Which country has the highest Forest Area?

Russia has the highest Forest Area in 2020, at 815,312 1k Ha, followed by Brazil (496,620 1k Ha) and Canada (346,928 1k Ha).

Which country has the lowest Forest Area?

Saint Pierre and Miquelon has the lowest Forest Area in 2020, at 1 1k Ha.

What is the median Forest Area across countries?

The median is 2,042 1k Ha across the 214 countries with data in 2020.

Where does this deforestation rates by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

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Deforestation Rates by Country

Name: Deforestation Rates by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Russia has the highest Forest Area in 2020 (815,312 1k Ha), followed by Brazil (496,620 1k Ha) and Canada (346,928 1k Ha). Saint Pierre and Miquelon has the lowest (1 1k Ha).

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Median

2,042 1k Ha

Middle half 140.8 1k Ha – 9.5K 1k Ha

Average

18,864 1k Ha

214 countries

Highest

815,312 1k Ha

Russia

Lowest

1 1k Ha

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Biggest changes · 1990 → 2020

213 countries have a value in both years.

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Data

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214 countries · # = rank by Forest Area

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1	Russia	815,312 1k Ha	0.79%	—
2	Brazil	496,620 1k Ha	-15.7%	-0.3%
3	Canada	346,928 1k Ha	-0.39%	-0.01%
4	United States	309,795 1k Ha	2.43%	0.03%
5	China	219,978 1k Ha	40.0%	0.93%
6	Australia	134,005 1k Ha	0.09%	0.34%
7	DR Congo	126,155 1k Ha	-16.3%	-0.83%
8	Indonesia	92,133 1k Ha	-22.3%	-0.78%
9	Peru	72,330 1k Ha	-5.39%	-0.23%
10	India	72,160 1k Ha	12.9%	0.38%
11	Angola	66,607 1k Ha	-16.0%	-0.8%
12	Mexico	65,692 1k Ha	-6.94%	-0.19%
13	Colombia	59,142 1k Ha	-8.95%	-0.28%
14	Bolivia	50,834 1k Ha	-12.1%	-0.43%
15	Venezuela	46,231 1k Ha	-11.1%	-0.27%
16	Tanzania	45,745 1k Ha	-20.3%	-0.88%
17	Zambia	44,814 1k Ha	-5.48%	-0.41%
18	Mozambique	36,744 1k Ha	-15.3%	-0.59%
19	Papua New Guinea	35,856 1k Ha	-1.49%	-0.09%
20	Argentina	28,573 1k Ha	-18.8%	-0.56%
21	Myanmar	28,544 1k Ha	-27.2%	-0.96%
22	Sweden	27,980 1k Ha	-0.3%	-0.03%
23	Japan	24,935 1k Ha	-0.06%	-0.01%
24	Gabon	23,531 1k Ha	-0.97%	-0.05%
25	Finland	22,409 1k Ha	2.44%	0.07%
26	Central African Republic	22,303 1k Ha	-3.88%	-0.13%
27	Turkey	22,220 1k Ha	12.3%	0.53%
28	Nigeria	21,627 1k Ha	-18.5%	-0.73%
29	Cameroon	20,340 1k Ha	-9.6%	-0.27%
30	Thailand	19,873 1k Ha	2.64%	-0.1%
31	Malaysia	19,114 1k Ha	-7.3%	0.09%
32	Spain	18,572 1k Ha	33.6%	0.01%
33	Guyana	18,415 1k Ha	-1.01%	-0.06%
34	Sudan	18,360 1k Ha	-22.1%	-0.89%
35	Chile	18,211 1k Ha	19.5%	0.85%
36	Zimbabwe	17,445 1k Ha	-7.34%	-0.26%
37	France	17,253 1k Ha	19.5%	0.5%
38	Ethiopia	17,069 1k Ha	-11.4%	-0.42%
39	South Africa	17,050 1k Ha	-6.02%	-0.21%
40	Laos	16,596 1k Ha	-6.99%	-0.21%
41	Paraguay	16,102 1k Ha	-37.0%	-1.93%
42	Botswana	15,255 1k Ha	-18.9%	-0.74%
43	Suriname	15,196 1k Ha	-1.18%	-0.07%
44	Vietnam	14,643 1k Ha	56.2%	0.9%
45	Mongolia	14,173 1k Ha	-1.25%	-0.01%
46	Mali	13,296 1k Ha	—	—
47	Ecuador	12,498 1k Ha	-14.6%	-0.41%
48	Madagascar	12,430 1k Ha	-9.22%	-0.11%
49	Norway	12,180 1k Ha	0.4%	0.06%
50	Germany	11,419 1k Ha	1.05%	0.01%
51	Iran	10,752 1k Ha	18.5%	0.06%
52	New Zealand	9,893 1k Ha	5.56%	0.05%
53	Ukraine	9,690 1k Ha	4.49%	0.15%
54	Italy	9,566 1k Ha	26.0%	0.58%
55	Poland	9,483 1k Ha	6.77%	0.16%
56	Belarus	8,768 1k Ha	12.7%	0.16%
57	Senegal	8,068 1k Ha	-13.3%	-0.48%
57	Cambodia	8,068 1k Ha	-26.7%	-2.68%
59	French Guiana	8,003 1k Ha	-1.5%	-0.04%
60	Ghana	7,986 1k Ha	-19.5%	0.05%
61	Liberia	7,617 1k Ha	-10.7%	-0.39%
62	Philippines	7,189 1k Ha	-7.58%	0.5%
63	South Sudan	7,157 1k Ha	—	—
64	Romania	6,929 1k Ha	8.76%	0.62%
65	Namibia	6,639 1k Ha	-24.3%	-1.01%
66	Honduras	6,359 1k Ha	-9%	-0.33%
67	South Korea	6,287 1k Ha	-4.03%	-0.16%
68	Burkina Faso	6,216 1k Ha	-19.5%	-0.77%
69	Guinea	6,189 1k Ha	-14.9%	-0.59%
70	North Korea	6,030 1k Ha	-12.8%	-0.35%
71	Somalia	5,980 1k Ha	-27.8%	-1.2%
72	Nepal	5,962 1k Ha	5.11%	—
73	Morocco	5,742 1k Ha	4.69%	0.12%
74	Chad	4,313 1k Ha	-35.9%	-2.45%
75	Panama	4,214 1k Ha	-8.53%	-0.27%
76	Turkmenistan	4,127 1k Ha	—	—
77	Greece	3,902 1k Ha	18.3%	—
78	Austria	3,899 1k Ha	3.26%	0.09%
79	Bulgaria	3,893 1k Ha	17.0%	0.41%
80	Pakistan	3,726 1k Ha	-25.3%	-0.94%
81	Uzbekistan	3,690 1k Ha	44.8%	0.97%
82	Kenya	3,611 1k Ha	-6.43%	-0.01%
83	Guatemala	3,528 1k Ha	-26.2%	-0.54%
84	Kazakhstan	3,455 1k Ha	9.27%	1.15%
85	Latvia	3,411 1k Ha	7.5%	0.11%
86	Nicaragua	3,408 1k Ha	-46.7%	-2.04%
87	Portugal	3,312 1k Ha	-2.56%	0.18%
88	Cuba	3,242 1k Ha	57.5%	1.01%
89	United Kingdom	3,190 1k Ha	14.8%	0.42%
90	Benin	3,135 1k Ha	-35.2%	-1.47%
91	Costa Rica	3,035 1k Ha	4.4%	0.56%
92	Ivory Coast	2,837 1k Ha	-63.9%	-3.29%
93	Georgia	2,822 1k Ha	2.54%	—
94	Bhutan	2,725 1k Ha	8.7%	0.07%
95	Serbia	2,723 1k Ha	17.7%	0.04%
96	Czechia	2,677 1k Ha	1.83%	0.07%
97	Sierra Leone	2,535 1k Ha	-18.9%	-0.75%
98	Solomon Islands	2,523 1k Ha	-0.86%	-0.03%
99	Equatorial Guinea	2,448 1k Ha	-9.3%	-0.34%
100	Estonia	2,438 1k Ha	10.5%	0.43%
101	Uganda	2,338 1k Ha	-34.6%	-1.61%
102	Malawi	2,242 1k Ha	-36.0%	-1.7%
103	Lithuania	2,201 1k Ha	13.2%	0.14%
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,188 1k Ha	-1%	0.4%
105	Dominican Republic	2,144 1k Ha	34.4%	0.34%
106	Sri Lanka	2,113 1k Ha	-10.1%	0.04%
107	Hungary	2,053 1k Ha	13.2%	0.03%
108	Uruguay	2,031 1k Ha	154.5%	1.61%
109	Guinea-Bissau	1,980 1k Ha	-11.3%	-0.42%
110	Algeria	1,949 1k Ha	16.9%	0.16%
111	Croatia	1,939 1k Ha	4.81%	0.1%
112	Slovakia	1,926 1k Ha	1.26%	0.04%
113	Bangladesh	1,883 1k Ha	-1.93%	-0.03%
114	Kyrgyzstan	1,315 1k Ha	15.8%	0.68%
115	Belize	1,277 1k Ha	-20.2%	-0.85%
116	Switzerland	1,269 1k Ha	9.97%	0.28%
117	Slovenia	1,238 1k Ha	4.21%	-0.07%
118	Togo	1,209 1k Ha	-11.2%	-0.24%
119	Afghanistan	1,208 1k Ha	—	—
120	Fiji	1,140 1k Ha	21.3%	0.61%
121	Azerbaijan	1,132 1k Ha	19.8%	0.92%
122	Niger	1,080 1k Ha	-44.5%	-1.08%
123	Eritrea	1,055 1k Ha	-8.26%	-0.29%
124	North Macedonia	1,001 1k Ha	9.76%	0.42%
125	Saudi Arabia	977 1k Ha	—	—
126	Timor-Leste	921 1k Ha	-4.36%	-0.15%
127	New Caledonia	838 1k Ha	0.84%	-0.01%
128	Montenegro	827 1k Ha	32.1%	—
129	Iraq	825 1k Ha	2.61%	—
130	Albania	789 1k Ha	—	0.09%
131	Ireland	782 1k Ha	69.3%	0.82%
132	Tunisia	703 1k Ha	9.16%	0.22%
133	Belgium	689 1k Ha	1.77%	-0.01%
134	Western Sahara	665 1k Ha	—	—
135	Denmark	628 1k Ha	18.3%	0.69%
136	Jamaica	597 1k Ha	14.6%	0.67%
137	El Salvador	584 1k Ha	-18.8%	-0.74%
138	Yemen	549 1k Ha	—	—
139	Syria	522 1k Ha	40.3%	0.59%
140	Bahamas	510 1k Ha	—	—
141	Eswatini	498 1k Ha	8.03%	0.25%
142	Puerto Rico	496 1k Ha	55.0%	0.1%
143	Vanuatu	442 1k Ha	—	—
144	Tajikistan	424 1k Ha	3.92%	0.33%
145	Moldova	387 1k Ha	19.1%	0.32%
146	Brunei	380 1k Ha	-7.99%	—
147	Netherlands	370 1k Ha	7.25%	-0.11%
148	Haiti	347 1k Ha	-9.4%	-0.85%
149	Armenia	328 1k Ha	-2.09%	-0.06%
150	United Arab Emirates	317 1k Ha	29.4%	—
151	Mauritania	313 1k Ha	-34.2%	-1.59%
152	Burundi	280 1k Ha	1.45%	3.73%
153	Rwanda	276 1k Ha	-12.9%	0.41%
154	Gambia	243 1k Ha	-41.5%	-2.1%
155	Trinidad and Tobago	228 1k Ha	-5.79%	-0.18%
156	Libya	217 1k Ha	—	—
157	Cyprus	173 1k Ha	7.45%	-0.02%
158	Samoa	162 1k Ha	-7.95%	-0.29%
159	French Polynesia	149 1k Ha	3.47%	—
160	Lebanon	143 1k Ha	2.14%	0.43%
161	Israel	140 1k Ha	6.06%	-0.95%
162	Jordan	98 1k Ha	—	—
162	Reunion	98 1k Ha	11.4%	0.46%
164	Luxembourg	89 1k Ha	3.49%	—
165	Guadeloupe	72 1k Ha	-1.37%	0.05%
166	Micronesia	64 1k Ha	—	0.05%
167	Martinique	52 1k Ha	8.33%	0.39%
167	Sao Tome and Principe	52 1k Ha	-11.9%	-1.12%
169	Iceland	51 1k Ha	200.0%	1.4%
170	Dominica	48 1k Ha	-4%	—
171	Cape Verde	46 1k Ha	206.7%	0.68%
172	Egypt	45 1k Ha	2.27%	-3.71%
173	Palau	41 1k Ha	7.89%	0.21%
174	Mauritius	39 1k Ha	-4.88%	0.1%
175	Lesotho	35 1k Ha	—	—
176	Seychelles	34 1k Ha	—	—
177	Comoros	33 1k Ha	-28.3%	-1.24%
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29 1k Ha	3.57%	—
179	Guam	28 1k Ha	16.7%	1.55%
180	Northern Mariana Islands	24 1k Ha	-29.4%	-2.16%
181	Saint Lucia	21 1k Ha	—	—
182	United States Virgin Islands	20 1k Ha	-20.0%	0.78%
183	Niue	19 1k Ha	—	0.05%
184	Grenada	18 1k Ha	—	—
185	American Samoa	17 1k Ha	-5.56%	-0.17%
186	Singapore	16 1k Ha	6.67%	-1.3%
186	Andorra	16 1k Ha	—	—
186	Cook Islands	16 1k Ha	6.67%	—
189	Mayotte	14 1k Ha	-26.3%	-0.37%
190	Cayman Islands	13 1k Ha	—	—
191	Turks and Caicos Islands	11 1k Ha	—	—
191	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11 1k Ha	—	—
193	Palestine	10 1k Ha	11.1%	0.19%
194	Tonga	9 1k Ha	—	—
194	Marshall Islands	9 1k Ha	—	—
196	Antigua and Barbuda	8 1k Ha	-20.0%	-0.78%
197	Liechtenstein	7 1k Ha	—	—
198	Kuwait	6 1k Ha	100.0%	—
198	Djibouti	6 1k Ha	—	0.35%
198	Barbados	6 1k Ha	—	—
198	Anguilla	6 1k Ha	—	—
202	British Virgin Islands	4 1k Ha	—	-0.06%
203	Oman	3 1k Ha	—	-1.81%
203	Isle of Man	3 1k Ha	—	—
203	Montserrat	3 1k Ha	-25.0%	—
206	Bahrain	1 1k Ha	—	3.02%
206	Maldives	1 1k Ha	—	—
206	Kiribati	1 1k Ha	—	—
206	Jersey	1 1k Ha	—	—
206	Bermuda	1 1k Ha	—	—
206	San Marino	1 1k Ha	—	—
206	Saint Martin	1 1k Ha	—	—
206	Tuvalu	1 1k Ha	—	—
206	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1 1k Ha	-50.0%	-1.64%

What correlates with Forest Area (2020)?

Pearson r against 1,323 other country metrics sharing at least 129 countries, 2 near-identical series hidden. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Forest Area tend to score higher on these

# of TreesTrees by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 208
Plot
Total Area (km²)
r = +0.93 · very strong · n = 214
Plot
Renewable Internal FreshwaterFresh water by Country
r = +0.89 · very strong · n = 176
Plot
Number of IndicesBond Market Size by Country
r = +0.79 · very strong · n = 170
Plot
Total Water (km²)True Size of Countries
r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 150
Plot
Total WaterTrue Size of Countries
r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 150
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Forest Area tend to score lower on these

Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.27 · weak · n = 141
Plot
Travelpass Cost per DayVerizon Travelpass Countries
r = −0.25 · weak · n = 180
Plot
ZeroPark 2020Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.25 · weak · n = 213
Plot
Average Temperature (°C)Hottest Countries in the World
r = −0.23 · weak · n = 206
Plot
Average Annual Temp. 1961-1990 (°C)Hottest Countries in the World
r = −0.22 · weak · n = 186
Plot
Average Annual Temp. 1961-1990 (°F)Hottest Countries in the World
r = −0.22 · weak · n = 186
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Forest Area?: Russia has the highest Forest Area in 2020, at 815,312 1k Ha, followed by Brazil (496,620 1k Ha) and Canada (346,928 1k Ha).
Which country has the lowest Forest Area?: Saint Pierre and Miquelon has the lowest Forest Area in 2020, at 1 1k Ha.
What is the median Forest Area across countries?: The median is 2,042 1k Ha across the 214 countries with data in 2020.
Where does this deforestation rates by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).