Countries by Forest Coverage (%)

Complete ranking of 213 countries • % • Updated 2026

Suriname leads all 213 countries in Forest Area % with a value of 94.448, while Qatar ranks last at 0. The gap between top and bottom reflects meaningful global variation.

What Forest Area % Measures

Forest Area % is a comparative indicator tracked across countries by the World Bank. It provides a quantitative basis for cross-national comparison, enabling researchers and policymakers to benchmark national performance on this dimension against global peers.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Forest Area % across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 0 (Qatar) to 94.448 (Suriname) — an infinitely large difference across 213 countries.

Regional Patterns

The top 20 is globally diverse, with countries from 5 continents represented. No single region dominates, suggesting this metric is driven more by national conditions than by broad continental patterns.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 11.057 to 49.551. The overall spread from 0 to 94.448 reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Suriname and Micronesia are separated by only 2%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

North America

Suriname

94.448

Oceania

Micronesia

92.157

Africa

Gabon

91.182

Europe

Finland

73.724

Asia

Brunei

72.106

South America

Brazil

58.982

Highest Ranked

The top five countries for Forest Area % are Suriname (94.448), Micronesia (92.157), Gabon (91.182), Palau (90.544), and Solomon Islands (90.06). Together, these nations represent the global leaders in this metric.

Lowest Ranked

At the other end of the spectrum, Qatar (0), Nauru (0), Monaco (0), Gibraltar (0), and Greenland (0.00) have the lowest values globally.

Data Source & Methodology

Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank, covering 213 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

Equatorial Guinea86.4%

8th

American Samoa85.2%

9th

Papua New Guinea79.0%

10th

Liberia78.1%

Full Rankings

Forest Coverage (%) ranking for 213 countries
				Percentile
1st	Suriname	94.4%	North America	100%
2nd	Micronesia	92.2%	Oceania	100%
3rd	Gabon	91.2%	Africa	99%
4th	Palau	90.5%	Oceania	99%
5th	Solomon Islands	90.1%	Oceania	98%
6th	Guyana	87.1%	North America	98%
7th	Equatorial Guinea	86.4%	Africa	97%
8th	American Samoa	85.2%	Oceania	97%
9th	Papua New Guinea	79.0%	Oceania	96%
10th	Liberia	78.1%	Africa	96%
11th	Finland	73.7%	Europe	95%
12th	Seychelles	73.3%	Africa	95%
13th	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	73.2%	North America	94%
14th	Brunei	72.1%	Asia	94%
15th	Bhutan	71.6%	Asia	93%
16th	Laos	71.5%	Asia	93%
17th	Guinea-Bissau	69.5%	Africa	92%
18th	Sweden	68.7%	Europe	92%
19th	Japan	68.4%	Asia	92%
20th	Congo	64.1%	Africa	91%
21st	South Korea	64.1%	Asia	91%
22nd	Dominica	63.8%	North America	90%
23rd	Fiji	63.5%	Oceania	90%
24th	Timor-Leste	61.7%	Asia	89%
25th	Montenegro	61.5%	Europe	89%
26th	Slovenia	61.2%	Europe	88%
27th	Costa Rica	60.4%	North America	88%
28th	Zambia	59.5%	Africa	87%
29th	Brazil	59.0%	South America	87%
30th	U.S. Virgin Islands	58.2%	North America	86%
31st	Malaysia	57.7%	Asia	86%
32nd	Samoa	57.6%	Oceania	85%
33rd	Estonia	57.1%	Europe	85%
34th	Panama	56.3%	North America	85%
35th	Honduras	56.3%	North America	84%
36th	Jamaica	56.2%	North America	84%
37th	Puerto Rico	56.1%	North America	83%
38th	Peru	56.1%	South America	83%
39th	Latvia	55.0%	Europe	82%
40th	Belize	54.5%	North America	82%
41st	Congo, Democratic Republic	54.2%	Africa	81%
42nd	Northern Mariana Islands	53.0%	Oceania	81%
43rd	Colombia	52.8%	North America	80%
44th	Cayman Islands	52.5%	North America	80%
45th	Venezuela	52.2%	North America	79%
46th	Marshall Islands	52.2%	Oceania	79%
47th	Sao Tome and Principe	52.1%	Africa	78%
48th	Angola	52.1%	Africa	78%
49th	Grenada	52.1%	North America	77%
50th	Guam	51.9%	Oceania	77%
51st	Bahamas	50.9%	North America	77%
52nd	Tanzania	50.1%	Africa	76%
53rd	Russia	49.8%	Europe	76%
54th	North Korea	49.6%	Asia	75%
55th	Ecuador	49.5%	South America	75%
56th	Indonesia	47.7%	Asia	74%
57th	Vietnam	47.4%	Asia	74%
58th	Austria	47.2%	Europe	73%
59th	Bolivia	46.3%	South America	73%
60th	New Caledonia	45.8%	Oceania	72%
61st	Mozambique	45.8%	Africa	72%
62nd	Dominican Republic	45.0%	North America	71%
63rd	Zimbabwe	44.7%	Africa	71%
64th	Trinidad and Tobago	44.2%	North America	70%
65th	Belarus	43.4%	Europe	70%
66th	Cambodia	43.1%	Asia	69%
67th	French Polynesia	43.1%	Oceania	69%
68th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.7%	Europe	69%
69th	Cameroon	42.7%	Africa	68%
70th	Myanmar	42.4%	Asia	68%
71st	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42.3%	North America	67%
72nd	Liechtenstein	41.9%	Europe	67%
73rd	Nepal	41.6%	Asia	66%
74th	Senegal	41.3%	Africa	66%
75th	Georgia	40.6%	Europe	65%
76th	Slovakia	40.1%	Europe	65%
77th	North Macedonia	39.7%	Europe	64%
78th	Canada	39.5%	North America	64%
79th	Thailand	38.7%	Asia	63%
80th	Paraguay	38.5%	South America	63%
81st	New Zealand	37.8%	Oceania	62%
82nd	Spain	37.2%	Europe	62%
83rd	Vanuatu	36.3%	Oceania	62%
84th	Bulgaria	36.2%	Europe	61%
85th	Portugal	36.2%	Europe	61%
86th	Central African Republic	35.7%	Africa	60%
87th	Lithuania	35.2%	Europe	60%
88th	Ghana	35.2%	Africa	59%
89th	Croatia	34.8%	Europe	59%
90th	Czechia	34.8%	Europe	58%
91st	Luxembourg	34.5%	Europe	58%
92nd	Sierra Leone	34.3%	Africa	57%
93rd	Saint Lucia	34.0%	North America	57%
94th	Andorra	34.0%	Europe	56%
95th	Sri Lanka	34.0%	Asia	56%
96th	United States	33.9%	North America	55%
97th	Mexico	33.6%	North America	55%
98th	Norway	33.5%	Europe	54%
99th	Tuvalu	33.3%	Oceania	54%
100th	Italy	32.9%	Europe	54%
101st	Germany	32.7%	Europe	53%
102nd	Guatemala	32.6%	North America	53%
103rd	France	32.5%	Europe	52%
104th	Serbia	32.4%	Europe	52%
105th	Switzerland	32.4%	Europe	51%
106th	Cuba	31.2%	North America	51%
107th	Poland	31.1%	Europe	50%
108th	Greece	30.3%	Europe	50%
109th	Romania	30.1%	Europe	49%
110th	Turkey	29.5%	Europe	49%
111st	Eswatini	29.1%	Africa	48%
112nd	Albania	28.8%	Europe	48%
113rd	El Salvador	27.5%	North America	47%
114th	Benin	26.5%	Africa	47%
115th	Botswana	26.3%	Africa	46%
116th	Nicaragua	25.8%	North America	46%
117th	Chile	25.0%	South America	46%
118th	Saint Martin	24.8%	North America	45%
119th	Guinea	24.7%	Africa	45%
120th	India	24.5%	Asia	44%
121st	Philippines	24.5%	Asia	44%
122nd	British Virgin Islands	24.1%	North America	43%
123rd	China	24.0%	Asia	43%
124th	Nigeria	23.2%	Africa	42%
125th	Belgium	22.6%	Europe	42%
126th	Hungary	22.4%	Europe	41%
127th	Malawi	22.4%	Africa	41%
128th	Gambia	22.3%	Africa	40%
129th	Burkina Faso	22.2%	Africa	40%
130th	Togo	22.1%	Africa	39%
131st	Madagascar	21.3%	Africa	39%
132nd	Singapore	20.9%	Asia	38%
133rd	Mauritius	19.5%	Africa	38%
134th	Cyprus	18.7%	Europe	38%
135th	Bermuda	18.5%	North America	37%
136th	Antigua and Barbuda	18.0%	North America	37%
137th	Australia	17.4%	Oceania	36%
138th	Comoros	17.0%	Africa	36%
139th	Ukraine	16.8%	Europe	35%
140th	San Marino	16.7%	Europe	35%
141st	Denmark	15.8%	Europe	34%
142nd	Ethiopia	14.9%	Africa	34%
143rd	Barbados	14.7%	North America	33%
144th	Bangladesh	14.5%	Asia	33%
145th	Lebanon	14.2%	Asia	32%
146th	Azerbaijan	14.1%	Europe	32%
147th	South Africa	14.0%	Africa	31%
148th	United Kingdom	13.3%	Europe	31%
149th	Morocco	12.9%	Africa	31%
150th	Tonga	12.4%	Oceania	30%
151st	Haiti	12.3%	North America	30%
152nd	Uruguay	12.0%	South America	29%
153rd	Moldova	11.7%	Europe	29%
154th	Armenia	11.6%	Europe	28%
155th	Cabo Verde	11.6%	Africa	28%
156th	Ireland	11.5%	Europe	27%
157th	South Sudan	11.3%	Africa	27%
158th	Rwanda	11.3%	Africa	26%
159th	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.1%	North America	26%
160th	Netherlands	11.1%	Europe	25%
161st	Uganda	11.0%	Africa	25%
162nd	Mali	10.9%	Africa	24%
163rd	Burundi	10.9%	Africa	24%
164th	Sint Maarten	10.9%	North America	23%
165th	Argentina	10.3%	South America	23%
166th	Sudan	9.6%	Africa	23%
167th	Somalia	9.2%	Africa	22%
168th	Mongolia	9.1%	Asia	22%
169th	Turkmenistan	8.8%	Asia	21%
170th	Eritrea	8.6%	Africa	21%
171st	Uzbekistan	8.5%	Asia	20%
172nd	Côte d'Ivoire	7.9%	Africa	20%
173rd	Namibia	7.8%	Africa	19%
174th	Kyrgyzstan	7.1%	Asia	19%
175th	Iran	6.6%	Asia	18%
176th	Israel	6.5%	Asia	18%
177th	Kenya	6.2%	Africa	17%
178th	Isle of Man	6.1%	Europe	17%
179th	Pakistan	4.7%	Asia	16%
180th	Tunisia	4.6%	Africa	16%
181st	United Arab Emirates	4.5%	Asia	15%
182nd	Chad	3.2%	Africa	15%
183rd	Tajikistan	3.1%	Asia	15%
184th	Syria	2.8%	Asia	14%
185th	Maldives	2.8%	Asia	14%
186th	Aruba	2.3%	North America	13%
187th	Iraq	1.9%	Asia	13%
188th	Afghanistan	1.9%	Asia	12%
189th	Palestine	1.7%	Asia	12%
190th	Kiribati	1.5%	Oceania	11%
191st	Malta	1.4%	Europe	11%
192nd	Kazakhstan	1.3%	Asia	10%
193rd	Lesotho	1.1%	Africa	10%
194th	Jordan	1.1%	Asia	9%
195th	Yemen	1.0%	Asia	9%
196th	Bahrain	0.9%	Asia	8%
197th	Algeria	0.8%	Africa	8%
198th	Niger	0.8%	Africa	8%
199th	Iceland	0.5%	Europe	7%
200th	Saudi Arabia	0.5%	Asia	7%
201st	Kuwait	0.4%	Asia	6%
202nd	Mauritania	0.3%	Africa	6%
203rd	Djibouti	0.3%	Africa	5%
204th	Curaçao	0.2%	North America	5%
205th	Libya	0.1%	Africa	4%
206th	Faroe Islands	0.1%	Europe	4%
207th	Egypt	0.0%	Africa	3%
208th	Oman	0.0%	Asia	3%
209th	Greenland	0.0%	North America	2%
210th	Gibraltar	0.0%	Europe	2%
211st	Monaco	0.0%	Europe	1%
212nd	Nauru	0.0%	Oceania	1%
213rd	Qatar	0.0%	Asia	0%