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
225
Highest
96.52
French Guiana
Lowest
0
Qatar
Median
32.48
Years covered
32
1992–2023
Data points
7,081
What the numbers show
Share of forest land, Percent (Not Applicable) is currently reported for 225 countries. The highest value is 96.52 in French Guiana; the lowest is 0 in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 32.48, and the mean is 32.85.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 31.4%), and the largest decrease in Côte 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, Federated States of | 92.16 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 4 | Gabon | 91.18 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 5 | Palau, Republic of | 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, Republic of | 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 Islands | 74.47 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Finland | 73.72 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | Seychelles | 73.26 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.18 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Niue | 72.69 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 17 | Brunei Darussalam | 72.11 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 18 | Bhutan | 71.61 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 19 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 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, Republic of | 64.13 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 25 | Korea, Republic of | 64.11 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 26 | Dominica | 63.83 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Fiji, Republic of | 63.5 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 28 | Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of | 61.66 | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 29 | Montenegro | 61.49 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Slovenia, Republic of | 61.17 | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 31 | Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory | 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, Republic of | 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, Republic of | 55 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 45 | Belize | 54.52 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 46 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 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, República Bolivariana de | 52.23 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 51 | Marshall Islands, Republic of the | 52.22 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 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, The | 50.94 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Tanzania | 50.05 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 58 | Martinique | 49.9 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 59 | Russian Federation | 49.78 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 60 | Democratic People’s Republic of 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 | Viet Nam | 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, Republic of | 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, Republic of | 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 | St. 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 Islands | 41.06 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 83 | Georgia | 40.62 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Slovak Republic | 40.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 85 | Réunion | 39.79 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 86 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 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, Republic of | 35.23 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 98 | Ghana | 35.19 | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 99 | Croatia, Republic of | 34.79 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 100 | Czech Republic | 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 | St. Lucia | 34.05 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Andorra, Principality of | 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, Republic of | 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, Republic of | 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 | Türkiye, Republic of | 29.48 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 122 | Eswatini, Kingdom of | 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, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory | 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, People's Republic of | 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, Republic of | 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, Union of the | 16.98 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 150 | Ukraine | 16.76 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 151 | San Marino, Republic of | 16.67 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Denmark | 15.78 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 153 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 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, Republic of | 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, Republic of | 11.74 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 166 | Armenia | 11.62 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 167 | Cabo Verde | 11.57 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 168 | Ireland | 11.53 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 169 | South Sudan, Republic of | 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, The | 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, The State of | 8.63 | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 182 | Uzbekistan, Republic of | 8.55 | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 183 | Côte 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, Islamic Republic of | 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 | Channel Islands | 5.15 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 191 | St. Helena | 5.13 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | St. Pierre and Miquelon | 5.04 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 193 | Pakistan | 4.67 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 194 | Tunisia | 4.55 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 195 | United Arab Emirates | 4.47 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 196 | Chad | 3.16 | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 197 | Tajikistan, Republic of | 3.08 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 198 | Netherlands Antilles | 2.94 | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.84 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 200 | Maldives | 2.75 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 201 | Western Sahara | 2.5 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 202 | Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands | 2.33 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 203 | Iraq | 1.9 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 204 | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | 1.85 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 205 | West Bank and Gaza | 1.68 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 206 | Kiribati | 1.46 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Malta | 1.44 | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 208 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 1.31 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 209 | Lesotho, Kingdom of | 1.14 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 210 | Jordan | 1.1 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 211 | Yemen, Republic of | 1.04 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 212 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 0.95 | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 213 | Algeria | 0.8303 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 214 | Niger | 0.823 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 215 | Iceland | 0.5287 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 216 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4545 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 217 | Kuwait | 0.3507 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 218 | Mauritania, Islamic Republic of | 0.2876 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 219 | Djibouti | 0.2607 | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 220 | Libya | 0.1233 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 221 | Faroe Islands | 0.0584 | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 222 | Egypt | 0.0452 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 223 | Oman | 0.0076 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 224 | Greenland | 0.0005 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 225 | Qatar | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
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.