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Most Forest Coverage by Country 2026

environment · % of land

Suriname leads the world in forest coverage with 94.4% of its land area forested. Forest area as a share of total land reflects both natural endowment and land-use policy. Dense tropical nations in Central Africa and Southeast Asia dominate the top of this ranking.

RankCountry% of land
1🇸🇷Suriname94.4%
2🇫🇲Micronesia, Fed. Sts.92.2%
3🇬🇦Gabon91.2%
4🇵🇼Palau90.5%
5🇸🇧Solomon Islands90.1%
6🇬🇾Guyana87.1%
7🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea86.4%
8🌐American Samoa85.2%
9🇵🇬Papua New Guinea79.0%
10🇱🇷Liberia78.1%
11🇫🇮Finland73.7%
12🇸🇨Seychelles73.3%
13🇻🇨St. Vincent and the Grenadines73.2%
14🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam72.1%
15🇧🇹Bhutan71.6%
16🇱🇦Lao PDR71.5%
17🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau69.5%
18🇸🇪Sweden68.7%
19🇯🇵Japan68.4%
20🇨🇬Congo, Rep.64.1%
21🇰🇷Korea, Rep.64.1%
22🇩🇲Dominica63.8%
23🇫🇯Fiji63.5%
24🇹🇱Timor-Leste61.7%
25🇲🇪Montenegro61.5%
26🇸🇮Slovenia61.2%
27🇨🇷Costa Rica60.4%
28🇿🇲Zambia59.5%
29🇧🇷Brazil59.0%
30🌐Virgin Islands (U.S.)58.2%
31🇲🇾Malaysia57.7%
32🇼🇸Samoa57.6%
33🇪🇪Estonia57.1%
34🇵🇦Panama56.3%
35🇭🇳Honduras56.3%
36🇯🇲Jamaica56.2%
37🌐Puerto Rico (US)56.1%
38🇵🇪Peru56.1%
39🇱🇻Latvia55.0%
40🇧🇿Belize54.5%
41🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.54.2%
42🌐Northern Mariana Islands53.0%
43🇨🇴Colombia52.8%
44🌐Cayman Islands52.5%
45🇻🇪Venezuela, RB52.2%
46🇲🇭Marshall Islands52.2%
47🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe52.1%
48🇦🇴Angola52.1%
49🇬🇩Grenada52.1%
50🌐Guam51.9%
51🇧🇸Bahamas, The50.9%
52🇹🇿Tanzania50.1%
53🇷🇺Russian Federation49.8%
54🇰🇵Korea, Dem. People's Rep.49.6%
55🇪🇨Ecuador49.5%
56🇮🇩Indonesia47.7%
57🇻🇳Viet Nam47.4%
58🇦🇹Austria47.2%
59🇧🇴Bolivia46.3%
60🌐New Caledonia45.8%
61🇲🇿Mozambique45.8%
62🇩🇴Dominican Republic45.0%
63🇿🇼Zimbabwe44.7%
64🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago44.2%
65🇧🇾Belarus43.4%
66🇰🇭Cambodia43.1%
67🌐French Polynesia43.1%
68🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina42.7%
69🇨🇲Cameroon42.7%
70🇲🇲Myanmar42.4%
71🇰🇳St. Kitts and Nevis42.3%
72🇱🇮Liechtenstein41.9%
73🇳🇵Nepal41.6%
74🇸🇳Senegal41.3%
75🇬🇪Georgia40.6%
76🇸🇰Slovak Republic40.1%
77🇲🇰North Macedonia39.7%
78🇨🇦Canada39.5%
79🇹🇭Thailand38.7%
80🇵🇾Paraguay38.5%
81🇳🇿New Zealand37.8%
82🇪🇸Spain37.2%
83🇻🇺Vanuatu36.3%
84🇧🇬Bulgaria36.2%
85🇵🇹Portugal36.2%
86🇨🇫Central African Republic35.7%
87🇱🇹Lithuania35.2%
88🇬🇭Ghana35.2%
89🇭🇷Croatia34.8%
90🇨🇿Czechia34.8%
91🇱🇺Luxembourg34.5%
92🇸🇱Sierra Leone34.3%
93🇱🇨St. Lucia34.0%
94🇦🇩Andorra34.0%
95🇱🇰Sri Lanka34.0%
96🇺🇸United States33.9%
97🇲🇽Mexico33.6%
98🇳🇴Norway33.5%
99🇹🇻Tuvalu33.3%
100🇮🇹Italy32.9%
101🇩🇪Germany32.7%
102🇬🇹Guatemala32.6%
103🇫🇷France32.5%
104🇷🇸Serbia32.4%
105🇨🇭Switzerland32.4%
106🇨🇺Cuba31.2%
107🇵🇱Poland31.1%
108🇬🇷Greece30.3%
109🇷🇴Romania30.1%
110🇹🇷Turkiye29.5%
111🇸🇿Eswatini29.1%
112🇦🇱Albania28.8%
113🇸🇻El Salvador27.5%
114🇧🇯Benin26.5%
115🇧🇼Botswana26.3%
116🇳🇮Nicaragua25.8%
117🇨🇱Chile25.0%
118🌐St. Martin (French part)24.8%
119🇬🇳Guinea24.7%
120🇮🇳India24.5%
121🇵🇭Philippines24.5%
122🌐British Virgin Islands24.1%
123🇨🇳China24.0%
124🇳🇬Nigeria23.2%
125🌐Belgium22.6%
126🇭🇺Hungary22.4%
127🇲🇼Malawi22.4%
128🇬🇲Gambia, The22.3%
129🇧🇫Burkina Faso22.2%
130🇹🇬Togo22.1%
131🇲🇬Madagascar21.3%
132🇸🇬Singapore20.9%
133🇲🇺Mauritius19.5%
134🇨🇾Cyprus18.7%
135🌐Bermuda18.5%
136🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda18.0%
137🇦🇺Australia17.4%
138🇰🇲Comoros17.0%
139🇺🇦Ukraine16.8%
140🇸🇲San Marino16.7%
141🇩🇰Denmark15.8%
142🇪🇹Ethiopia14.9%
143🇧🇧Barbados14.7%
144🇧🇩Bangladesh14.5%
145🇱🇧Lebanon14.2%
146🇦🇿Azerbaijan14.1%
147🇿🇦South Africa14.0%
148🇬🇧United Kingdom13.3%
149🇲🇦Morocco12.9%
150🇹🇴Tonga12.4%
151🇭🇹Haiti12.3%
152🇺🇾Uruguay12.0%
153🇲🇩Moldova11.7%
154🇦🇲Armenia11.6%
155🇨🇻Cabo Verde11.6%
156🇮🇪Ireland11.5%
157🇸🇸South Sudan11.3%
158🇷🇼Rwanda11.3%
159🌐Turks and Caicos Islands11.1%
160🇳🇱Netherlands11.1%
161🇺🇬Uganda11.0%
162🇲🇱Mali10.9%
163🇧🇮Burundi10.9%
164🌐Sint Maarten (Dutch part)10.9%
165🇦🇷Argentina10.3%
166🇸🇩Sudan9.6%
167🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.9.2%
168🇲🇳Mongolia9.1%
169🇹🇲Turkmenistan8.8%
170🇪🇷Eritrea8.6%
171🇺🇿Uzbekistan8.5%
172🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire7.9%
173🇳🇦Namibia7.8%
174🇰🇬Kyrgyz Republic7.1%
175🇮🇷Iran, Islamic Rep.6.6%
176🇮🇱Israel6.5%
177🇰🇪Kenya6.2%
178🌐Isle of Man6.1%
179🌐Channel Islands5.2%
180🇵🇰Pakistan4.7%
181🇹🇳Tunisia4.6%
182🇦🇪United Arab Emirates4.5%
183🇹🇩Chad3.2%
184🇹🇯Tajikistan3.1%
185🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic2.8%
186🇲🇻Maldives2.8%
187🌐Aruba2.3%
188🇮🇶Iraq1.9%
189🇦🇫Afghanistan1.9%
190🇵🇸West Bank and Gaza1.7%
191🇰🇮Kiribati1.5%
192🇲🇹Malta1.4%
193🇰🇿Kazakhstan1.3%
194🇱🇸Lesotho1.1%
195🇯🇴Jordan1.1%
196🇾🇪Yemen, Rep.1.0%
197🇧🇭Bahrain0.9%
198🇩🇿Algeria0.8%
199🇳🇪Niger0.8%
200🇮🇸Iceland0.5%
201🇸🇦Saudi Arabia0.5%
202🇰🇼Kuwait0.4%
203🇲🇷Mauritania0.3%
204🇩🇯Djibouti0.3%
205🌐Curacao0.2%
206🇱🇾Libya0.1%
207🌐Faroe Islands0.1%
208🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.0.0%
209🇴🇲Oman0.0%
210🌐Greenland0.0%
211🌐Gibraltar0.0%
212🇲🇨Monaco0.0%
213🇳🇷Nauru0.0%
214🇶🇦Qatar0.0%
—🌐AbkhaziaNo data
—🌐Hong Kong SAR, ChinaNo data
—🌐KosovoNo data
—🌐Macao SAR, ChinaNo data
—🌐Northern CyprusNo data
—🌐SomalilandNo data
—🌐South OssetiaNo data
—🌐TaiwanNo data
—🌐Western SaharaNo data

Key Insights

The top three countries in most forest coverage by country 2026 are: Suriname (94.4%), Micronesia, Fed. Sts. (92.2%), Gabon (91.2%). At the other end of the scale, Qatar (0.0%), Nauru (0.0%), Monaco (0.0%) record the lowest values among countries with data. The median value across 214 countries with data is 30.3%.

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