Forest area

Forest area compared across major economies by year

Trend over time

Finland Sweden Japan

Rank	Country	Forest area
1	Finland	73.7%
2	Sweden	68.7%
3	Japan	68.4%
4	Korea	64.1%
5	Slovenia	61.2%
6	Costa Rica	60.4%
7	Brazil	59.0%
8	Malaysia	57.7%
9	Estonia	57.1%
10	Peru	56.1%
11	Latvia	55.0%
12	Colombia	52.8%
13	Russia	49.8%
14	Ecuador	49.5%
15	Indonesia	47.7%
16	Vietnam	47.4%
17	Austria	47.2%
18	Nepal	41.6%
19	Slovakia	40.1%
20	Canada	39.5%
21	Thailand	38.7%
22	New Zealand	37.8%
23	Spain	37.2%
24	Portugal	36.2%
25	Lithuania	35.2%
26	Czechia	34.8%
27	Luxembourg	34.5%
28	Sri Lanka	34.0%
29	United States	33.9%
30	Mexico	33.6%
31	Norway	33.5%
32	Italy	32.9%
33	Germany	32.7%
34	France	32.5%
35	Switzerland	32.4%
36	Poland	31.1%
37	Greece	30.3%
38	Romania	30.1%
39	Türkiye	29.5%
40	Chile	25.0%
41	India	24.5%
42	Philippines	24.5%
43	China	24.0%
44	Nigeria	23.2%
45	Belgium	22.6%
46	Hungary	22.4%
47	Singapore	20.9%
48	Australia	17.4%
49	Ukraine	16.8%
50	Denmark	15.8%
51	Bangladesh	14.5%
52	South Africa	14.0%
53	United Kingdom	13.3%
54	Morocco	12.9%
55	Uruguay	12.0%
56	Ireland	11.5%
57	Netherlands	11.1%
58	Argentina	10.3%
59	Israel	6.5%
60	Kenya	6.2%
61	Pakistan	4.7%
62	United Arab Emirates	4.5%
63	Kazakhstan	1.3%
64	Bahrain	0.9%
65	Algeria	0.8%
66	Iceland	0.5%
67	Saudi Arabia	0.5%
68	Kuwait	0.4%
69	Egypt	0.0%
70	Oman	0.0%
71	Qatar	0.0%

Source: World Bank · Data 2023 · Source updated 2026-04-08 · Retrieved 2026-05-16