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As of 2023, Finland leads the world in Forest Area with 73.7%, followed by Laos (71.5%) and Sweden (68.7%). The global ranking includes 113 countries with available data.

Source: World BankLatest: 2023World avg: 31.7%Watch Race →

Countries Ranked by Forest Area

Forest area (% of land area)

Top 10 Countries

113 countries
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#1
Finland flagFinland
73.7%2023
#1Finland flag
Finland
2023
73.7%
#2
Laos flagLaos
71.5%2023
#2Laos flag
Laos
2023
71.5%
#3
Sweden flagSweden
68.7%2023
#3Sweden flag
Sweden
2023
68.7%
#4
Japan flagJapan
68.4%2023
#4Japan flag
Japan
2023
68.4%
#5
South Korea flagSouth Korea
64.1%2023
#5South Korea flag
South Korea
2023
64.1%
#6
Fiji flagFiji
63.5%2023
#6Fiji flag
Fiji
2023
63.5%
#7
Montenegro flagMontenegro
61.5%2023
#7Montenegro flag
Montenegro
2023
61.5%
#8
Slovenia flagSlovenia
61.2%2023
#8Slovenia flag
Slovenia
2023
61.2%
#9
Costa Rica flagCosta Rica
60.4%2023
#9Costa Rica flag
Costa Rica
2023
60.4%
#10
Brazil flagBrazil
59.0%2023
#10Brazil flag
Brazil
2023
59.0%
#11
Malaysia flagMalaysia
57.7%2023
#11Malaysia flag
Malaysia
2023
57.7%
#12
Estonia flagEstonia
57.1%2023
#12Estonia flag
Estonia
2023
57.1%
#13
Panama flagPanama
56.3%2023
#13Panama flag
Panama
2023
56.3%
#14
Honduras flagHonduras
56.3%2023
#14Honduras flag
Honduras
2023
56.3%
#15
Jamaica flagJamaica
56.2%2023
#15Jamaica flag
Jamaica
2023
56.2%
#16
Peru flagPeru
56.1%2023
#16Peru flag
Peru
2023
56.1%
#17
Latvia flagLatvia
55.0%2023
#17Latvia flag
Latvia
2023
55.0%
#18
Colombia flagColombia
52.8%2023
#18Colombia flag
Colombia
2023
52.8%
#19
Venezuela flagVenezuela
52.2%2023
#19Venezuela flag
Venezuela
2023
52.2%
#20
Tanzania flagTanzania
50.1%2023
#20Tanzania flag
Tanzania
2023
50.1%
#21
Russia flagRussia
49.8%2023
#21Russia flag
Russia
2023
49.8%
#22
Ecuador flagEcuador
49.5%2023
#22Ecuador flag
Ecuador
2023
49.5%
#23
Indonesia flagIndonesia
47.7%2023
#23Indonesia flag
Indonesia
2023
47.7%
#24
Vietnam flagVietnam
47.4%2023
#24Vietnam flag
Vietnam
2023
47.4%
#25
Austria flagAustria
47.2%2023
#25Austria flag
Austria
2023
47.2%
#26
Bolivia flagBolivia
46.3%2023
#26Bolivia flag
Bolivia
2023
46.3%
#27
Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
45.0%2023
#27Dominican Republic flag
Dominican Republic
2023
45.0%
#28
Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
44.2%2023
#28Trinidad and Tobago flag
Trinidad and Tobago
2023
44.2%
#29
Cambodia flagCambodia
43.1%2023
#29Cambodia flag
Cambodia
2023
43.1%
#30
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
42.7%2023
#30Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023
42.7%
#31
Myanmar flagMyanmar
42.4%2023
#31Myanmar flag
Myanmar
2023
42.4%
#32
Nepal flagNepal
41.6%2023
#32Nepal flag
Nepal
2023
41.6%
#33
Senegal flagSenegal
41.3%2023
#33Senegal flag
Senegal
2023
41.3%
#34
Georgia flagGeorgia
40.6%2023
#34Georgia flag
Georgia
2023
40.6%
#35
Slovakia flagSlovakia
40.1%2023
#35Slovakia flag
Slovakia
2023
40.1%
#36
North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
39.7%2023
#36North Macedonia flag
North Macedonia
2023
39.7%
#37
Canada flagCanada
39.5%2023
#37Canada flag
Canada
2023
39.5%
#38
Thailand flagThailand
38.7%2023
#38Thailand flag
Thailand
2023
38.7%
#39
Paraguay flagParaguay
38.5%2023
#39Paraguay flag
Paraguay
2023
38.5%
#40
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
37.8%2023
#40New Zealand flag
New Zealand
2023
37.8%
#41
Spain flagSpain
37.2%2023
#41Spain flag
Spain
2023
37.2%
#42
Bulgaria flagBulgaria
36.2%2023
#42Bulgaria flag
Bulgaria
2023
36.2%
#43
Portugal flagPortugal
36.2%2023
#43Portugal flag
Portugal
2023
36.2%
#44
Lithuania flagLithuania
35.2%2023
#44Lithuania flag
Lithuania
2023
35.2%
#45
Ghana flagGhana
35.2%2023
#45Ghana flag
Ghana
2023
35.2%
#46
Croatia flagCroatia
34.8%2023
#46Croatia flag
Croatia
2023
34.8%
#47
Czechia flagCzechia
34.8%2023
#47Czechia flag
Czechia
2023
34.8%
#48
Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
34.5%2023
#48Luxembourg flag
Luxembourg
2023
34.5%
#49
Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
34.0%2023
#49Sri Lanka flag
Sri Lanka
2023
34.0%
#50
United States flagUnited States
33.9%2023
#50United States flag
United States
2023
33.9%
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