World Data Atlas Topics Land Use

The forest area of the World

31.18 % in 2021

The area of the forest of World fell gradually from 31.93 % in 2002 to 31.18 % in 2021.

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Land Use Type
Agricultural 36.84 % in 2021 WB
Arable 10.8 % in 2021 WB
Country 140,486,936.91 sq. km in 2021 WB
Cropland 1.42 % in 2021 WB
Land 15.27 % in 2021 WB
Marine 11.92 % in 2021 WB
Macro Region
Africa 54 timeseries
Asia 21 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 21 timeseries
Europe 43 timeseries
Middle East 16 timeseries
North America 36.61 % in 2021 WB
Oceania 14 timeseries
South America 12 timeseries
Southeast Asia 11 timeseries
Country (% in 2021)

Suriname is the top country by the area of the forest in the world. As of 2021, the area of the forest in Suriname was 97.33 %. The top 5 countries also includes Guyana, Micronesia (Federated States of), Gabon, and Palau.

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Suriname 97.33 WB
Guyana 93.5 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 92.07 WB
Gabon 91.27 WB
Palau 90.2 WB
Solomon Islands 90.11 WB
Equatorial Guinea 86.99 WB
Papua New Guinea 79.1 WB
Liberia 78.77 WB
Finland 73.73 WB
Seychelles 73.26 WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73.18 WB
Brunei Darussalam 72.11 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 71.75 WB
Bhutan 71.5 WB
Guinea Bissau 70.11 WB
Sweden 68.7 WB
Japan 68.41 WB
Republic of Korea 64.31 WB
Congo 64.22 WB
Dominica 63.83 WB
Fiji 62.76 WB
Timor-Leste 61.85 WB
Montenegro 61.49 WB
Slovenia 61.37 WB
Zambia 60.03 WB
Costa Rica 59.76 WB
Brazil 59.27 WB
Malaysia 58.02 WB
Samoa 57.98 WB
Estonia 57.04 WB
Panama 56.65 WB
Honduras 56.65 WB
Peru 56.37 WB
Puerto Rico 56.01 WB
Belize 55.5 WB
Jamaica 55.47 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 55.16 WB
Latvia 54.87 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 53.42 WB
Colombia 53.13 WB
Angola 52.98 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 52.35 WB
Marshall Islands 52.22 WB
Grenada 52.06 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 51.11 WB
Bahamas 50.94 WB
Ecuador 50.06 WB
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 49.9 WB
Russian Federation 49.78 WB
Indonesia 48.36 WB
Austria 47.29 WB
Viet Nam 46.96 WB
Bolivia 46.73 WB
Mozambique 46.41 WB
Dominican Republic 45.28 WB
Zimbabwe 44.97 WB
Cambodia 44.83 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 44.4 WB
Myanmar 43.29 WB
Belarus 43.27 WB
Cameroon 42.91 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.73 WB
Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.31 WB
Liechtenstein 41.88 WB
Senegal 41.7 WB
Nepal 41.59 WB
Georgia 40.62 WB
Slovakia 40.06 WB
Paraguay 39.83 WB
North Macedonia 39.71 WB
Canada 39.47 WB
Thailand 38.83 WB
New Zealand 37.63 WB
Spain 37.17 WB
Vanuatu 36.28 WB
Portugal 36.15 WB
Bulgaria 35.98 WB
Central African Republic 35.75 WB
Lithuania 35.18 WB
Ghana 35.13 WB
Sierra Leone 34.85 WB
Czech Republic 34.71 WB
Croatia 34.7 WB
Luxembourg 34.45 WB
Sri Lanka 34.11 WB
Saint Lucia 34.05 WB
Andorra 34.04 WB
United States of America 33.87 WB
Mexico 33.73 WB
Norway 33.46 WB
Tuvalu 33.33 WB
Guatemala 32.81 WB
Germany 32.68 WB
Italy 32.53 WB
Serbia 32.38 WB
Switzerland 32.21 WB
France 31.66 WB
Cuba 31.23 WB
Poland 31.02 WB
Greece 30.27 WB
Romania 30.12 WB
Turkey 29.07 WB
Eswatini 29 WB
Albania 28.79 WB
El Salvador 27.96 WB
Nicaragua 27.48 WB
Benin 27.36 WB
Botswana 26.71 WB
Guinea 25.02 WB
Chile 24.66 WB
India 24.36 WB
Philippines 24.23 WB
China 23.63 WB
Nigeria 23.57 WB
Gambia 23.41 WB
Malawi 23.33 WB
Belgium 22.76 WB
Burkina Faso 22.54 WB
Hungary 22.48 WB
Togo 22.18 WB
Singapore 21.43 WB
Madagascar 21.34 WB
Mauritius 19.43 WB
Cyprus 18.67 WB
Antigua and Barbuda 18.3 WB
Comoros 17.45 WB
Australia 17.42 WB
Ukraine 16.73 WB
San Marino 16.67 WB
Denmark 15.73 WB
Ethiopia 15.06 WB
Barbados 14.65 WB
Bangladesh 14.47 WB
Lebanon 14.07 WB
South Africa 14.03 WB
Azerbaijan 13.83 WB
United Kingdom 13.22 WB
Morocco 12.89 WB
Haiti 12.49 WB
Tonga 12.43 WB
Uruguay 11.72 WB
Republic of Moldova 11.72 WB
Armenia 11.53 WB
Uganda 11.45 WB
Cabo Verde 11.42 WB
Ireland 11.41 WB
South Sudan 11.33 WB
Rwanda 11.23 WB
Netherlands 11 WB
Mali 10.9 WB
Burundi 10.89 WB
Argentina 10.4 WB
Sudan 9.74 WB
Somalia 9.41 WB
Mongolia 9.1 WB
Turkmenistan 8.78 WB
Eritrea 8.69 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 8.57 WB
Uzbekistan 8.43 WB
Namibia 7.98 WB
Kyrgyzstan 6.95 WB
Iran 6.64 WB
Israel 6.47 WB
Kenya 6.34 WB
Pakistan 4.78 WB
Tunisia 4.53 WB
United Arab Emirates 4.47 WB
Chad 3.34 WB
Tajikistan 3.06 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 2.84 WB
Maldives 2.73 WB
Iraq 1.9 WB
Afghanistan 1.85 WB
Palestine 1.68 WB
Kiribati 1.46 WB
Malta 1.44 WB
Kazakhstan 1.29 WB
Lesotho 1.14 WB
Jordan 1.1 WB
Yemen 1.04 WB
Bahrain 0.91 WB
Niger 0.84 WB
Algeria 0.82 WB
Iceland 0.52 WB
Saudi Arabia 0.45 WB
Kuwait 0.35 WB
Mauritania 0.3 WB
Djibouti 0.25 WB
Libya 0.12 WB
Egypt 0.05 WB
Oman 0.01 WB
Monaco 0 WB
Nauru 0 WB
Qatar 0 WB
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