area 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
188
Highest
0.0917 1000 ha per square kilometre
Suriname
Lowest
0 1000 ha per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.0328 1000 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,341
What the numbers show
Forestland — Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 0.0917 1000 ha per square kilometre in Suriname; the lowest is 0 1000 ha per square kilometre in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0328 1000 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0325 1000 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 139.6%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 27.2%).
Forestland — Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 0.0917 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 2 | Gabon | 0.0915 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | Palau | 0.0906 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 0.0899 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Guyana | 0.0871 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 6 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0864 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 7 | American Samoa | 0.0793 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 8 | Dominica | 0.0766 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0752 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.075 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 11 | Vanuatu | 0.0748 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 12 | Finland | 0.0742 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0732 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 0.0725 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 15 | Bhutan | 0.0706 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 16 | Sweden | 0.0686 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Japan | 0.0683 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 18 | Liberia | 0.0665 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 19 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0665 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 20 | Congo | 0.0639 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 21 | Panama | 0.0623 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 22 | Slovenia | 0.0618 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 23 | Fiji | 0.0617 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 24 | Montenegro | 0.0615 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 25 | Zambia | 0.0606 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 26 | Brazil | 0.0589 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 27 | Seychelles | 0.0586 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 28 | Costa Rica | 0.0584 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 29 | Belize | 0.0583 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 30 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0582 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 31 | Malaysia | 0.0578 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 32 | Samoa | 0.0578 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 33 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0575 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 34 | Estonia | 0.0572 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 35 | Jamaica | 0.0562 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 36 | Latvia | 0.0555 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 37 | Marshall Islands | 0.0539 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 38 | Colombia | 0.0538 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 0.0537 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 40 | Honduras | 0.0533 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 41 | Cayman Islands | 0.053 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.053 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 43 | Peru | 0.0529 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 44 | Guam | 0.0524 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 45 | Grenada | 0.0521 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Angola | 0.0516 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 47 | Bahamas | 0.0509 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Indonesia | 0.0506 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 49 | Puerto Rico | 0.0503 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 50 | Ecuador | 0.0498 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 51 | New Caledonia | 0.0488 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 52 | Austria | 0.0472 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 0.0466 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 54 | Senegal | 0.0451 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 55 | Georgia | 0.0446 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0442 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 57 | Belarus | 0.044 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 58 | Nepal | 0.0435 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 59 | French Polynesia | 0.0431 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Myanmar | 0.0424 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 61 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0423 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0422 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 63 | Canada | 0.042 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 64 | Mozambique | 0.0417 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 65 | Cameroon | 0.041 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 0.0409 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 67 | Serbia | 0.0404 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 68 | Slovakia | 0.0403 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 69 | Nicaragua | 0.0401 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 70 | Cambodia | 0.0394 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 71 | Thailand | 0.039 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 72 | Andorra | 0.0387 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 73 | New Zealand | 0.0386 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 74 | Czechia | 0.0382 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 75 | Spain | 0.0382 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 76 | Greece | 0.0369 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 77 | Paraguay | 0.0369 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 78 | Portugal | 0.0366 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 79 | Liechtenstein | 0.0363 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 0.0362 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 81 | Zimbabwe | 0.0359 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 82 | Lithuania | 0.0353 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 83 | Cuba | 0.0349 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 84 | Croatia | 0.0347 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 85 | Luxembourg | 0.0345 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 0.0344 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 87 | Albania | 0.0343 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 88 | Tuvalu | 0.0343 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 0.0343 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 90 | Mexico | 0.0342 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 91 | Norway | 0.0333 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 92 | Guatemala | 0.0332 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 93 | El Salvador | 0.033 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 94 | Germany | 0.0328 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 95 | France | 0.0327 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 96 | Switzerland | 0.032 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 97 | Italy | 0.0318 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 98 | Poland | 0.031 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 99 | Ghana | 0.0307 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 100 | Romania | 0.0302 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 101 | Benin | 0.0285 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 102 | Botswana | 0.0278 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 103 | Eswatini | 0.0254 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 104 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0248 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Philippines | 0.0247 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 106 | Rwanda | 0.0245 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 107 | Chile | 0.0245 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 108 | India | 0.0244 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 109 | China | 0.0239 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 110 | Ethiopia | 0.0237 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 111 | Hungary | 0.0227 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 112 | Malawi | 0.0224 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 113 | Togo | 0.0224 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 114 | Singapore | 0.022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 115 | Gambia | 0.022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 116 | Belgium | 0.022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 117 | Guinea | 0.0203 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 118 | Mauritius | 0.0192 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 119 | Nigeria | 0.0191 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 120 | South Africa | 0.0187 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 121 | Cyprus | 0.0186 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 122 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.018 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 123 | Comoros | 0.0178 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 124 | Madagascar | 0.0175 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 125 | Australia | 0.0173 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 126 | Ukraine | 0.0173 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 127 | Argentina | 0.0172 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 128 | San Marino | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Denmark | 0.016 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 130 | Barbados | 0.0147 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Bermuda | 0.0144 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Azerbaijan | 0.0144 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 0.0144 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 134 | Lebanon | 0.0138 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 135 | Haiti | 0.0134 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 136 | Morocco | 0.0128 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 0.0127 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 138 | Maldives | 0.0125 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 139 | Tonga | 0.0121 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Uganda | 0.0121 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 141 | Eritrea | 0.012 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 142 | Sudan | 0.012 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 143 | Ireland | 0.0119 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 144 | Armenia | 0.0118 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 145 | Uruguay | 0.0114 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 146 | South Sudan | 0.0113 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 147 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0111 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Burundi | 0.0109 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 149 | Namibia | 0.0098 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 150 | Mongolia | 0.0091 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 151 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0088 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Mali | 0.0088 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 153 | Uzbekistan | 0.0087 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 154 | Somalia | 0.0079 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 155 | Israel | 0.0067 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 156 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0065 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 157 | Kenya | 0.0065 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 158 | Isle of Man | 0.0064 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 159 | Turkmenistan | 0.005 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0046 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 161 | Tunisia | 0.0045 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 162 | Bahrain | 0.0043 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 139.6% | rising |
| 163 | Pakistan | 0.0041 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 164 | Chad | 0.0031 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 0.0031 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 166 | Aruba | 0.0027 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Afghanistan | 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Palestine | 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 169 | Iraq | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 170 | Malta | 0.0015 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 171 | Kiribati | 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Kazakhstan | 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 173 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 174 | Lesotho | 0.0011 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Yemen | 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Mauritania | 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 177 | Niger | 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 178 | Jordan | 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 179 | Algeria | 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 180 | Iceland | 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 181 | Kuwait | 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 182 | Djibouti | 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 183 | Qatar | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 184 | Libya | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 185 | Faroe Islands | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 186 | Oman | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Egypt | 0 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 188 | Greenland | 0 1000 ha 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.
- World 0.032 1000 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Forestland — Area 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.
Forestland — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Forestland — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Forestland — Area 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.