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