Forest Area by Country (2026)

The three most forested countries are Suriname (94.4), Micronesia (92.2), Gabon (91.2); the three least forested are Qatar (0), Nauru (0), Monaco (0).

Across all 213 countries the median is 31.1 % of land area and the simple (unweighted) average is 31.7; the spread from 0 to 94.4 shows how differently countries fare on this measure.

Over roughly the last decade the biggest increases were in Guam (+6.3 pts), U.S. Virgin Islands (+4.3 pts), Fiji (+3.7 pts), while the largest decreases were in Northern Mariana Islands (-11.9 pts), Cambodia (-11 pts), Paraguay (-7.6 pts).

By continent, the leaders are Brunei in Asia (72.1), Finland in Europe (73.7), Gabon in Africa (91.2), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in North America (73.2), Suriname in South America (94.4), Micronesia in Oceania (92.2).

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 metres in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems and urban parks. The FAO compiles the data from national forest inventories.

Source: World Bank Open Data (indicator AG.LND.FRST.ZS). Countries without a published value are not ranked. Each country's own page shows the full historical series and its rank on this and every other indicator.