Top 20 countries by forest cover
Forest as a share of land area
Updated · forest area (% of land)
Why these 20
World Bank indicator AG.LND.FRST.ZS (FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment): land under trees taller than 5 m on at least 0.5 ha, as a share of all land.
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Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
92.1% year 2024
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Suriname
91.5% year 2024
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Gabon
91.4% year 2024
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Palau
90.8% year 2024
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Solomon Islands
89.8% year 2024
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Guyana
87.1% year 2024
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Equatorial Guinea
86.1% year 2024
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Dominica
76.4% year 2024
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Papua New Guinea
75.2% year 2024
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Guinea-Bissau
74.8% year 2024
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Vanuatu
74.6% year 2024
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Finland
74.2% year 2024
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
73.4% year 2024
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Timor-Leste
71.0% year 2024
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Sweden
68.6% year 2024
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Liberia
66.1% year 2024
How it is measured
World Bank API, most recent value per country.
References
- World Bank: forest area, World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Checked 2026-10-19 19:07 UTC.
- World Bank indicator AG.LND.FRST.ZS, World Bank, last updated 2026-10-08.
Also in
Photo: Aerial view of forest canopy and waterfall, Sitakunda Eco Park by Sultan Sunnny, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures in rows: Wikimedia Commons, GitHub and the linked pages.