Share of forest land, Percent (Not Applicable) by country
This dataset provides information on global climate and weather patterns, providing insights into temperature variations, land cover accounts, and shifts in mean sea levels.
Countries reporting
223
Highest
96.52
French Guiana
Lowest
0.0005
Greenland
Median
32.6
Years covered
32
1992β2023
Data points
7,081
What the numbers show
Share of forest land, Percent (Not Applicable) is currently reported for 223 countries. The highest value is 96.52 in French Guiana; the lowest is 0.0005 in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 32.6, and the mean is 33.12.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 31.4%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 31.1%).
Share of forest land, Percent: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French Guiana | 96.52 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | Suriname | 94.45 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 3 | Micronesia (country) | 92.16 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 4 | Gabon | 91.18 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 5 | Palau | 90.54 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 90.06 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 7 | Guyana | 87.09 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 8 | Equatorial Guinea | 86.39 | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 9 | American Samoa | 85.2 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 10 | Papua New Guinea | 78.95 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 11 | Liberia | 78.14 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 12 | Pitcairn | 74.47 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Finland | 73.72 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | Seychelles | 73.26 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.18 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Niue | 72.69 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 17 | Brunei | 72.11 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 18 | Bhutan | 71.61 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 19 | Laos | 71.46 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.51 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 21 | Sweden | 68.7 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | Japan | 68.4 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 23 | Cook Islands | 64.96 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Congo | 64.13 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 25 | South Korea | 64.11 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 26 | Dominica | 63.83 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Fiji | 63.5 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 28 | East Timor | 61.66 | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 29 | Montenegro | 61.49 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Slovenia | 61.17 | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 31 | Anguilla | 61.11 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 60.4 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 33 | Zambia | 59.52 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 34 | Brazil | 58.98 | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 35 | United States Virgin Islands | 58.17 | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 36 | Malaysia | 57.72 | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 37 | Samoa | 57.64 | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 38 | Estonia | 57.07 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 39 | Panama | 56.34 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 40 | Honduras | 56.27 | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 41 | Jamaica | 56.19 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 42 | Puerto Rico | 56.12 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 43 | Peru | 56.1 | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 44 | Latvia | 55 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 45 | Belize | 54.52 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 46 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 54.19 | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 47 | Northern Mariana Islands | 52.96 | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 48 | Colombia | 52.77 | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 49 | Cayman Islands | 52.47 | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 50 | Venezuela | 52.23 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 51 | Marshall Islands | 52.22 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52.12 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 53 | Angola | 52.09 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 54 | Grenada | 52.06 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Guam | 51.85 | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 56 | Bahamas | 50.94 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Tanzania | 50.05 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 58 | Martinique | 49.9 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 59 | Russia | 49.78 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 60 | North Korea | 49.55 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 61 | Ecuador | 49.55 | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 62 | Indonesia | 47.72 | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 63 | Vietnam | 47.45 | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 64 | Austria | 47.24 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 65 | Bolivia | 46.35 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 66 | New Caledonia | 45.83 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 67 | Mozambique | 45.81 | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 44.99 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 44.74 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 70 | Guadeloupe | 44.28 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.24 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 72 | Belarus | 43.41 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 73 | Cambodia | 43.06 | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 74 | French Polynesia | 43.06 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.73 | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 76 | Cameroon | 42.67 | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 77 | Myanmar | 42.4 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.31 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Liechtenstein | 41.88 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 80 | Nepal | 41.59 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Senegal | 41.28 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 82 | Wallis and Futuna | 41.06 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 83 | Georgia | 40.62 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Slovakia | 40.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 85 | Reunion | 39.79 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 86 | North Macedonia | 39.71 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 87 | Canada | 39.46 | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 88 | Thailand | 38.69 | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 89 | Paraguay | 38.54 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 90 | New Zealand | 37.79 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 91 | Mayotte | 37.51 | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 92 | Spain | 37.19 | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 93 | Vanuatu | 36.28 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 36.22 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 95 | Portugal | 36.16 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 96 | Central African Republic | 35.66 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 97 | Lithuania | 35.23 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 98 | Ghana | 35.19 | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 99 | Croatia | 34.79 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 100 | Czechia | 34.76 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 34.45 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 34.3 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 103 | Saint Lucia | 34.05 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Andorra | 34.04 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 34 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 106 | United States | 33.87 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 107 | Mexico | 33.6 | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 108 | Norway | 33.5 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 109 | Tuvalu | 33.33 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Italy | 32.89 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 111 | Germany | 32.68 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 112 | Guatemala | 32.6 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 113 | Serbia and Montenegro | 32.48 | 2005 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 114 | France | 32.48 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 115 | Serbia | 32.39 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 116 | Switzerland | 32.38 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 117 | Cuba | 31.23 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 118 | Poland | 31.08 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 119 | Greece | 30.27 | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 120 | Romania | 30.12 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 121 | Turkey | 29.48 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 122 | Eswatini | 29.14 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 123 | Albania | 28.79 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 124 | El Salvador | 27.53 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 125 | Benin | 26.47 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 126 | Botswana | 26.29 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 25.82 | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 128 | Chile | 25.01 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 129 | Montserrat | 25 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 130 | Guinea | 24.7 | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 131 | India | 24.54 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 132 | Philippines | 24.46 | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 133 | British Virgin Islands | 24.13 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 134 | China | 24.03 | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 135 | Nigeria | 23.21 | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 136 | Belgium | 22.6 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 137 | Hungary | 22.45 | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 138 | Malawi | 22.44 | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 139 | Gambia | 22.28 | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 140 | Burkina Faso | 22.17 | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 141 | Togo | 22.07 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 142 | Madagascar | 21.3 | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 143 | Singapore | 20.93 | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 144 | Mauritius | 19.47 | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 145 | Cyprus | 18.67 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 146 | Bermuda | 18.52 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.01 | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 148 | Australia | 17.42 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 149 | Comoros | 16.98 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 150 | Ukraine | 16.76 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 151 | San Marino | 16.67 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Denmark | 15.78 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 14.93 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 154 | Barbados | 14.65 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Bangladesh | 14.49 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 156 | Lebanon | 14.19 | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 157 | Azerbaijan | 14.11 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 158 | South Africa | 13.97 | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 159 | United Kingdom | 13.29 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 160 | Morocco | 12.94 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 161 | Tonga | 12.43 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Haiti | 12.26 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 163 | Norfolk Island | 12.25 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Uruguay | 11.96 | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 165 | Moldova | 11.74 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 166 | Armenia | 11.62 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 167 | Cape Verde | 11.57 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 168 | Ireland | 11.53 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 169 | South Sudan | 11.33 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Rwanda | 11.31 | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 171 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.07 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Netherlands | 11.06 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 173 | Uganda | 11.04 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 174 | Mali | 10.9 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Burundi | 10.89 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 176 | Argentina | 10.32 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 177 | Sudan | 9.55 | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 178 | Somalia | 9.17 | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 179 | Mongolia | 9.09 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 180 | Turkmenistan | 8.78 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Eritrea | 8.63 | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 182 | Uzbekistan | 8.55 | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 183 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.86 | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 184 | Namibia | 7.81 | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 185 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.14 | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 186 | Iran | 6.65 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 187 | Israel | 6.47 | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 188 | Kenya | 6.22 | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 189 | Isle of Man | 6.07 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Saint Helena | 5.13 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 191 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5.04 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 192 | Pakistan | 4.67 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 193 | Tunisia | 4.55 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 194 | United Arab Emirates | 4.47 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 195 | Chad | 3.16 | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 196 | Tajikistan | 3.08 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 197 | Netherlands Antilles | 2.94 | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Syria | 2.84 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 199 | Maldives | 2.75 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 200 | Western Sahara | 2.5 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 201 | Aruba | 2.33 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 202 | Iraq | 1.9 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 203 | Afghanistan | 1.85 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | West Bank and Gaza | 1.68 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 205 | Kiribati | 1.46 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 206 | Malta | 1.44 | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 207 | Kazakhstan | 1.31 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 208 | Lesotho | 1.14 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 209 | Jordan | 1.1 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 210 | Yemen | 1.04 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | Bahrain | 0.95 | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 212 | Algeria | 0.8303 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 213 | Niger | 0.823 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 214 | Iceland | 0.5287 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 215 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4545 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 216 | Kuwait | 0.3507 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 217 | Mauritania | 0.2876 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 218 | Djibouti | 0.2607 | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 219 | Libya | 0.1233 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 220 | Faroe Islands | 0.0584 | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 221 | Egypt | 0.0452 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 222 | Oman | 0.0076 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 223 | Greenland | 0.0005 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
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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About this data
This dataset provides information on global climate and weather patterns, providing insights into temperature variations, land cover accounts, and shifts in mean sea levels.