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).
What the numbers show
Forestland — Area — UNFCCC is currently reported for 77 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 4,022 1000 ha, and the mean is 197,115 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 49 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | Türkiye | 23,099 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 16 | Finland | 21,841 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 19,334 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 18 | Paraguay | 17,869 1000 ha | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 19 | Guyana | 17,840 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 20 | Spain | 17,258 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 21 | Malaysia | 16,979 1000 ha | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 22 | Mongolia | 16,865 1000 ha | 2014 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 23 | Nigeria | 13,278 1000 ha | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 24 | Norway | 12,128 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Germany | 10,885 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 26 | Ukraine | 10,694 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 27 | New Zealand | 10,094 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 28 | Italy | 9,532 1000 ha | 2022 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 29 | Poland | 9,464 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 30 | Belarus | 9,158 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 31 | Nepal | 7,762 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 32 | Cambodia | 7,551 1000 ha | 2016 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 33 | Romania | 6,992 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 34 | Republic of Korea | 5,986 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 35 | Ghana | 5,731 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 36 | Panama | 5,212 1000 ha | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 37 | Algeria | 4,539 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 38 | Portugal | 4,340 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 39 | Austria | 4,022 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 3,925 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 41 | Kuwait | 3,854 1000 ha | 2016 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 42 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3,719 1000 ha | 2022 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 43 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3,651 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 44 | Greece | 3,491 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 3,469 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 46 | Cuba | 3,312 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 47 | Latvia | 3,282 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 48 | Kenya | 3,142 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 49 | Georgia | 3,100 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 50 | Serbia | 2,749 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 51 | Czechia | 2,680 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 52 | Solomon Islands | 2,516 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 53 | Estonia | 2,447 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 54 | Croatia | 2,418 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 55 | Lithuania | 2,241 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,183 1000 ha | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 57 | Hungary | 2,072 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 58 | Slovakia | 2,029 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 59 | Switzerland | 1,270 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 60 | Slovenia | 1,206 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 1,043 1000 ha | 2014 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 923.05 1000 ha | 2021 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 63 | Ireland | 780.54 1000 ha | 2022 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 64 | Belgium | 709.82 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 65 | Rwanda | 673.86 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 66 | Denmark | 647.35 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 424.3 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 68 | Republic of Moldova | 417.17 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 69 | Brunei Darussalam | 380 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 362.82 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 71 | Cyprus | 159.08 1000 ha | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 72 | Iceland | 150.01 1000 ha | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 73 | Luxembourg | 93.07 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 74 | Mauritius | 63.98 1000 ha | 2022 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 75 | Singapore | 14.78 1000 ha | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 76 | Liechtenstein | 6.33 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 77 | 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.
- United States of America 282,882 1000 ha
- South Africa 30,351 1000 ha
About this data
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).