List of countries by forest area

This graph depicts trends in changes in global forest cover annually for various regions and sub-regions.

This article is a list of places 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

Region	Forested area (km2)	Source	% of land area
World	39,000,000		26.19%
Polar regions (Russia, Scandinavia and North America)	13,800,000
Latin America and the Caribbean	9,640,000		45.67%
East Asia and the Pacific	7,332,000		35.18%
Africa	6,500,000		21.80%
Canada and the United States	3,680,000		26.00%
European Union	1,600,000		35.00%
Australia	1,470,832		19.00%
India	778,424		24.68%
West Asia (Middle East and Arabia)	36,600		01.00%

Countries

Choropleth map of forest area by country, compiled from data in this table.

Country	Forested area (km2)	Source	% of land area
Russia	7,762,602		45.40%
Brazil	4,776,980		56.10%
Canada	3,101,340		31.06%
United States	3,030,890		30.84%
China	1,821,000		18.21%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,819,326		50.00%
Australia	1,470,832		19.00%
Argentina	945,336		34.00%
Indonesia	884,950		46.46%
India	778,424		24.68%
Mexico	710,000		36.50%
Peru	687,420		53.49%
Sudan (including South Sudan)	675,460		26.96%
Mozambique	620,000		78.00%
Colombia	607,280		53.32%
Angola	591,040		47.41%
Bolivia	587,400		53.47%
Venezuela	471,378		51.68%
Myanmar (Burma)	430,560		63.64%
Zambia	376,309		50.00%
Tanzania	352,570		37.22%
Sudan	327,909		17.62%
Sweden	234,850		58.00%
Papua New Guinea	294,370		63.60%
Spain	283,007		57.0%
Zimbabwe	259,267		66.35%
Japan	253,203		67.00%
France including overseas	246,640		36.76%
Finland	233,320		72.00%
Central African Republic	227,550		36.53%
Gabon	227,517		85.00%
Congo	224,710		65.70%
Cameroon	212,450		44.68%
Turkey	216,781		27.60%
Malaysia	195,200		59.50%
Paraguay	184,750		45.42%
Laos	170,000		71.60%
Chile	158,781		21.00%
Guyana	151,040		70.26%
South Sudan	148,196		23.00%
Suriname	147,760		90.20%
Thailand	147,620		29.00%
Madagascar	128,380		21.87%
Mali	125,720		10.14%
Vietnam	123,000		37.14%
Botswana	119,430		20.53%
Chad	119,210		09.28%
Ecuador	115,510		42.00%
Germany	113,176		31.70%
Niger	112,000		08.00%
Nigeria	110,890		12.00%
Iran	110,750		06.72%
Guatemala	108,894		51.00%
Italy	106,736		35.00%
Ukraine	105,000		17.00%
Mongolia	102,520		06.55%
Norway	93,870		28.99%
Cambodia	93,350		51.56%
Morocco	111,325		11.54%
Poland	90,000		28.80%
South Africa	89,170		07.31%
Senegal	86,730		44.09%
New Zealand	85,424		31.87%
Belarus	80,134		38.60%
Namibia	76,610		09.29%
North Korea	76,240		63.25%
Philippines	71,620		23.87%
Somalia	71,310		11.18%
Greece	37,520		28.43%
Burkina Faso	67,940		24.78%
Honduras	67,254		60.00%
Guinea	67,240		27.35%
South Korea	63,940		64.00%
Romania	63,700		26.72%
Benin	61,860		54.93%
Kazakhstan	54,498		02.00%
Nicaragua	51,890		39.80%
Uganda	50,000		20.74%
Panama	42,940		56.93%
Pakistan	42,240		05.31%
Algeria	42,000		01.70%
Turkmenistan	41,270		08.46%
Austria	39,600		47.20%
Ethiopia	39,313		03.56%
Nepal	39,000		26.50%
Bulgaria	36,250		32.69%
Malawi	33,176		28.00%
Portugal	32,400		42%
Liberia	31,540		28.32%
Côte d'Ivoire	30,000		09.30%
Latvia	28,807		44.00%
United Kingdom	28,650		11.76%
Georgia	27,880		40.00%
Sierra Leone	27,540		38.39%
Cuba	27,130		24.47%
Saudi Arabia	27,000		01.26%
Czech Republic	26,000		34.00%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25,599		53.00%
Croatia	24,901		44.00%
Bhutan	24,764		64.50%
Ghana	24,600		10.20%
Estonia	23,066		61.00%
Solomon Islands	22,534 to 23,117		78.00 to 80.00%
Lithuania	21,223		33.00%
Serbia	20,868		23.63%
Guinea-Bissau	20,720		57.36%
Tunisia	20,615		12.60%
Costa Rica	20,440		40.00%
Slovakia	20,006		40.80%
Uzbekistan	19,690		04.40%
Sri Lanka	19,330		29.46%
Hungary	18,513		19.90%
Belize	16,530		71.98%
Equatorial Guinea	16,320		58.18%
Eritrea	15,540		13.21%
Dominican Republic	13,384		27.50%
Kenya	13,200		02.27%
Oman	13,050		04.22%
Slovenia	12,574		60.00%
Switzerland	12,425		30.80%
Albania	10,349		36.00%
Macedonia	10,285		40.00%
Fiji	10,000		54.72%
Azerbaijan	9,360		10.81%
Bangladesh	8,710		06.05%
Kyrgyzstan	8,690		04.35%
Iraq	8,220		01.88%
Togo	8,000		14.00%
Timor-Leste	7,980		53.65%
Ireland	7,390		10.85%
Uruguay	7,000		04.00%
Belgium	6,607		21.64%
Montenegro	6,252		45.26%
Denmark	5,171		12.00%
Bahamas	5,150		51.45%
Gambia	4,857		43.00%
Syria	4,610		02.49%
Yemen	4,490		00.85%
Vanuatu	4,470		36.67%
Tajikistan	4,100		02.87%
Netherlands	3,650		08.79%
Jamaica	3,308		30.10%
Moldova	3,290		09.72%
Rwanda	3,161		12.00%
United Arab Emirates	3,120		03.73%
El Salvador	2,980		14.16%
Armenia	2,974		10.00%
Brunei	2,780		48.22%
Mauritania	2,670		00.26%
Trinidad and Tobago	2,260		44.07%
Libya	2,170		00.12%
Cyprus	1,740		18.81%
Afghanistan	1,631		00.25%
Israel	1,600		07.00%
Lebanon	1,383		13.30%
Burundi	1,270		04.50%
Samoa	1,050		37.00%
Iceland	1,030		01.00%
Jordan	893		01.00%
Luxembourg	870		33.64%
Cape Verde	840		20.83%
Egypt	670		00.07%
Micronesia, Federated States of	630		89.74%
Mauritius	612		30.00%
Dominica	488		65.00%
Haiti	416		01.50%
Seychelles	407		89.45%
Palau	400		87.15%
Sao Tome and Principe	270		28.01%
Swaziland	174		01.00%
Saint Lucia	170		27.60%
Andorra	160		34.19%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	127		32.56%
Antigua and Barbuda	90		21.00%
Palestine	90		01.45%
Lesotho	80		00.26%
Liechtenstein	70		43.75%
Djibouti	60		00.26%
Kuwait	60		00.34%
Comoros	50		02.24%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	50		19.16%
Grenada	40		11.63%
Tonga	40		05.35%
Tuvalu	23		89.12%
Barbados	20		04.65%
Kiribati	20		02.47%
Singapore	20		03.00%
Maldives	10		03.56%
Bahrain	5	NC	00.67%
Malta	3	NC	00.95%
San Marino	1	NC	01.64%
Qatar	0		00.00%

Provinces, states and territories

Place	Forested area (km2)	Source	% of land area
Krasnoyarsk Krai	1,510,016		63.80%
Template:Country data Yakutia	1,500,000		47.00%
Ontario	780,080		85.00%
Quebec	761,100		55.75%
Northwest Territories	570,418		50.00%
British Columbia	566,841		60.00%
Alaska	522,044		30.39%
Nunavut	469,447		25.00%
Manitoba	411,270		75.00%
Alberta	384,049		60.00%
Queensland	346,130		20.00%
Saskatchewan	325,419		55.00%
Yukon Territory	260,915		55.00%
Newfoundland and Labrador	243,017		65.00%
France (Metropolitan)	170,000		30.95%
New South Wales	96,077		12.00%
French Guiana	83,000		99.00%
Victoria	79,596		35.00%
New Brunswick	60,733		85.00%
Western Australia	50,598		02.00%
Tasmania	44,461		65.00%
Newfoundland	41,440		38.07%
Northern Territory	40,474		03.00%
Nova Scotia	40,004		75.00%
South Australia	29,504		03.00%
Taiwan	21,588		60.00%
Hawaii	13,300	NC	46.98%
Scotland	13,107		17.00%
Western Sahara	10,110		03.80%
England	9,128		7.00%
New Caledonia	7,170		38.60%
Canary Islands	5,000		66.73%
Puerto Rico	4,080		29.59%
Corsica	4,018		46.00%
Crete	2,513		25.60%
Wales	2,493		11.90%
French Polynesia	2,000		52.30%
Prince Edward Island	1,705		30.00%
Reunion	1,370		53.00%
Northern Ireland	830.6		6.00%
Azores	830		35.38%
Guadeloupe	640		39.00%
Martinique	490		46.00%
Hong Kong	400		36.36%
Turks and Caicos Islands	340		35.86%
Northern Mariana Islands	330		71.12%
Guam	260		47.79%
American Samoa	180		90.45%
Niue	169 to 182		65.00 to 70.00%
Madeira	150		18.73%
Cook Islands	142		60.00%
Mayotte	140		37.00%
Cayman Islands	120		45.45%
United States Virgin Islands	100		28.87%
Anguilla	55	NC	60.44%
Wallis and Futuna	47	NC	33.10%
British Virgin Islands	40		26.49%
Montserrat	35	NC	34.31%
Pitcairn	35	NC	74.47%
Isle of Man	30		05.24%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	30		12.40%
Saint Helena	20		16.39%
Netherlands Antilles	12	NC	01.50%
Bermuda	10		18.52%
Channel Islands	8	NC	04.12%
Aruba	4	NC	02.22%
Greenland	2	NC	00.00%
Faroe Islands	1	NC	00.07%

See also

• Deforestation by region

External links

• Environment statistics by country - Detailed country level environment statistics by bunseki.info
• Turkey General Directorate of Forestry - Official Web Site of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Forestry General Directorate of Forestry
• Countries With Largest Forest Area by FRA2010 -The FRA 2010 Country Reports have been compiled by officially nominated country correspondents in collaboration with FAO staff.