Forest · 2023

What country has the most forest?

Russia has the most forest in the world, with 8.2 million km² of forest.

Ranking by km²
#CountryShare of #1km²
1 Russia 8,153,120
2 Brazil 4,929,788
3 Canada 3,468,171
4 United States 3,097,950
5 China 2,256,169
6 Australia 1,340,051
7 DR Congo 1,228,511
8 Indonesia 903,166
9 India 729,592
10 Peru 718,119
11 Mexico 653,088
12 Angola 649,422
13 Colombia 585,441
14 Bolivia 502,063
15 Venezuela 460,729
16 Tanzania 443,380
17 Zambia 442,494
18 Mozambique 360,265
19 Papua New Guinea 357,552
20 Argentina 282,462
21 Sweden 279,800
22 Myanmar 276,748
23 Japan 249,350
24 Gabon 234,950
25 Türkiye 226,884
26 Finland 224,090
27 Central African Republic 222,130
28 Republic of the Congo 219,010
29 Nigeria 211,371
30 Cameroon 201,725
31 Thailand 197,650
32 Malaysia 189,636
33 Spain 185,850
34 Chile 185,794
35 Guyana 183,877
36 Sudan 178,431
37 France 175,032
38 Zimbabwe 173,064
39 South Africa 169,409
40 Ethiopia 168,495
41 Laos 164,920
42 Paraguay 152,643
43 Suriname 151,596
44 Botswana 148,998
45 Vietnam 148,708
46 Mongolia 141,695
47 Mali 132,960
48 Madagascar 123,902
49 Ecuador 123,050
50 Norway 122,034
51 Germany 114,190
52 Iran 107,884
53 New Zealand 99,503
54 Italy 97,276
55 Ukraine 97,080
56 Poland 95,190
57 Belarus 88,111
58 Ghana 80,074
59 Senegal 79,482
60 Cambodia 76,013
61 Liberia 75,267
62 Philippines 72,933
63 South Sudan 71,570
64 Romania 69,291
65 Namibia 64,259
66 Honduras 62,964
67 South Korea 62,570
68 Guinea 60,690
69 Burkina Faso 60,664
70 North Korea 59,664
71 Nepal 59,620
72 Morocco 57,738
73 Somalia 57,498
74 Panama 41,796
75 Turkmenistan 41,270
76 Chad 39,804
77 Bulgaria 39,320
78 Greece 39,018
79 Austria 38,983
80 Uzbekistan 37,672
81 Kenya 36,111
82 Pakistan 36,019
83 Kazakhstan 35,424
84 Guatemala 34,930
85 Latvia 34,224
86 Portugal 33,120
87 Cuba 32,420
88 United Kingdom 32,154
89 Nicaragua 31,075
90 Costa Rica 30,840
91 Benin 29,852
92 Georgia 28,224
93 Bhutan 27,310
94 Serbia 27,236
95 Czechia 26,825
96 Solomon Islands 25,208
97 Côte d'Ivoire 24,981
98 Sierra Leone 24,757
99 Estonia 24,384
100 Equatorial Guinea 24,233
101 Uganda 22,141
102 Lithuania 22,054
103 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21,879
104 Dominican Republic 21,684
105 Malawi 21,157
106 Sri Lanka 21,035
107 Uruguay 20,940
108 Hungary 20,486
109 Algeria 19,776
110 Guinea-Bissau 19,547
111 Croatia 19,466
112 Slovakia 19,259
113 Bangladesh 18,834
114 Kyrgyzstan 13,701
115 Switzerland 12,794
116 Belize 12,436
117 Slovenia 12,317
118 Afghanistan 12,084
119 Togo 12,004
120 Azerbaijan 11,664
121 Fiji 11,601
122 Eritrea 10,458
123 Niger 10,424
124 North Macedonia 10,015
125 Saudi Arabia 9,770
126 Timor-Leste 9,169
127 Montenegro 8,270
128 Iraq 8,250
129 Ireland 7,940
130 Albania 7,889
131 Tunisia 7,073
132 Belgium 6,893
133 Denmark 6,313
134 Jamaica 6,085
135 El Salvador 5,704
136 Yemen 5,490
137 Syria 5,221
138 Bahamas 5,099
139 Eswatini 5,012
140 Vanuatu 4,423
141 Tajikistan 4,268
142 Moldova 3,865
143 Brunei 3,800
144 The Netherlands 3,723
145 Haiti 3,380
146 Armenia 3,276
147 United Arab Emirates 3,173
148 Mauritania 2,964
149 Burundi 2,796
150 Rwanda 2,790
151 Trinidad and Tobago 2,269
152 Gambia 2,255
153 Libya 2,170
154 Cyprus 1,725
155 Samoa 1,602
156 Lebanon 1,451
157 Israel 1,400
158 Jordan 975
159 Luxembourg 887
160 Micronesia 645
161 Iceland 533
162 Sao Tome and Principe 500
163 Dominica 479
164 Cabo Verde 466
165 Egypt 450
166 Palau 417
167 Mauritius 389
168 Lesotho 345
169 Seychelles 337
170 Comoros 316
171 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 285
172 Saint Lucia 208
173 Grenada 177
174 Andorra 160
175 Singapore 150
176 Saint Kitts and Nevis 110
177 Palestine 101
178 Marshall Islands 94
179 Tonga 90
180 Antigua and Barbuda 79
181 Liechtenstein 67
182 Barbados 63
183 Kuwait 63
184 Djibouti 60
185 Oman 24
186 Kiribati 12
187 San Marino 10
187 Tuvalu 10
189 Maldives 8
190 Bahrain 8
191 Malta 5
192 Monaco 0
192 Nauru 0
192 Qatar 0

Key facts

Runners-up

Brazil is 2nd and Canada 3rd.

Lead

Russia has 1.7× the figure of Brazil.

Share of the total

Russia alone accounts for 20.2% of all 194 ranked countries.

Top 10

The ten largest together account for 66.5%.

Questions

What country has the most forest?

Russia has the most forest in the world, with 8.2 million km² of forest.

What country has the second most forest?

Brazil ranks second, with 4,929,788 km².

How many countries are in this ranking?

194 countries with data from World Bank (2023). Territories are not ranked.

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