Forest per person · 2023

What country has the most km² of forest per person?

Suriname ranks first in the world for km² of forest per person, at 0.2369.

Ranking by km² of forest per person
#CountryShare of #1km² of forest per person
1 Suriname 0.2369
2 Guyana 0.2200
3 Gabon 0.0906
4 Canada 0.0833
5 Botswana 0.0582
6 Russia 0.0568
7 Australia 0.0485
8 Central African Republic 0.0403
9 Bolivia 0.0399
10 Mongolia 0.0397
11 Finland 0.0397
12 Bhutan 0.0343
13 Republic of the Congo 0.0338
14 Papua New Guinea 0.0332
15 Solomon Islands 0.0301
16 Belize 0.0294
17 Sweden 0.0264
18 Palau 0.0236
19 Brazil 0.0232
20 Paraguay 0.0218
21 Norway 0.0217
22 Laos 0.0209
23 Namibia 0.0208
24 Peru 0.0208
25 Zambia 0.0202
26 New Zealand 0.0187
27 Latvia 0.0185
28 Estonia 0.0178
29 Angola 0.0166
30 Venezuela 0.0162
31 Montenegro 0.0133
32 Vanuatu 0.0132
33 Liberia 0.0131
34 Bahamas 0.0127
35 Equatorial Guinea 0.0125
36 Fiji 0.0124
37 Colombia 0.0110
38 DR Congo 0.0109
39 Zimbabwe 0.0102
40 Mozambique 0.0101
41 Belarus 0.0097
42 Chile 0.0094
43 Panama 0.0091
44 United States 0.0091
45 Guinea-Bissau 0.0087
46 Brunei 0.0081
47 Lithuania 0.0076
48 Samoa 0.0073
49 Dominica 0.0073
50 Georgia 0.0072
51 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0070
52 Cameroon 0.0068
53 Ecuador 0.0067
54 Timor-Leste 0.0065
55 Tanzania 0.0063
56 Uruguay 0.0062
57 Argentina 0.0062
58 Bulgaria 0.0061
59 Costa Rica 0.0060
60 South Sudan 0.0059
61 Slovenia 0.0058
62 Honduras 0.0057
63 Micronesia 0.0057
64 North Macedonia 0.0055
65 Turkmenistan 0.0054
66 Mali 0.0053
67 Malaysia 0.0053
68 Myanmar 0.0050
69 Croatia 0.0050
70 Mexico 0.0049
71 Nicaragua 0.0044
72 Cambodia 0.0043
73 Austria 0.0042
74 Senegal 0.0042
75 Serbia 0.0042
76 Guinea 0.0040
77 Eswatini 0.0040
78 Madagascar 0.0038
79 Spain 0.0038
80 Greece 0.0037
81 Romania 0.0036
82 Slovakia 0.0036
83 Sudan 0.0035
84 Albania 0.0034
85 Indonesia 0.0032
86 Portugal 0.0031
87 Cuba 0.0030
88 Somalia 0.0029
89 Eritrea 0.0029
90 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0029
91 Sierra Leone 0.0028
92 Thailand 0.0028
93 Seychelles 0.0027
94 Türkiye 0.0026
95 South Africa 0.0026
96 Poland 0.0026
97 Marshall Islands 0.0026
98 France 0.0025
99 Burkina Faso 0.0025
100 Ukraine 0.0025
101 Czechia 0.0025
102 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0023
103 Ghana 0.0023
104 North Korea 0.0022
105 Hungary 0.0022
106 Jamaica 0.0021
107 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0021
108 Japan 0.0020
109 Benin 0.0020
110 Nepal 0.0020
111 Andorra 0.0019
112 Chad 0.0019
113 Dominican Republic 0.0019
114 Guatemala 0.0019
115 Kyrgyzstan 0.0019
116 Kazakhstan 0.0017
117 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0017
118 Italy 0.0017
119 Moldova 0.0016
120 Liechtenstein 0.0016
121 China 0.0016
122 Grenada 0.0015
123 Morocco 0.0015
124 Vietnam 0.0015
125 Ireland 0.0014
126 Switzerland 0.0014
127 Togo 0.0014
128 Germany 0.0014
129 Iceland 0.0014
130 Luxembourg 0.0013
131 Cyprus 0.0013
132 Ethiopia 0.0012
133 South Korea 0.0012
134 Iran 0.0012
135 Saint Lucia 0.0012
136 Azerbaijan 0.0011
137 Armenia 0.0011
138 Tuvalu 0.0011
139 Denmark 0.0011
140 Uzbekistan 0.0010
141 Sri Lanka 0.0010
142 Malawi 0.0010
143 El Salvador 0.0009
144 Nigeria 0.0009
145 Cabo Verde 0.0009
146 Tonga 0.0009
147 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0008
148 Gambia 0.0008
149 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0008
150 Kenya 0.0006
151 Philippines 0.0006
152 Belgium 0.0006
153 Tunisia 0.0006
154 Mauritania 0.0006
155 India 0.0005
156 United Kingdom 0.0005
157 Uganda 0.0004
158 Algeria 0.0004
159 Tajikistan 0.0004
160 Niger 0.0004
161 Comoros 0.0004
162 Mauritius 0.0003
163 San Marino 0.0003
164 Libya 0.0003
165 Haiti 0.0003
166 Afghanistan 0.0003
167 United Arab Emirates 0.0003
168 Saudi Arabia 0.0003
169 Lebanon 0.0002
170 Barbados 0.0002
171 The Netherlands 0.0002
172 Syria 0.0002
173 Burundi 0.0002
174 Rwanda 0.0002
175 Iraq 0.0002
176 Lesotho 0.0001
177 Pakistan 0.0001
178 Israel 0.0001
179 Yemen 0.0001
180 Bangladesh 0.0001
181 Kiribati 0.0001
182 Jordan 0.0001
183 Djibouti 0.0001
184 Singapore 0.0000
185 Palestine 0.0000
186 Maldives 0.0000
187 Kuwait 0.0000
188 Malta 0.0000
189 Bahrain 0.0000
190 Oman 0.0000
191 Egypt 0.0000
192 Monaco 0.0000
192 Nauru 0.0000
192 Qatar 0.0000

Key facts

Runners-up

Guyana is 2nd and Gabon 3rd.

Lead

Suriname has 1.1× the figure of Guyana.

Questions

What country has the most km² of forest per person?

Suriname ranks first in the world for km² of forest per person, at 0.2369.

What country has the second most km² of forest per person?

Guyana ranks second, with 0.2200 (km² of forest per person).

How many countries are in this ranking?

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

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