List of countries by forest area

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This article is a list of countries by forest area. Percentage data was calculated using information from the CIA's World Factbook 2011.[1]

Rank Country Forested area (km2) Date of information  % of land area
1 World 39,000,000 2011 26,19%[2]
2 Polar regions (Russia, Scandinavia and North America) 13,800,000[2] 2011
3 Latin America and the Caribbean (including Brazil) 9,640,000[2] 2011 45.67%
4  Russia 7,762,602 2011 45.40%[3]
5 East Asia and the Pacific 7,332,000[2] 2011 35.18%
6 Africa 6,500,000[4] 2011 21.80%
7  Brazil 4,776,980[5] 2005 56.10%
8 North America 4,680,000[2] 2011 26.00%
9  Canada 3,101,340[5] 2005 31.06%
10  United States 3,030,890[5] 2007 30.84%
11  China 1,821,000 2011 18.21%[6]
12  European Union 1,600,000 2011 35.00%[7]
13  Australia 1,470,832 2011 19.00%[8]
14  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,219,326 2011 52.00%[9]
15  Argentina 945,336 2011 34.00%[10]
16  Indonesia 884,950[11] 2011 46.46%
18  India 778,424 2011 23.68%[12]
19  Mexico 710,000 2011 36.50%[13]
20  Peru 687,420[5] 2005 53.49%
15  Sudan (including  South Sudan) 675,460[5] 2005 26.96%
16  Mozambique 620,000 2011 78.00%[14]
17  Colombia 607,280[5] 2005 53.32%
18  Angola 591,040[5] 2005 47.41%
19  Bolivia 587,400[5] 2005 53.47%
20 United States  Alaska 522,044[15] 2011 30.39%
20  Venezuela 471,378 2011 51.68%
21  Myanmar (Burma) 430,560[16] 2011 63.64%
22  Zambia 376,309 2011 50.00%[17]
22  Tanzania 352,570[5] 2005 37.22%
23  Sudan 327,909 1993 17.62%[18]
23  Sweden 307,850 2011 74.90%[19]
24  Papua New Guinea 294,370[5] 2005 63.60%
25  Spain 283,007 2011 56.00%[20]
26  Zimbabwe 259,267 2011 66.35%[21]
27  Japan 253,203 2011 67.00%[22]
28 France France including the French Overseas Departments 246,640[23] 2007 36.76%
29  Finland 233,320 2011 69.00%[24]
30  Central African Republic 227,550[5] 2005 36.53%
31  Gabon 227,517 2011 85.00%[25]
32  Congo 224,710[5] 2005 65.70%
33  Cameroon 212,450[5] 2005 44.68%
34  Turkey 201,992[26] 2006 25.77%
35  Malaysia 195,200 2011 59.50%[27]
36  Paraguay 184,750[5] 2005 45.42%
37  Laos 170,000 2011 71.60%[28]
38 France France (Metropolitan) 161,000[29] 2007 29.30%
39  Chile 158,781 2011 21.00%[30]
40  Guyana 151,040[5] 2005 70.26%
41  South Sudan 148,196 2010 23.00%[31]
41  Suriname 147,760[5] 2005 90.20%
42  Thailand 147,620 2011 29.00%[32]
43  Madagascar 128,380[5] 2005 21.87%
44  Mali 125,720[5] 2005 10.14%
45  Vietnam 123,000[33] 2011 37.14%
46  Botswana 119,430[5] 2005 20.53%
47  Chad 119,210[5] 2005 9.28%
48  Ecuador 115,510 2011 42.00%[34]
49  Germany 113,176 2011 31.70%[35]
50  Niger 112,000 2011 8.00%[36]
51  Nigeria 110,890[5] 2005 12.00%
52  Iran 110,750[5] 2005 6.72%
53  Guatemala 108,894 2011 51.00%[37]
54  Italy 106,736 2011 35.00%[38]
55  Ukraine 105,000 2011 17.00%[39]
56  Mongolia 102,520[5] 2005 6.55%
57  Norway 93,870[5] 2005 28.99%
58  Cambodia 93,350[40] 2011 51.56%
59  Morocco 90,772 2011 8.00%[41]
60  Poland 90,000 2011 28.80%[42]
61  South Africa 89,170[43] 2011 7.31%
62  Senegal 86,730[5] 2005 44.09%
63  New Zealand 85,424[44] 2011 31.87%
64  French Guiana 83,000[23] 2007 96.00%
65  Belarus 80,134 2011 38.60%[45]
66  Namibia 76,610[5] 2005 9.29%
67  North Korea 76,240[46] 2011 63.25%
68  Philippines 71,620[5] 2005 23.87%
69  Somalia 71,310[5] 2005 11.18%
70  Burkina Faso 67,940[5] 2005 24.78%
71  Honduras 67,254 2011 60.00%[47]
72  Guinea 67,240[5] 2005 27.35%
73  South Korea 63,940 2011 64.00%[48]
74  Romania 63,700[5] 2005 26.72%
75  Benin 61,860[49] 2011 54.93%
76  Kazakhstan 54,498 2011 2.00%[50]
77  Nicaragua 51,890[5] 2005 39.80%
78  Uganda 50,000[51] 2011 20.74%
79  Panama 42,940[5] 2005 56.93%
80  Pakistan 42,240[52] 2011 5.31%
81  Algeria 42,000 2011 1.70%[53]
82  Turkmenistan 41,270[5] 2005 8.46%
83  Austria 39,600 2011 47.20%[54]
84  Ethiopia 39,313 2011 3.56%[55]
85  Nepal 39,000[56] 2011 26.50%
86  Greece 37,520[5] 2005 28.43%
87 Template:West Asia (Middle East and Arabia) 36,600[5] 2011 1.00%
87  Bulgaria 36,250[5] 2005 32.69%
88  Malawi 33,176 2011 28.00%[57]
89  Portugal 32,400 2011 36.50%[58]
90  Liberia 31,540[5] 2005 28.32%
91  Côte d'Ivoire 30,000[59] 2011 9.30%
92  Latvia 28,807 2011 44.60%[60]
93  United Kingdom 28,650[61] 2011 11.76%
94  Georgia 27,880 2011 40.00%[62]
95  Sierra Leone 27,540[5] 2005 38.39%
96  Cuba 27,130[5] 2005 24.47%
97  Saudi Arabia 27,000[63] 2011 1.26%
98  Czech Republic 26,000 2011 34.00%[64]
99  Bosnia and Herzegovina 25,599 2011 53.00%[65]
100  Croatia 24,901 2011 44.00%[66]
101  Bhutan 24,764 2011 64.50%[67]
102  Ghana 24,600 2011 10.20%[68]
103  Estonia 23,066 2011 51.00%[69]
104  Solomon Islands 22,534 to 23,117 2011 78.00 to 80.00%[70]
105  Taiwan 21,588 2011 60.00%[71]
105  Lithuania 21,223 2011 32.50%[72]
106  Serbia 20,868 2007 23.63%
107  Guinea-Bissau 20,720[5] 2005 57.36%
108  Tunisia 20,615 2011 12.60%[73]
109  Costa Rica 20,440 2011 40.00%[74]
110  Slovakia 20,006 2011 40.80%[75]
111  Uzbekistan 19,690[76] 2011 4.40%
112  Sri Lanka 19,330[77] 2011 29.46%
113  Hungary 18,513 2011 19.90%[78]
114  Belize 16,530[5] 2005 71.98%
115  Equatorial Guinea 16,320[5] 2005 58.18%
116  Eritrea 15,540[5] 2005 13.21%
117  Dominican Republic 13,384 2011 27.50%[79]
118 United States  Hawaii 13,300 2007 46.98%
119  Kenya 13,200 2011 2.27%[80]
120 United Kingdom  Scotland 13,107 2004 17.00%[81]
121  Oman 13,050[82] 2011 4.22%
122  Slovenia 12,574 2011 59.80%[83]
123  Switzerland 12,425 2011 30.80%[84]
124  Albania 10,349 2011 36.00%[85]
125  Macedonia 10,285 2011 40.00%[86]
126  Western Sahara 10,110[5] 2005 3.80%
127  Fiji 10,000[5] 2005 54.72%
128  Azerbaijan 9,360[5] 2005 10.81%
129  Bangladesh 8,710[5] 2005 6.05%
130  Kyrgyzstan 8,690[5] 2005 4.35%
131  Iraq 8,220[5] 2005 1.88%
132  Togo 8,000 2011 14.00%[87]
133  Timor-Leste 7,980[5] 2007 53.65%
134 France  New Caledonia 7,170[5] 2005 38.60%
135  Uruguay 7,000 2011 4.00%[88]
136  Ireland 6,690[5] 2005 9.52%
137  Belgium 6,607 2011 21.64%[89]
138  Montenegro 6,252 2007 45.26%
139  Denmark 5,171 2011 12.00%[90]
140  Bahamas 5,150[5] 2005 51.45%
141 Spain  Canary Islands 5,000[91] 2006 66.73%
141  Gambia 4,857 2011 43.00%[92]
142 France  Corsica 4,774 2007 55.00%[29]
143  Syria 4,610[93] 2011 2.49%
144  Yemen 4,490[94] 2011 0.85%
145  Vanuatu 4,470[95] 2011 36.67%
146  Tajikistan 4,100[96] 2011 2.87%
147 United States  Puerto Rico 4,080[5] 2005 29.59%
148  Netherlands 3,650[5] 2005 8.79%
149  Jamaica 3,308 2011 30.10%[97]
150  Moldova 3,290[5] 2005 9.72%
151  Rwanda 3,161 2011 12.00%[98]
152  United Arab Emirates 3,120[5] 2005 3.73%
153  El Salvador 2,980[5] 2005 14.16%
154  Armenia 2,974 2011 10.00%[99]
155  Brunei 2,780[5] 2005 48.22%
156  Mauritania 2,670[5] 2005 0.26%
157  Trinidad and Tobago 2,260[5] 2005 44.07%
158  Libya 2,170[5] 2005 0.12%
159  Cyprus 1,740[5] 2005 18.81%
160  Afghanistan 1,631 2011 0.25%[100]
161  Israel 1,600 2011 7.00%[101]
162  Lebanon 1,383 2011 13.30%[102]
163  Reunion 1,370 2011 53.00%[103]
164  Burundi 1,270 2011 4.50%[104]
165 France  French Polynesia 1,050[5] 2005 25.20%
166  Samoa 1,050 2011 37.00%[105]
167  Iceland 1,030 2011 1.00%[106]
168  Jordan 893 2011 1.00%[107]
169  Luxembourg 870[5] 2005 33.64%
170  Cape Verde 840[5] 2005 20.83%
171 Portugal  Azores 830[108] 2006 35.38%
171  Egypt 670[5] 2005 0.07%
172  Guadeloupe 640[23] 2007 39.00%
173  Micronesia, Federated States of 630[5] 2005 89.74%
174  Mauritius 612 2011 30.00%[109]
175  Martinique 490[23] 2007 46.00%
176  Dominica 488 2011 65.00%[110]
177  Haiti 416 2011 1.50%[111]
178  Seychelles 407[112] 2011 89.45%
179 China  Hong Kong, China 400[113] 2007 36.36%
180  Palau 400[5] 2005 87.15%
181 United Kingdom  Turks and Caicos Islands 340[5] 2005 35.86%
182 United States  Northern Mariana Islands 330[5] 2005 71.12%
183  Sao Tome and Principe 270[5] 2005 28.01%
184 United States  Guam 260[5] 2005 47.79%
185 United States  American Samoa 180[5] 2005 90.45%
186  Swaziland 174 2011 1.00%[114]
187  Saint Lucia 170[5] 2005 27.60%
188  Niue 169 to 182 2011 65.00 to 70.00%[115]
189  Andorra 160[5] 2005 34.19%
190 Portugal  Madeira 150[116] 2006 18.73%
190 New Zealand  Cook Islands 142 2011 60.00%[117]
191  Mayotte 140[23] 2007 37.00%
192  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 127[118] 2011 32.56%
193 United Kingdom  Cayman Islands 120[5] 2005 45.45%
194 United States  United States Virgin Islands 100[5] 2005 28.87%
195  Antigua and Barbuda 90 2011 21.00%[119]
196  Palestine 90[5] 2005 1.45%
197  Lesotho 80[5] 2005 0.26%
198  Liechtenstein 70[5] 2005 43.75%
199  Djibouti 60[5] 2005 0.26%
200  Kuwait 60[5] 2005 0.34%
201  Comoros 50[5] 2005 2.24%
202 United Kingdom  Anguilla 55 2007 60.44%
203  Saint Kitts and Nevis 50[5] 2005 19.16%
204  Wallis and Futuna 47 2007 33.10%
205 United Kingdom  British Virgin Islands 40[5] 2005 26.49%
206  Grenada 40[5] 2005 11.63%
207  Tonga 40[120] 2011 5.35%
208 United Kingdom  Montserrat 35 2007 34.31%
209 United Kingdom  Pitcairn 35 2007 74.47%
210 United Kingdom  Isle of Man 30[5] 2005 5.24%
211  Saint Pierre and Miquelon 30[5] 2005 12.40%
212  Tuvalu 23[121] 2011 89.12%
213  Barbados 20[5] 2005 4.65%
214  Kiribati 20[5] 2005 2.47%
215 United Kingdom  Saint Helena 20[5] 2005 16.39%
216  Singapore 20 2011 3.00%[122]
217 Netherlands  Netherlands Antilles 12 2007 1.50%
218 United Kingdom  Bermuda 10[5] 2005 18.52%
219  Maldives 10[5] 2005 3.56%
220 United Kingdom Jersey Guernsey Channel Islands 8 2007 4.12%
221  Bahrain 5 2007 0.67%
222  Aruba 4 2007 2.22%
223  Malta 3 2007 0.95%
224 Denmark  Greenland 2 2007 0.00%
225 Denmark  Faroe Islands 1 2007 0.07%
226  San Marino 1 2007 1.64%
227  Qatar 0 2010 0.00%[123]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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