Forest area

Name: Forest area — WorldScore
Creator: World Bank
License: CC BY 4.0

Tier A· OfficialDescriptive

Share of land area under forest. Descriptive — a naturally arid country is not 'worse' than a rainforest one.

100 = most forested, 0 = least — descriptive, not better or worse

How this score is built

Forest area as a share of total land — World Bank indicator AG.LND.FRST.ZS (FAO). Descriptive: forest cover is largely set by climate and geography — a desert or tundra country has little forest by nature, not by failing — so it is neither better nor worse and uses a neutral colour, kept off the Compare radar. The value is a 0–100 percentage (native_rescale). The raw percentage is shown. Most recent year per country. (For change over time, read the sparkline — deforestation is the policy-relevant signal, not the level.)

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100No datadescriptive — not better/worse

100 = most forested, 0 = least — descriptive, not better or worse

Full ranking

213 countries with data. Rank 1 = best. Click a column to sort; click a country for its full provenance.

Continent

Rank ↑	Country	Score	Raw value
1st	SurinameSUR	94.4594	94.4476 % of land area
2nd	MicronesiaFSM	92.1692	92.1571 % of land area
3rd	GabonGAB	91.1891	91.1824 % of land area
4th	PalauPLW	90.5491	90.5435 % of land area
5th	Solomon IslandsSLB	90.0690	90.06 % of land area
6th	GuyanaGUY	87.0987	87.0878 % of land area
7th	Equatorial GuineaGNQ	86.3986	86.3936 % of land area
8th	American SamoaASM	85.285	85.2 % of land area
9th	Papua New GuineaPNG	78.9579	78.9541 % of land area
10th	LiberiaLBR	78.1478	78.1422 % of land area
11th	FinlandFIN	73.7274	73.7235 % of land area
12th	SeychellesSYC	73.2673	73.2609 % of land area
13th	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCT	73.1873	73.1795 % of land area
14th	BruneiBRN	72.1172	72.1063 % of land area
15th	BhutanBTN	71.6172	71.6051 % of land area
16th	LaosLAO	71.4671	71.4558 % of land area
17th	Guinea-BissauGNB	69.5170	69.5124 % of land area
18th	SwedenSWE	68.769	68.7014 % of land area
19th	JapanJPN	68.468	68.3958 % of land area
20th	CongoCOG	64.1364	64.1318 % of land area
21st	South KoreaKOR	64.1164	64.1086 % of land area
22nd	DominicaDMA	63.8364	63.8267 % of land area
23rd	FijiFJI	63.564	63.4953 % of land area
24th	Timor-LesteTLS	61.6662	61.6611 % of land area
25th	MontenegroMNE	61.4961	61.487 % of land area
26th	SloveniaSVN	61.1761	61.1749 % of land area
27th	Costa RicaCRI	60.460	60.3991 % of land area
28th	ZambiaZMB	59.5260	59.5238 % of land area
29th	BrazilBRA	58.9859	58.9819 % of land area
30th	United States Virgin IslandsVIR	58.1758	58.1714 % of land area
31st	MalaysiaMYS	57.7258	57.719 % of land area
32nd	SamoaWSM	57.6458	57.6367 % of land area
33rd	EstoniaEST	57.0757	57.0653 % of land area
34th	PanamaPAN	56.3456	56.344 % of land area
35th	HondurasHND	56.2756	56.2732 % of land area
36th	JamaicaJAM	56.1956	56.1908 % of land area
37th	Puerto RicoPRI	56.1256	56.1218 % of land area
38th	PeruPER	56.156	56.103 % of land area
39th	LatviaLVA	5555	54.996 % of land area
40th	BelizeBLZ	54.5255	54.5186 % of land area
41st	DR CongoCOD	54.1954	54.1899 % of land area
42nd	Northern Mariana IslandsMNP	52.9653	52.9565 % of land area
43rd	ColombiaCOL	52.7753	52.7662 % of land area
44th	Cayman IslandsCYM	52.4752	52.4721 % of land area
45th	VenezuelaVEN	52.2352	52.2339 % of land area
46th	Marshall IslandsMHL	52.2252	52.2222 % of land area
47th	São Tomé and PríncipeSTP	52.1352	52.125 % of land area
48th	AngolaAGO	52.0952	52.0913 % of land area
49th	GrenadaGRD	52.0652	52.0588 % of land area
50th	GuamGUM	51.8552	51.8519 % of land area
51st	BahamasBHS	50.9451	50.9351 % of land area
52nd	TanzaniaTZA	50.0550	50.0542 % of land area
53rd	RussiaRUS	49.7850	49.7844 % of land area
54th	EcuadorECU	49.5550	49.5451 % of land area
54th	North KoreaPRK	49.5550	49.5507 % of land area
56th	IndonesiaIDN	47.7248	47.722 % of land area
57th	VietnamVNM	47.4547	47.4455 % of land area
58th	AustriaAUT	47.2447	47.2403 % of land area
59th	BoliviaBOL	46.3546	46.3457 % of land area
60th	New CaledoniaNCL	45.8346	45.8271 % of land area
61st	MozambiqueMOZ	45.8146	45.813 % of land area
62nd	Dominican RepublicDOM	44.9945	44.9888 % of land area
63rd	ZimbabweZWE	44.7445	44.7366 % of land area
64th	Trinidad and TobagoTTO	44.2444	44.2359 % of land area
65th	BelarusBLR	43.4143	43.4081 % of land area
66th	CambodiaKHM	43.0643	43.062 % of land area
66th	French PolynesiaPYF	43.0643	43.0596 % of land area
68th	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH	42.7343	42.7326 % of land area
69th	CameroonCMR	42.6743	42.6741 % of land area
70th	MyanmarMMR	42.442	42.4024 % of land area
71st	Saint Kitts and NevisKNA	42.3142	42.3077 % of land area
72nd	LiechtensteinLIE	41.8842	41.875 % of land area
73rd	NepalNPL	41.5942	41.5907 % of land area
74th	SenegalSEN	41.2841	41.2827 % of land area
75th	GeorgiaGEO	40.6241	40.6159 % of land area
76th	SlovakiaSVK	40.0640	40.0562 % of land area
77th	North MacedoniaMKD	39.7140	39.7102 % of land area
78th	CanadaCAN	39.4639	39.4617 % of land area
79th	ThailandTHA	38.6939	38.6874 % of land area
80th	ParaguayPRY	38.5439	38.5449 % of land area
81st	New ZealandNZL	37.7938	37.7893 % of land area
82nd	SpainESP	37.1937	37.1926 % of land area
83rd	VanuatuVUT	36.2836	36.2838 % of land area
84th	BulgariaBGR	36.2236	36.2196 % of land area
85th	PortugalPRT	36.1536	36.155 % of land area
86th	Central African RepublicCAF	35.6636	35.656 % of land area
87th	LithuaniaLTU	35.2335	35.2302 % of land area
88th	GhanaGHA	35.1935	35.1922 % of land area
89th	CroatiaHRV	34.7935	34.7857 % of land area
90th	CzechiaCZE	34.7635	34.7624 % of land area
91st	LuxembourgLUX	34.4534	34.4538 % of land area
92nd	Sierra LeoneSLE	34.334	34.2988 % of land area
93rd	Saint LuciaLCA	34.0534	34.0492 % of land area
94th	AndorraAND	34.0434	34.0426 % of land area
95th	Sri LankaLKA	3434	34.0048 % of land area
96th	United StatesUSA	33.8734	33.8669 % of land area
97th	MexicoMEX	33.634	33.5959 % of land area
98th	NorwayNOR	33.534	33.501 % of land area
99th	TuvaluTUV	33.3333	33.3333 % of land area
100th	ItalyITA	32.8933	32.8945 % of land area
101st	GermanyDEU	32.6833	32.6789 % of land area
102nd	GuatemalaGTM	32.633	32.5961 % of land area
103rd	FranceFRA	32.4832	32.4765 % of land area
104th	SerbiaSRB	32.3932	32.3896 % of land area
105th	SwitzerlandCHE	32.3832	32.3827 % of land area
106th	CubaCUB	31.2331	31.2331 % of land area
107th	PolandPOL	31.0831	31.0804 % of land area
108th	GreeceGRC	30.2730	30.27 % of land area
109th	RomaniaROU	30.1230	30.1158 % of land area
110th	TürkiyeTUR	29.4829	29.4796 % of land area
111th	EswatiniSWZ	29.1429	29.139 % of land area
112th	AlbaniaALB	28.7929	28.792 % of land area
113th	El SalvadorSLV	27.5328	27.528 % of land area
114th	BeninBEN	26.4726	26.4735 % of land area
115th	BotswanaBWA	26.2926	26.2908 % of land area
116th	NicaraguaNIC	25.8226	25.8229 % of land area
117th	ChileCHL	25.0125	25.0116 % of land area
118th	Saint MartinMAF	24.825	24.8 % of land area
119th	GuineaGIN	24.725	24.6988 % of land area
120th	IndiaIND	24.5425	24.539 % of land area
121st	PhilippinesPHL	24.4624	24.4601 % of land area
122nd	British Virgin IslandsVGB	24.1324	24.1333 % of land area
123rd	ChinaCHN	24.0324	24.0319 % of land area
124th	NigeriaNGA	23.2123	23.2079 % of land area
125th	BelgiumBEL	22.623	22.6044 % of land area
126th	HungaryHUN	22.4522	22.4484 % of land area
127th	MalawiMWI	22.4422	22.4406 % of land area
128th	GambiaGMB	22.2822	22.2792 % of land area
129th	Burkina FasoBFA	22.1722	22.1725 % of land area
130th	TogoTGO	22.0722	22.07 % of land area
131st	MadagascarMDG	21.321	21.2963 % of land area
132nd	SingaporeSGP	20.9321	20.9331 % of land area
133rd	MauritiusMUS	19.4719	19.4742 % of land area
134th	CyprusCYP	18.6719	18.6656 % of land area
135th	BermudaBMU	18.5219	18.5185 % of land area
136th	Antigua and BarbudaATG	18.0118	18.0134 % of land area
137th	AustraliaAUS	17.4217	17.4213 % of land area
138th	ComorosCOM	16.9817	16.9801 % of land area
139th	UkraineUKR	16.7617	16.7553 % of land area
140th	San MarinoSMR	16.6717	16.6667 % of land area
141st	DenmarkDNK	15.7816	15.7815 % of land area
142nd	EthiopiaETH	14.9315	14.9309 % of land area
143rd	BarbadosBRB	14.6515	14.6512 % of land area
144th	BangladeshBGD	14.4914	14.4899 % of land area
145th	LebanonLBN	14.1914	14.1867 % of land area
146th	AzerbaijanAZE	14.1114	14.112 % of land area
147th	South AfricaZAF	13.9714	13.9651 % of land area
148th	United KingdomGBR	13.2913	13.2907 % of land area
149th	MoroccoMAR	12.9413	12.9371 % of land area
150th	TongaTON	12.4312	12.4306 % of land area
151st	HaitiHTI	12.2612	12.2631 % of land area
152nd	UruguayURY	11.9612	11.9643 % of land area
153rd	MoldovaMDA	11.7412	11.737 % of land area
154th	ArmeniaARM	11.6212	11.6183 % of land area
155th	Cape VerdeCPV	11.5712	11.5682 % of land area
156th	IrelandIRL	11.5312	11.5259 % of land area
157th	South SudanSSD	11.3311	11.3256 % of land area
158th	RwandaRWA	11.3111	11.3093 % of land area
159th	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCA	11.0711	11.0737 % of land area
160th	NetherlandsNLD	11.0611	11.0574 % of land area
161st	UgandaUGA	11.0411	11.042 % of land area
162nd	MaliMLI	10.911	10.8967 % of land area
163rd	BurundiBDI	10.8911	10.8894 % of land area
164th	Sint MaartenSXM	10.8811	10.8824 % of land area
165th	ArgentinaARG	10.3210	10.3213 % of land area
166th	SudanSDN	9.5510	9.55196 % of land area
167th	SomaliaSOM	9.179	9.16529 % of land area
168th	MongoliaMNG	9.099	9.09172 % of land area
169th	TurkmenistanTKM	8.789	8.78216 % of land area
170th	EritreaERI	8.639	8.6301 % of land area
171st	UzbekistanUZB	8.559	8.54914 % of land area
172nd	Ivory CoastCIV	7.868	7.85552 % of land area
173rd	NamibiaNAM	7.818	7.80511 % of land area
174th	KyrgyzstanKGZ	7.147	7.14338 % of land area
175th	IranIRN	6.657	6.64924 % of land area
176th	IsraelISR	6.476	6.4695 % of land area
177th	KenyaKEN	6.226	6.21662 % of land area
178th	Isle of ManIMN	6.076	6.07018 % of land area
179th	PakistanPAK	4.675	4.67243 % of land area
180th	TunisiaTUN	4.555	4.55278 % of land area
181st	United Arab EmiratesARE	4.474	4.46776 % of land area
182nd	ChadTCD	3.163	3.16103 % of land area
183rd	TajikistanTJK	3.083	3.07515 % of land area
184th	SyriaSYR	2.843	2.84311 % of land area
185th	MaldivesMDV	2.753	2.75168 % of land area
186th	ArubaABW	2.332	2.33333 % of land area
187th	IraqIRQ	1.92	1.90035 % of land area
188th	AfghanistanAFG	1.852	1.85278 % of land area
189th	PalestinePSE	1.682	1.68299 % of land area
190th	KiribatiKIR	1.461	1.45679 % of land area
191st	MaltaMLT	1.441	1.4375 % of land area
192nd	KazakhstanKAZ	1.311	1.31215 % of land area
193rd	LesothoLSO	1.141	1.13702 % of land area
194th	JordanJOR	1.11	1.09805 % of land area
195th	YemenYEM	1.041	1.03983 % of land area
196th	BahrainBHR	0.951	0.95 % of land area
197th	AlgeriaDZA	0.831	0.830314 % of land area
198th	NigerNER	0.821	0.822957 % of land area
199th	IcelandISL	0.531	0.528744 % of land area
200th	Saudi ArabiaSAU	0.450	0.454484 % of land area
201st	KuwaitKWT	0.350	0.35073 % of land area
202nd	MauritaniaMRT	0.290	0.287611 % of land area
203rd	DjiboutiDJI	0.260	0.260725 % of land area
204th	CuraçaoCUW	0.160	0.157658 % of land area
205th	LibyaLBY	0.120	0.123328 % of land area
206th	Faroe IslandsFRO	0.060	0.0583942 % of land area
207th	EgyptEGY	0.050	0.0451856 % of land area
208th	OmanOMN	0.010	0.00762262 % of land area
209th	GibraltarGIB	00	0 % of land area
209th	GreenlandGRL	00	0.000535997 % of land area
209th	MonacoMCO	00	0 % of land area
209th	NauruNRU	00	0 % of land area
209th	QatarQAT	00	0 % of land area

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