List of countries by forest area

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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.[1]

Planet, continents and regions

Region Forested area (km2) Source  % of land area
World 39,000,000 [2] 26.19%
Polar regions (Russia, Scandinavia and North America) 13,800,000 [2]
Latin America and the Caribbean 9,640,000 [2] 45.67%
East Asia and the Pacific 7,332,000 [2] 35.18%
Africa 6,500,000 [3] 21.80%
Canada and the United States 3,680,000 [2] 26.00%
 European Union 1,600,000 [4] 35.00%
 Australia 1,470,832 [5] 19.00%
 India 778,424 [6] 24.68%
West Asia (Middle East and Arabia) 36,600 [7] 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 [8] 45.40%
 Brazil 4,776,980 [7] 56.10%
 Canada 3,101,340 [7] 31.06%
 United States 3,030,890 [7] 30.84%
 China 1,821,000 [9] 18.21%
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,819,326 [10] 50.00%
 Australia 1,470,832 [5] 19.00%
 Argentina 945,336 [11] 34.00%
 Indonesia 884,950 [12] 46.46%
 India 778,424 [13] 24.68%
 Mexico 710,000 [14] 36.50%
 Peru 687,420 [7] 53.49%
 Sudan (including  South Sudan) 675,460 [7] 26.96%
 Mozambique 620,000 [15] 78.00%
 Colombia 607,280 [7] 53.32%
 Angola 591,040 [7] 47.41%
 Bolivia 587,400 [7] 53.47%
 Venezuela 471,378 [7] 51.68%
 Myanmar (Burma) 430,560 [16] 63.64%
 Zambia 376,309 [17] 50.00%
 Tanzania 352,570 [7] 37.22%
 Sudan 327,909 17.62%
 Sweden 234,850 [18] 58.00%
 Papua New Guinea 294,370 [7] 63.60%
 Spain 283,007 [19] 57.0%
 Zimbabwe 259,267 [20] 66.35%
 Japan 253,203 [21] 67.00%
France France including overseas 246,640 [22] 36.76%
 Finland 233,320 [23] 72.00%
 Central African Republic 227,550 [7] 36.53%
 Gabon 227,517 [24] 85.00%
 Congo 224,710 [7] 65.70%
 Cameroon 212,450 [7] 44.68%
 Turkey 216,781 [25] 27.60%
 Malaysia 195,200 [26] 59.50%
 Paraguay 184,750 [7] 45.42%
 Laos 170,000 [27] 71.60%
 Chile 158,781 [28] 21.00%
 Guyana 151,040 [7] 70.26%
 South Sudan 148,196 [29] 23.00%
 Suriname 147,760 [7] 90.20%
 Thailand 147,620 [30] 29.00%
 Madagascar 128,380 [7] 21.87%
 Mali 125,720 [7] 10.14%
 Vietnam 123,000 [31] 37.14%
 Botswana 119,430 [7] 20.53%
 Chad 119,210 [7] 09.28%
 Ecuador 115,510 [32] 42.00%
 Germany 113,176 [33] 31.70%
 Niger 112,000 [34] 08.00%
 Nigeria 110,890 [7] 12.00%
 Iran 110,750 [7] 06.72%
 Guatemala 108,894 [35] 51.00%
 Italy 106,736 [36] 35.00%
 Ukraine 105,000 [37] 17.00%
 Mongolia 102,520 [7] 06.55%
 Norway 93,870 [7] 28.99%
 Cambodia 93,350 [38] 51.56%
 Morocco 111,325 [39] 11.54%
 Poland 90,000 [40] 28.80%
 South Africa 89,170 [41] 07.31%
 Senegal 86,730 [7] 44.09%
 New Zealand 85,424 [42] 31.87%
 Belarus 80,134 [43] 38.60%
 Namibia 76,610 [7] 09.29%
 North Korea 76,240 [44] 63.25%
 Philippines 71,620 [7] 23.87%
 Somalia 71,310 [7] 11.18%
 Greece 37,520 [7] 28.43%
 Burkina Faso 67,940 [7] 24.78%
 Honduras 67,254 [45] 60.00%
 Guinea 67,240 [7] 27.35%
 South Korea 63,940 [46] 64.00%
 Romania 63,700 [7] 26.72%
 Benin 61,860 [47] 54.93%
 Kazakhstan 54,498 [48] 02.00%
 Nicaragua 51,890 [7] 39.80%
 Uganda 50,000 [49] 20.74%
 Panama 42,940 [7] 56.93%
 Pakistan 42,240 [50] 05.31%
 Algeria 42,000 [51] 01.70%
 Turkmenistan 41,270 [7] 08.46%
 Austria 39,600 [52] 47.20%
 Ethiopia 39,313 [53] 03.56%
   Nepal 39,000 [54] 26.50%
 Bulgaria 36,250 [7] 32.69%
 Malawi 33,176 [55] 28.00%
 Portugal 32,400 [56] 42%
 Liberia 31,540 [7] 28.32%
 Côte d'Ivoire 30,000 [57] 09.30%
 Latvia 28,807 [58] 44.00%
 United Kingdom 28,650 [59] 11.76%
 Georgia 27,880 [60] 40.00%
 Sierra Leone 27,540 [7] 38.39%
 Cuba 27,130 [7] 24.47%
 Saudi Arabia 27,000 [61] 01.26%
 Czech Republic 26,000 [62] 34.00%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25,599 [63] 53.00%
 Croatia 24,901 [64] 44.00%
 Bhutan 24,764 [65] 64.50%
 Ghana 24,600 [66] 10.20%
 Estonia 23,066 [67] 61.00%
 Solomon Islands 22,534 to 23,117 [68] 78.00 to 80.00%
 Lithuania 21,223 [69] 33.00%
 Serbia 20,868 [70] 23.63%
 Guinea-Bissau 20,720 [7] 57.36%
 Tunisia 20,615 [71] 12.60%
 Costa Rica 20,440 [72] 40.00%
 Slovakia 20,006 [73] 40.80%
 Uzbekistan 19,690 [74] 04.40%
 Sri Lanka 19,330 [75] 29.46%
 Hungary 18,513 [76] 19.90%
 Belize 16,530 [7] 71.98%
 Equatorial Guinea 16,320 [7] 58.18%
 Eritrea 15,540 [7] 13.21%
 Dominican Republic 13,384 [77] 27.50%
 Kenya 13,200 [78] 02.27%
 Oman 13,050 [79] 04.22%
 Slovenia 12,574 [80] 60.00%
  Switzerland 12,425 [81] 30.80%
 Albania 10,349 [82] 36.00%
 Macedonia 10,285 [83] 40.00%
 Fiji 10,000 [7] 54.72%
 Azerbaijan 9,360 [7] 10.81%
 Bangladesh 8,710 [7] 06.05%
 Kyrgyzstan 8,690 [7] 04.35%
 Iraq 8,220 [7] 01.88%
 Togo 8,000 [84] 14.00%
 Timor-Leste 7,980 [7] 53.65%
 Ireland 7,390 [7] 10.85%
 Uruguay 7,000 [85] 04.00%
 Belgium 6,607 [86] 21.64%
 Montenegro 6,252 [87] 45.26%
 Denmark 5,171 [88] 12.00%
 Bahamas 5,150 [7] 51.45%
 Gambia 4,857 [89] 43.00%
 Syria 4,610 [90] 02.49%
 Yemen 4,490 [91] 00.85%
 Vanuatu 4,470 [92] 36.67%
 Tajikistan 4,100 [93] 02.87%
 Netherlands 3,650 [7] 08.79%
 Jamaica 3,308 [94] 30.10%
 Moldova 3,290 [7] 09.72%
 Rwanda 3,161 [95] 12.00%
 United Arab Emirates 3,120 [7] 03.73%
 El Salvador 2,980 [7] 14.16%
 Armenia 2,974 [96] 10.00%
 Brunei 2,780 [7] 48.22%
 Mauritania 2,670 [7] 00.26%
 Trinidad and Tobago 2,260 [7] 44.07%
 Libya 2,170 [7] 00.12%
 Cyprus 1,740 [7] 18.81%
 Afghanistan 1,631 [97] 00.25%
 Israel 1,600 [98] 07.00%
 Lebanon 1,383 [99] 13.30%
 Burundi 1,270 [100] 04.50%
 Samoa 1,050 [101] 37.00%
 Iceland 1,030 [102] 01.00%
 Jordan 893 [103] 01.00%
 Luxembourg 870 [7] 33.64%
 Cape Verde 840 [7] 20.83%
 Egypt 670 [7] 00.07%
 Micronesia, Federated States of 630 [7] 89.74%
 Mauritius 612 [104] 30.00%
 Dominica 488 [105] 65.00%
 Haiti 416 [106] 01.50%
 Seychelles 407 [107] 89.45%
 Palau 400 [7] 87.15%
 Sao Tome and Principe 270 [7] 28.01%
 Swaziland 174 [108] 01.00%
 Saint Lucia 170 [7] 27.60%
 Andorra 160 [7] 34.19%
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 127 [109] 32.56%
 Antigua and Barbuda 90 [110] 21.00%
 Palestine 90 [7] 01.45%
 Lesotho 80 [7] 00.26%
 Liechtenstein 70 [7] 43.75%
 Djibouti 60 [7] 00.26%
 Kuwait 60 [7] 00.34%
 Comoros 50 [7] 02.24%
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 [7] 19.16%
 Grenada 40 [7] 11.63%
 Tonga 40 [111] 05.35%
 Tuvalu 23 [112] 89.12%
 Barbados 20 [7] 04.65%
 Kiribati 20 [7] 02.47%
 Singapore 20 [113] 03.00%
 Maldives 10 [7] 03.56%
 Bahrain 5 NC 00.67%
 Malta 3 NC 00.95%
 San Marino 1 NC 01.64%
 Qatar 0 [114] 00.00%

Provinces, states and territories

Place Forested area (km2) Source  % of land area
Russia  Krasnoyarsk Krai 1,510,016 [115] 63.80%
Russia Template:Country data Yakutia 1,500,000 [116] 47.00%
Canada  Ontario 780,080 85.00%
Canada  Quebec 761,100 [117] 55.75%
Canada  Northwest Territories 570,418 50.00%
Canada  British Columbia 566,841 [118] 60.00%
United States  Alaska 522,044 [119] 30.39%
Canada  Nunavut 469,447 25.00%
Canada  Manitoba 411,270 75.00%
Canada  Alberta 384,049 60.00%
Australia  Queensland 346,130 20.00%
Canada  Saskatchewan 325,419 55.00%
Canada  Yukon Territory 260,915 55.00%
Canada  Newfoundland and Labrador 243,017 65.00%
France France (Metropolitan) 170,000 [120] 30.95%
Australia  New South Wales 96,077 12.00%
 French Guiana 83,000 [22] 99.00%
Australia  Victoria 79,596 35.00%
Canada  New Brunswick 60,733 85.00%
Australia  Western Australia 50,598 02.00%
Australia  Tasmania 44,461 65.00%
Canada Newfoundland 41,440 [121] 38.07%
Australia  Northern Territory 40,474 03.00%
Canada  Nova Scotia 40,004 75.00%
Australia  South Australia 29,504 03.00%
 Taiwan 21,588 [122] 60.00%
United States  Hawaii 13,300 NC 46.98%
United Kingdom  Scotland 13,107 [123] 17.00%
Western Sahara 10,110 [7] 03.80%
United Kingdom  England 9,128 [7] 7.00%
 New Caledonia 7,170 [7] 38.60%
Spain  Canary Islands 5,000 [124] 66.73%
United States  Puerto Rico 4,080 [7] 29.59%
France  Corsica 4,018 [125] 46.00%
Greece Crete 2,513 25.60%
United Kingdom  Wales 2,493 [7] 11.90%
France  French Polynesia 2,000 [126] 52.30%
Canada  Prince Edward Island 1,705 30.00%
 Reunion 1,370 [127] 53.00%
United Kingdom  Northern Ireland 830.6 [7] 6.00%
Portugal  Azores 830 [128] 35.38%
 Guadeloupe 640 [22] 39.00%
 Martinique 490 [22] 46.00%
China  Hong Kong 400 [129] 36.36%
United Kingdom  Turks and Caicos Islands 340 [7] 35.86%
United States  Northern Mariana Islands 330 [7] 71.12%
United States  Guam 260 [7] 47.79%
United States  American Samoa 180 [7] 90.45%
New Zealand  Niue 169 to 182 [130] 65.00 to 70.00%
Portugal  Madeira 150 [131] 18.73%
New Zealand  Cook Islands 142 [132] 60.00%
 Mayotte 140 [22] 37.00%
United Kingdom  Cayman Islands 120 [7] 45.45%
United States  United States Virgin Islands 100 [7] 28.87%
United Kingdom  Anguilla 55 NC 60.44%
 Wallis and Futuna 47 NC 33.10%
United Kingdom  British Virgin Islands 40 [7] 26.49%
United Kingdom  Montserrat 35 NC 34.31%
United Kingdom  Pitcairn 35 NC 74.47%
United Kingdom  Isle of Man 30 [7] 05.24%
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 30 [7] 12.40%
United Kingdom  Saint Helena 20 [7] 16.39%
Netherlands  Netherlands Antilles 12 NC 01.50%
United Kingdom  Bermuda 10 [7] 18.52%
United Kingdom Jersey Guernsey Channel Islands 8 NC 04.12%
Netherlands  Aruba 4 NC 02.22%
Denmark  Greenland 2 NC 00.00%
Denmark  Faroe Islands 1 NC 00.07%

See also

References

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