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Forest area (thousands of hectares)
UN SDG
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213 countries · 1990–2025
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Country
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Value
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1
Russian Federation
832,629.9
2
Brazil
486,086.6
3
Canada
368,818.9
4
United States
308,895
5
China
227,153
6
Congo, Dem. Rep.
139,189.1
7
Australia
133,561.6
8
Indonesia
95,969.3
9
India
72,739
10
Peru
67,159.8
11
Mexico
66,265.6
12
Angola
63,262.3
13
Colombia
59,456.9
14
Bolivia
54,370.3
15
Venezuela, RB
47,088.2
16
Argentina
46,609
17
Central African Republic
45,094.9
18
Zambia
44,874.3
19
Tanzania
43,400
20
Papua New Guinea
34,029
21
Mozambique
32,242.9
22
Sweden
27,934
23
Myanmar
27,095.3
24
Ethiopia
26,747.1
25
Japan
24,908
26
Gabon
23,555.3
27
South Africa
22,881.4
28
Turkiye
22,805.8
29
Finland
22,543
30
Sudan
21,980.4
31
Congo, Rep.
21,853.8
32
Thailand
19,647.5
33
Cameroon
19,143.2
34
Spain
19,132.8
35
Malaysia
18,884.7
36
Guyana
18,377.2
37
Chile
18,161.9
38
France
17,795
39
Nigeria
17,130
40
Botswana
15,730.2
41
Viet Nam
14,790.1
42
Suriname
14,674.2
43
Paraguay
14,297.4
44
Mongolia
14,178.3
45
Zimbabwe
13,766
46
Lao PDR
13,036
47
Ecuador
12,310.3
48
Norway
12,108.6
49
Germany
11,481.4
50
Iran, Islamic Rep.
10,751
51
Mali
10,479.3
52
New Zealand
10,303
53
Ukraine
10,090
54
Madagascar
9,922.1
55
Poland
9,495
56
Italy
9,422
57
Belarus
8,975.4
58
Senegal
8,649.3
59
Namibia
8,043
60
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
7,727.9
61
Philippines
7,438.6
62
South Sudan
7,160
63
Ghana
7,056.4
64
Romania
6,957.1
65
Cambodia
6,333.2
66
Liberia
6,326.5
67
Korea, Rep.
6,279.1
68
Nepal
6,266.3
69
Honduras
5,861.3
70
Morocco
5,695.3
71
Guinea
4,857.3
72
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
4,829.8
73
Nicaragua
4,780.7
74
Greece
4,762.8
75
Panama
4,614.6
76
Bulgaria
3,959
77
Kenya
3,913.8
78
Austria
3,903.9
79
Uzbekistan
3,894.2
80
Cote d'Ivoire
3,774.1
81
Cuba
3,622.4
82
Chad
3,611.3
83
Guatemala
3,535.7
84
Kazakhstan
3,520.5
85
Serbia
3,475.2
86
Latvia
3,467
87
Portugal
3,362.6
88
United Kingdom
3,278
89
Burkina Faso
3,237
90
Pakistan
3,192.5
91
Benin
3,133.3
92
Georgia
3,100.5
93
Costa Rica
2,989.6
94
Czechia
2,968.4
95
Saudi Arabia
2,775.6
96
Bhutan
2,674.7
97
Solomon Islands
2,513.9
98
Estonia
2,466.2
99
Sierra Leone
2,436.3
100
Equatorial Guinea
2,406.6
101
Uganda
2,367.7
102
Turkmenistan
2,330
103
Dominican Republic
2,257.5
104
Lithuania
2,216.3
105
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2,162.1
106
Sri Lanka
2,120.7
107
Guinea-Bissau
2,099.6
108
Hungary
2,087.4
109
Uruguay
2,062.5
110
Malawi
2,031.7
111
Croatia
1,946.2
112
Slovak Republic
1,940.5
113
Bangladesh
1,873.4
114
Algeria
1,691.4
115
Eritrea
1,442
116
Belize
1,315.1
117
Switzerland
1,267
118
Kyrgyz Republic
1,255.5
119
Slovenia
1,243.6
120
Togo
1,224.5
121
Azerbaijan
1,213.7
122
Afghanistan
1,209.4
123
Fiji
1,136.6
124
Niger
1,055.1
125
Timor-Leste
1,054.3
126
North Macedonia
1,026.1
127
Mauritania
1,019.1
128
Albania
941
129
Vanuatu
907.4
130
New Caledonia
892.6
131
Ireland
832.9
132
Montenegro
827
133
Iraq
692.6
134
Tunisia
687.5
135
Jamaica
686.1
136
El Salvador
684.8
137
Belgium
670.5
138
Denmark
642.6
139
Rwanda
634.6
140
Yemen, Rep.
549
141
Syrian Arab Republic
527.8
142
Bahamas, The
509.9
143
Puerto Rico (US)
502.8
144
Eswatini
433.1
145
Tajikistan
424.5
146
Brunei Darussalam
380
147
Haiti
372.1
148
Moldova
370.3
149
Netherlands
369.3
150
Armenia
334.1
151
United Arab Emirates
324.6
152
Burundi
279.6
153
Trinidad and Tobago
226.1
154
Gambia, The
209.5
155
Libya
205.3
156
Cyprus
171.7
157
Samoa
159.8
158
Israel
150
159
French Polynesia
149.5
160
Lebanon
141.3
161
Luxembourg
88.7
162
Jordan
70.7
163
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
64.6
164
Iceland
61.5
165
Dominica
57.4
166
Sao Tome and Principe
55.3
167
Cabo Verde
51.1
168
Palau
41.9
169
Mauritius
38.3
170
Lesotho
34.5
171
Comoros
33.4
172
St. Lucia
32.8
173
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
28.6
174
Guam
28.3
175
Seychelles
26.5
176
Northern Mariana Islands
24.4
177
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
20.7
178
Andorra
18.2
179
Grenada
17.7
180
American Samoa
15.9
181
Singapore
14.7
182
Cayman Islands
12.7
183
West Bank and Gaza
11.1
184
St. Kitts and Nevis
11
185
Turks and Caicos Islands
10.5
186
British Virgin Islands
10
187
Marshall Islands
9.7
188
Tonga
8.7
189
Antigua and Barbuda
7.8
190
Kuwait
6.3
191
Barbados
6.3
192
Liechtenstein
6
193
Djibouti
5.9
194
Bahrain
4.4
195
Egypt, Arab Rep.
4.1
196
Maldives
3.7
197
Isle of Man
3.7
198
Oman
1.6
199
Qatar
1.4
200
St. Martin (French part)
1.2
201
Kiribati
1.1
202
Tuvalu
1
203
San Marino
1
204
Bermuda
0.78
205
Aruba
0.49
206
Malta
0.47
207
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0.3
208
Greenland
0.22
209
Faroe Islands
0.08
210
Curacao
0.07
211
Monaco
0
212
Gibraltar
0
213
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0
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