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Forestland — Area — UNFCCC by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Forests consists of CO2 emissions and removals corresponding to forest carbon stock changes (aboveground and belowground living biomass). Estimates are computed following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).

Countries reporting
78
Highest
6.83 million 1000 ha
Morocco
Lowest
1.36 1000 ha
Malta
Median
4,181 1000 ha
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
2,236

What the numbers show

Forestland — Area — UNFCCC is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 6.83 million 1000 ha in Morocco; the lowest is 1.36 1000 ha in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 4,181 1000 ha, and the mean is 194,977 1000 ha.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 185.0%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 30.3%).

Forestland — Area — UNFCCC: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Morocco 6.83 million 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
2 Ecuador 6.12 million 1000 ha 2022 up 185.0% volatile
3 Russian Federation 896,992 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% rising
4 Canada 225,449 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% flat
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 155,817 1000 ha 2010 down 2.3% flat
6 Australia 137,910 1000 ha 2022 up 1.6% flat
7 Indonesia 96,091 1000 ha 2022 down 1.2% falling
8 Mexico 95,451 1000 ha 2022 down 2.1% flat
9 India 71,030 1000 ha 2016 up 2.6% flat
10 Namibia 66,536 1000 ha 2022 up 2.0% rising
11 Argentina 47,946 1000 ha 2022 down 4.4% falling
12 South Africa 30,351 1000 ha 2022 up 34.0% rising
13 Sweden 28,174 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% flat
14 France 26,717 1000 ha 2022 up 1.4% flat
15 Japan 24,970 1000 ha 2022 up 0.0% flat
16 Türkiye 23,099 1000 ha 2022 up 0.4% flat
17 Finland 21,841 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
18 Kazakhstan 19,334 1000 ha 2022 up 2.1% rising
19 Paraguay 17,869 1000 ha 2021 down 13.6% falling
20 Guyana 17,840 1000 ha 2022 down 3.5% flat
21 Spain 17,258 1000 ha 2022 up 3.2% rising
22 Malaysia 16,979 1000 ha 2021 up 0.3% flat
23 Mongolia 16,865 1000 ha 2014 down 1.6% rising
24 Nigeria 13,278 1000 ha 2022 down 7.9% falling
25 Norway 12,128 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
26 Germany 10,885 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% flat
27 Ukraine 10,694 1000 ha 2022 up 0.7% flat
28 New Zealand 10,094 1000 ha 2022 up 1.8% flat
29 Italy 9,532 1000 ha 2022 up 5.0% rising
30 Poland 9,464 1000 ha 2022 up 1.2% rising
31 Belarus 9,158 1000 ha 2022 up 0.8% rising
32 Nepal 7,762 1000 ha 2022 up 3.4% rising
33 Cambodia 7,551 1000 ha 2016 down 30.3% falling
34 Romania 6,992 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% flat
35 Republic of Korea 5,986 1000 ha 2022 down 2.4% flat
36 Ghana 5,731 1000 ha 2022 up 0.8% flat
37 Panama 5,212 1000 ha 2021 up 4.5% rising
38 Algeria 4,539 1000 ha 2022 up 4.3% rising
39 Portugal 4,340 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
40 Austria 4,022 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% flat
41 Bulgaria 3,925 1000 ha 2022 up 0.7% flat
42 Kuwait 3,854 1000 ha 2016 up 16.2% rising
43 Côte d'Ivoire 3,719 1000 ha 2022 down 20.9% falling
44 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3,651 1000 ha 2022 up 2.3% rising
45 Greece 3,491 1000 ha 2022 up 1.2% flat
46 Uzbekistan 3,469 1000 ha 2022 down 2.0% rising
47 Cuba 3,312 1000 ha 2022 up 8.4% rising
48 Latvia 3,282 1000 ha 2022 up 1.1% flat
49 Kenya 3,142 1000 ha 2022 up 1.0% flat
50 Georgia 3,100 1000 ha 2022 up 3.8% flat
51 Serbia 2,749 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% flat
52 Czechia 2,680 1000 ha 2022 up 0.7% flat
53 Solomon Islands 2,516 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% flat
54 Estonia 2,447 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% flat
55 Croatia 2,418 1000 ha 2022 up 1.2% flat
56 Lithuania 2,241 1000 ha 2022 up 3.1% rising
57 Guinea-Bissau 2,183 1000 ha 2022 down 4.4% falling
58 Hungary 2,072 1000 ha 2022 up 0.8% rising
59 Slovakia 2,029 1000 ha 2022 up 0.7% flat
60 Switzerland 1,270 1000 ha 2022 up 1.6% flat
61 Slovenia 1,206 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% rising
62 North Macedonia 1,043 1000 ha 2014 up 7.9% rising
63 Costa Rica 923.05 1000 ha 2021 up 6.5% flat
64 Ireland 780.54 1000 ha 2022 up 5.1% rising
65 Belgium 709.82 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
66 Rwanda 673.86 1000 ha 2022 down 2.0% flat
67 Denmark 647.35 1000 ha 2022 up 3.0% rising
68 Tajikistan 424.3 1000 ha 2022 up 1.5% flat
69 Republic of Moldova 417.17 1000 ha 2022 up 1.2% rising
70 Brunei Darussalam 380 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
71 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 362.82 1000 ha 2022 down 3.5% flat
72 Cyprus 159.08 1000 ha 2023 up 0.4% flat
73 Iceland 150.01 1000 ha 2022 up 9.0% rising
74 Luxembourg 93.07 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
75 Mauritius 63.98 1000 ha 2022 up 25.1% rising
76 Singapore 14.78 1000 ha 2022 down 15.6% falling
77 Liechtenstein 6.33 1000 ha 2022 up 2.4% flat
78 Malta 1.36 1000 ha 2022 down 6.1% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Forestland — Area — UNFCCC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
79 places, 2,236 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Forests consists of CO2 emissions and removals corresponding to forest carbon stock changes (aboveground and belowground living biomass). Estimates are computed following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).