List of countries by forest area


This article is a list of countries by forest area. Types of places listed include the entire planet, continents, regions, countries, provinces, states, and territories. Percentage data was calculated using information from the CIA's World Factbook 2011.

Planet, continents and regions

RegionForest area Source
World40,600,000
Polar regions13,800,000
Latin America and the Caribbean9,640,000
East Asia and the Pacific7,330,000
Africa6,500,000
Canada and the United States8,000,000
1,600,000
West Asia36,600

List

Note: all measurements are ranked by square kilometre.
Country1990200020102020% forest
8,089,5008,092,6858,151,356-47.7%
5,467,0505,212,7404,984,580-58.9%
3,482,7303,478,0203,473,020-38.2%
3,024,5003,035,3603,087,200-33.7%
1,630,6301,572,4901,541,350-68.0%
1,571,4061,770,0052,006,103-21.5%
1,285,4101,288,4101,232,110-16.1%
1,185,450994,090944,320-49.6%
779,210761,470748,110-58.4%
639,390653,900697,900-23.5%
697,600678,560664,980-34.6%
763,814704,910--28.1%
644,170617,984586,353-56.3%
609,760597,280584,800-46.9%
627,950600,910562,090-51.8%
528,000511,340494,680-66.4%
559,200519,200479,200-54.0%
520,260491,510475,050-53.5%
433,780411,880389,720-49.7%
336,270336,000335,730-74.0%
392,180348,680317,730-48.4%
347,930318,600285,960-10.4%
280,630281,630280,730-68.3%
249,500248,760249,660-66.1%
227,260225,560224,110-67.8%
225,600224,040222,480-35.7%
218,750224,450222,180-72.9%
223,760215,910221,240-67.1%
220,000220,000220,000-87.2%
243,160221,160199,160--
221,640188,940156,240--
211,570193,680169,500--
176,449165,259178,155--
172,340131,37090,410--
166,600166,220165,760--
154,300153,910153,510--
152,630158,340162,310--
-137,050122,960--
144,360152,890164,240--
140,050170,110162,490--
138,094169,769182,472--
146,308137,289129,415--
137,180125,350113,510--
136,920130,230125,530--
129,440115,460100,940--
125,360117,170130,392--
121,320121,130121,020--
113,000113,540114,090--
102,220103,280104,030--
96,580101,390101,510--
96,220101,830112,030--
93,630117,270141,280--
93,48088,98084,730--
92,74095,10095,480--
92,41092,41092,410--
90,76093,256106,919--
88,81090,59093,290--
87,62080,32072,900--
86,27089,09091,950--
82,82075,15067,470--
82,01069,33056,660--
81,36063,92051,920--
77,80082,73085,340--
75,90083,69090,280--
72,64069,04065,440--
68,47062,48056,490--
67,05063,26055,080--
66,90059,00051,100--
65,55070,27068,400--
63,71063,66065,150--
63,70062,88062,220--
57,61050,61045,610--
50,40048,67046,990--
49,54049,93056,720--
49,29046,29043,290--
48,17039,00066,003-44.74%
47,51038,69027,530--
47,48042,08037,220--
47,24035,57042,300--
45,14038,14031,140--
41,27041,27041,270--
38,96035,67032,370--
37,76038,38038,600--
34,36033,43032,390--
34,22033,65033,090--
33,27033,75037,370--
32,99036,01039,030--
31,73032,41033,540--
31,18029,22027,260--
30,45032,12032,755--
27,78029,54030,590--
27,52027,60628,224--
26,29026,37026,570--
25,64023,76026,050--
25,27021,16016,870--
25,06726,02027,052--
24,76024,76027,130--
23,24022,68022,130--
22,84021,92021,030--
22,16021,20020,220--
22,10021,85021,850--
22,06022,43022,340--
20,58024,35029,320--
19,45020,20021,700--
19,45013,28012,040--
19,22019,21019,390--
18,60017,43016,260--
18,50018,85019,200--
18,01019,17020,460--
16,67015,79019,180--
16,21015,76015,320--
16,16014,59313,913--
14,94014,68014,420--
13,50013,50013,500--
11,88012,33012,470--
11,51011,94012,350--
11,05014,86018,170--
9,7709,7709,770--
-8,5407,420--
9,5299,8049,929--
9,1209,5809,980--
8,5208,71810,083--
8,3908,3908,390--
8,3608,5836,770--
8,0408,1808,250--
7,97813,69717,313--
7,8887,6937,763--
6,8504,8602,870--
6,6706,6736,812--
6,4308,3709,900--
5,4905,4905,490--
5,4325,8555,871--
5,1505,1505,150--
4,7205,1805,630--
4,6506,3497,256--
4,4204,6104,800--
4,4004,4004,400--
4,1503,1702,420--
4,1303,9703,800--
4,0804,1004,100--
3,7703,3202,870--
3,7204,3204,910--
3,4503,6003,730--
3,4463,4093,371--
3,3503,3303,310--
3,1903,2403,860--
3,1803,4404,460--
2,8901,9802,530--
2,8704,5004,794--
2,4503,1003,173--
2,4072,3362,264--
2,1702,1702,170--
1,6111,7161,728--
1,3201,5301,540--
1,3101,3101,369--
1,3001,7101,710--
1,1601,0901,010--
975975975--
870867867--
640638641--
577820850--
560560536--
500473446--
490450390--
440590700--
411419384--
406406406--
400420440--
380395403--
250260270--
235204181--
218212206--
183180177--
169169169--
163163163--
161288427--
160160160--
121121121--
120120---
10310098--
909090--
656969--
636363--
565656--
344862--
202020--
101010--
101010--
101010--
Total41,282,69440,556,02240,156,729--

"-" in the table indicates no available information.

Subdivisions and territories

PlaceForest area Source% Forest
1,510,016align="right"63.80%
1,500,000align="right"47.00%
780,080align="right"66.00%
761,100align="right"55.75%
570,41850.00%
566,841align="right"60.00%
522,044align="right"30.39%
469,44725.00%
411,27075.00%
384,04960.00%
Loreto365,16399.00%
346,13020.00%
325,41955.00%
260,91555.00%
243,01765.00%
France 170,000align="right"30.95%
96,07712.00%
83,000align="right"99.00%
79,59635.00%
60,73385.00%
50,59802.00%
44,46165.00%
Newfoundland41,440align="right"38.07%
40,47403.00%
40,00475.00%
29,50403.00%
13,300N/C46.98%
14,570align="right"18.49%
Western Sahara10,110align="right"03.80%
13,080align="right"10.03%
7,170align="right"38.60%
5,44832.40%
5,000align="right"66.73%
4,080align="right"29.59%
4,018align="right"46.00%
3,090align="right"14.88%
2,000align="right"52.30%
1,70530.00%
1,46410.80%
1,370align="right"53.00%
1,130align="right"8.80%
830align="right"35.38%
640align="right"39.00%
490align="right"46.00%
400align="right"36.36%
340align="right"35.86%
330align="right"71.12%
260align="right"47.79%
180align="right"90.45%
169 to 182align="right"65.00 to 70.00%
150align="right"18.73%
142align="right"60.00%
140align="right"37.00%
120align="right"45.45%
100align="right"28.87%
55N/C60.44%
47N/C33.10%
40align="right"26.49%
35N/C34.31%
35N/C74.47%
30align="right"05.24%
30align="right"12.40%
20align="right"16.39%
17.3510.00%
12N/C01.50%
10align="right"18.52%
Channel Islands8N/C04.12%
4N/C02.22%
2N/C00.00%
1N/C00.07%