List of countries by forest area
This article is a list of countries by forest area.
Planet, continents and regions
All areas are given in units of 1000 hectares. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization[1]
Region | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 |
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World | 4,236,433 | 4,158,050 | 4,106,317 | 4,058,931 |
Europe (including Russia) | 994,319 | 1,002,268 | 1,013,982 | 1,017,461 |
South America | 973,666 | 922,645 | 870,154 | 844,186 |
North America and Central America | 755,279 | 752,349 | 754,190 | 752,710 |
Africa | 742,801 | 710,049 | 676,015 | 636,639 |
Asia | 585,393 | 587,410 | 610,960 | 622,687 |
Oceania | 184,974 | 183,328 | 181,015 | 185,248 |
Countries and territories
All areas are given in units of 1000 hectares. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations[2]
Country | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 |
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Afghanistan | 1,208 | 1,208 | 1,208 | 1,208 |
Albania | 789 | 769 | 782 | 789 |
Algeria | 1,667 | 1,579 | 1,918 | 1,949 |
American Samoa | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
Andorra | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Angola | 79,263 | 77,709 | 72,158 | 66,607 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Argentina | 35,204 | 33,378 | 30,214 | 28,573 |
Armenia | 335 | 333 | 331 | 328 |
Australia | 133,882 | 131,814 | 129,546 | 134,005 |
Austria | 3,776 | 3,838 | 3,863 | 3,899 |
Azerbaijan | 945 | 987 | 1,032 | 1,132 |
Bahamas | 510 | 510 | 510 | 510 |
Bangladesh | 1,920 | 1,920 | 1,888 | 1,883 |
Barbados | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Belarus | 7,780 | 8,273 | 8,630 | 8,768 |
Belgium | 677 | 667 | 690 | 689 |
Belize | 1,600 | 1,459 | 1,391 | 1,277 |
Benin | 4,835 | 4,135 | 3,635 | 3,135 |
Bermuda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Bhutan | 2,507 | 2,606 | 2,705 | 2,725 |
Bolivia | 57,805 | 55,101 | 53,086 | 50,834 |
Bosnia | 2,210 | 2,112 | 2,103 | 2,188 |
Botswana | 18,804 | 17,621 | 16,438 | 15,255 |
Brazil | 588,898 | 551,089 | 511,581 | 496,620 |
Brunei | 413 | 397 | 380 | 380 |
Bulgaria | 3,327 | 3,375 | 3,737 | 3,893 |
Burkina Faso | 7,717 | 7,217 | 6,717 | 6,216 |
Burundi | 276 | 194 | 194 | 280 |
Cambodia | 11,005 | 10,781 | 10,589 | 8,068 |
Cameroon | 22,500 | 21,597 | 20,900 | 20,340 |
Canada | 348,273 | 347,802 | 347,322 | 346,928 |
Cape Verde | 15 | 40 | 43 | 46 |
Cayman Islands | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Central African Republic | 23,203 | 22,903 | 22,603 | 22,303 |
Chad | 6,730 | 6,353 | 5,530 | 4,313 |
Chile | 15,246 | 15,817 | 16,725 | 18,211 |
China | 157,141 | 177,001 | 200,610 | 219,978 |
Colombia | 64,958 | 62,736 | 60,808 | 59,142 |
Comoros | 46 | 42 | 37 | 33 |
Republic of the Congo | 22,315 | 22,195 | 22,075 | 21,946 |
Costa Rica | 2,907 | 2,857 | 2,871 | 3,035 |
Croatia | 1,850 | 1,885 | 1,920 | 1,939 |
Cuba | 2,058 | 2,435 | 2,932 | 3,242 |
Cyprus | 161 | 172 | 173 | 173 |
Czech Republic | 2,629 | 2,637 | 2,657 | 2,677 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 150,629 | 143,899 | 137,169 | 126,155 |
Denmark | 531 | 572 | 586 | 628 |
Djibouti | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Dominica | 50 | 48 | 48 | 48 |
Dominican Republic | 1,595 | 1,972 | 2,073 | 2,144 |
East Timor | 963 | 949 | 935 | 921 |
Ecuador | 14,632 | 13,731 | 13,028 | 12,498 |
Egypt | 44 | 59 | 66 | 45 |
El Salvador | 719 | 674 | 629 | 584 |
Equatorial Guinea | 2,699 | 2,616 | 2,532 | 2,448 |
Eritrea | 1,150 | 1,118 | 1,087 | 1,055 |
Estonia | 2,206 | 2,239 | 2,336 | 2,438 |
Ethiopia | 19,259 | 18,529 | 17,799 | 17,069 |
Fiji | 940 | 1,006 | 1,073 | 1,140 |
Finland | 21,875 | 22,446 | 22,242 | 22,409 |
France | 14,436 | 15,288 | 16,419 | 17,253 |
Gabon | 23,762 | 23,700 | 23,649 | 23,531 |
Gambia | 415 | 357 | 300 | 243 |
Georgia | 2,752 | 2,761 | 2,822 | 2,822 |
Germany (see: Forest in Germany) | 11,300 | 11,354 | 11,409 | 11,419 |
Ghana | 9,924 | 8,849 | 7,943 | 7,986 |
Greece | 3,299 | 3,600 | 3,902 | 3,902 |
Grenada | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Guatemala | 4,781 | 4,209 | 3,723 | 3,528 |
Guinea | 7,276 | 6,929 | 6,569 | 6,189 |
Guinea-Bissau | 2,233 | 2,149 | 2,064 | 1,980 |
Guyana | 18,602 | 18,564 | 18,520 | 18,415 |
Haiti | 383 | 381 | 378 | 347 |
Honduras | 6,988 | 6,778 | 6,575 | 6,359 |
Hungary | 1,814 | 1,921 | 2,046 | 2,053 |
Iceland | 17 | 30 | 45 | 51 |
India | 63,938 | 67,591 | 69,496 | 72,160 |
Indonesia | 118,545 | 101,280 | 99,659 | 92,133 |
Iran | 9,076 | 9,326 | 10,692 | 10,752 |
Iraq | 804 | 818 | 825 | 825 |
Ireland | 462 | 630 | 720 | 782 |
Israel | 132 | 153 | 154 | 140 |
Italy | 7,590 | 8,369 | 9,028 | 9,566 |
Ivory Coast | 7,851 | 5,094 | 3,966 | 2,837 |
Jamaica | 521 | 521 | 558 | 597 |
Japan | 24,950 | 24,876 | 24,966 | 24,935 |
Jordan | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 |
Kazakhstan | 3,162 | 3,157 | 3,082 | 3,455 |
Kenya | 3,859 | 3,961 | 3,616 | 3,611 |
Kiribati | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Kuwait | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1,136 | 1,181 | 1,230 | 1,315 |
Laos | 17,843 | 17,425 | 16,941 | 16,596 |
Latvia | 3,173 | 3,241 | 3,372 | 3,411 |
Lebanon | 140 | 138 | 137 | 143 |
Lesotho | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
Liberia | 8,525 | 8,223 | 7,920 | 7,617 |
Libya | 217 | 217 | 217 | 217 |
Liechtenstein | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Lithuania | 1,945 | 2,020 | 2,170 | 2,201 |
Luxembourg | 86 | 87 | 89 | 89 |
Madagascar | 13,693 | 13,031 | 12,562 | 12,430 |
Malawi | 3,502 | 3,082 | 2,662 | 2,242 |
Malaysia | 20,619 | 19,691 | 18,948 | 19,114 |
Maldives | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mali | 13,296 | 13,296 | 13,296 | 13,296 |
Mauritania | 476 | 422 | 367 | 313 |
Mauritius | 41 | 42 | 38 | 39 |
Mexico | 70,592 | 68,381 | 66,943 | 65,692 |
Micronesia | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
Moldova | 325 | 344 | 375 | 387 |
Monaco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mongolia | 14,352 | 14,264 | 14,184 | 14,173 |
Montenegro | 626 | 626 | 827 | 827 |
Morocco | 5,485 | 5,507 | 5,675 | 5,742 |
Mozambique | 43,378 | 41,188 | 38,972 | 36,744 |
Myanmar | 39,218 | 34,868 | 31,441 | 28,544 |
Namibia | 8,769 | 8,059 | 7,349 | 6,639 |
Nepal | 5,672 | 5,781 | 5,962 | 5,962 |
Netherlands | 345 | 360 | 373 | 370 |
New Caledonia | 831 | 838 | 839 | 838 |
New Zealand | 9,372 | 9,850 | 9,848 | 9,893 |
Nicaragua | 6,399 | 5,399 | 4,188 | 3,408 |
Niger | 1,945 | 1,328 | 1,204 | 1,080 |
Nigeria | 26,526 | 24,893 | 23,260 | 21,627 |
North Korea | 6,551 | 6,476 | 6,387 | 6,287 |
North Macedonia | 912 | 958 | 960 | 1,001 |
Norway | 12,132 | 12,113 | 12,102 | 12,180 |
Oman | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Pakistan | 4,987 | 4,511 | 4,094 | 3,726 |
Palau | 38 | 40 | 41 | 41 |
Panama | 4,607 | 4,442 | 4,328 | 4,214 |
Papua New Guinea | 36,400 | 36,278 | 36,179 | 35,856 |
Paraguay | 25,546 | 22,992 | 19,570 | 16,102 |
Peru | 76,449 | 75,298 | 74,050 | 72,330 |
Philippines | 7,779 | 7,309 | 6,840 | 7,189 |
Poland | 8,882 | 9,059 | 9,329 | 9,483 |
Portugal | 3,399 | 3,281 | 3,252 | 3,312 |
Puerto Rico | 320 | 429 | 491 | 496 |
Qatar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Romania | 6,371 | 6,366 | 6,515 | 6,929 |
Russia | 808,950 | 809,269 | 815,136 | 815,312 |
Rwanda | 317 | 287 | 265 | 276 |
Saint Lucia | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
Samoa | 176 | 171 | 166 | 162 |
San Marino | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 59 | 58 | 58 | 52 |
Saudi Arabia | 977 | 977 | 977 | 977 |
Senegal | 9,303 | 8,853 | 8,468 | 8,068 |
Serbia | 2,313 | 2,460 | 2,713 | 2,723 |
Seychelles | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 |
Sierra Leone | 3,127 | 2,929 | 2,732 | 2,535 |
Singapore | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 |
Slovakia | 1,902 | 1,901 | 1,918 | 1,926 |
Slovenia | 1,188 | 1,233 | 1,247 | 1,238 |
Solomon Islands | 2,545 | 2,538 | 2,530 | 2,523 |
Somalia | 8,283 | 7,515 | 6,748 | 5,980 |
South Africa | 18,142 | 17,778 | 17,414 | 17,050 |
South Korea | 6,912 | 6,455 | 6,242 | 6,030 |
South Sudan | 7,157 | 7,157 | 7,157 | 7,157 |
Spain | 13,905 | 17,094 | 18,545 | 18,572 |
Sri Lanka | 2,350 | 2,166 | 2,104 | 2,113 |
Sudan | 23,570 | 21,826 | 20,081 | 18,360 |
Suriname | 15,378 | 15,341 | 15,300 | 15,196 |
Swaziland | 461 | 473 | 485 | 498 |
Sweden | 28,063 | 28,163 | 28,073 | 27,980 |
Switzerland | 1,154 | 1,196 | 1,235 | 1,269 |
Syria | 372 | 432 | 492 | 522 |
Tajikistan | 408 | 410 | 410 | 424 |
Tanzania | 57,390 | 53,670 | 49,950 | 45,745 |
Thailand | 19,361 | 18,998 | 20,073 | 19,873 |
Togo | 1,362 | 1,268 | 1,239 | 1,209 |
Tonga | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 242 | 237 | 232 | 228 |
Tunisia | 644 | 668 | 687 | 703 |
Turkey (see: Forest in Turkey) | 19,783 | 20,148 | 21,083 | 22,220 |
Turkmenistan | 4,127 | 4,127 | 4,127 | 4,127 |
Tuvalu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Uganda | 3,575 | 3,163 | 2,750 | 2,338 |
Ukraine | 9,274 | 9,510 | 9,548 | 9,690 |
United Arab Emirates | 245 | 309 | 317 | 317 |
United Kingdom | 2,778 | 2,954 | 3,059 | 3,190 |
United States | 302,450 | 303,536 | 308,720 | 309,795 |
United States Virgin Islands | 25 | 20 | 18 | 20 |
Uruguay | 798 | 1,369 | 1,731 | 2,031 |
Uzbekistan | 2,549 | 2,961 | 3,350 | 3,690 |
Vanuatu | 442 | 442 | 442 | 442 |
Venezuela | 52,026 | 49,151 | 47,505 | 46,231 |
Vietnam | 9,376 | 11,784 | 13,388 | 14,643 |
Yemen | 549 | 549 | 549 | 549 |
Zambia | 47,412 | 47,054 | 46,696 | 44,814 |
Zimbabwe | 18,827 | 18,366 | 17,905 | 17,445 |
See also
- Deforestation by continent
- Forest cover by state and territory in the United States
- Forest cover by state in India
- Forest cover by federal subject in Russia
- Forest cover by province or territory in Canada
- Forest cover by state or territory in Australia
- Forest Landscape Integrity Index
- Forest restoration
- List of countries by forest area (percentage)
- Reforestation
Sources
This article incorporates text from "Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 Key findings" (PDF). FAO. 2020. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. See c:File:Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 – Key findings.pdf. VRTS ticket # 2020073010003087.
This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (license statement/permission). Text taken from The State of the World’s Forests 2020. Forests, biodiversity and people – In brief, FAO & UNEP, FAO & UNEP.
References
- "Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 - Main Report" (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2020. p. 16. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- "Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 - Main Report" (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2020. pp. 136–142. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
External links
- Global Forest Resources Assessment at FAO
- Forest data at FAO
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