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Forest area (sq. km), per capita by country

Forest area (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
210
Highest
0.2411 sq. km per person
Suriname
Lowest
0 sq. km per person
Egypt
Median
0.0024 sq. km per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,671

What the numbers show

Forest area (sq. km), per capita is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 0.2411 sq. km per person in Suriname; the lowest is 0 sq. km per person in Egypt.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0024 sq. km per person, and the mean is 0.0095 sq. km per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 61,382.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 164 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Martin (French part) (up 36.0%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 47.1%).

Forest area (sq. km), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Suriname 0.2411 sq. km per person 2023 down 10.2% falling
2 Guyana 0.2225 sq. km per person 2023 down 9.7% falling
3 Gabon 0.0946 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.4% falling
4 Canada 0.0866 sq. km per person 2023 down 12.5% falling
5 Botswana 0.0601 sq. km per person 2023 down 20.0% falling
6 Russia 0.0567 sq. km per person 2023 up 0.0% flat
7 Australia 0.0503 sq. km per person 2023 down 11.7% falling
8 Central African Republic 0.0431 sq. km per person 2023 down 11.1% falling
9 Bolivia 0.041 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.5% falling
10 Mongolia 0.0407 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
11 Finland 0.0401 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.3% falling
12 Congo 0.0354 sq. km per person 2023 down 21.9% falling
13 Bhutan 0.0347 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
14 Papua New Guinea 0.0344 sq. km per person 2023 down 20.8% falling
15 Solomon Islands 0.0315 sq. km per person 2023 down 25.8% falling
16 Belize 0.0302 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.8% falling
17 New Caledonia 0.0289 sq. km per person 2023 down 4.6% falling
18 Sweden 0.0266 sq. km per person 2023 down 9.0% falling
19 Palau 0.0235 sq. km per person 2023 up 1.6% rising
20 Brazil 0.0233 sq. km per person 2023 down 8.6% falling
21 Paraguay 0.0223 sq. km per person 2023 down 27.2% falling
22 Norway 0.0221 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.4% falling
23 Namibia 0.0217 sq. km per person 2023 down 31.5% falling
24 Laos 0.0215 sq. km per person 2023 down 15.5% falling
25 Zambia 0.0214 sq. km per person 2023 down 28.7% falling
26 Peru 0.0212 sq. km per person 2023 down 14.0% falling
27 New Zealand 0.0191 sq. km per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
28 Latvia 0.0182 sq. km per person 2023 up 8.1% rising
29 Estonia 0.0178 sq. km per person 2023 down 1.7% rising
30 Angola 0.0177 sq. km per person 2023 down 34.4% falling
31 Venezuela 0.0163 sq. km per person 2023 up 3.6% falling
32 Vanuatu 0.0138 sq. km per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
33 Liberia 0.0137 sq. km per person 2023 down 21.8% falling
34 Montenegro 0.0133 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.2% flat
35 Equatorial Guinea 0.0131 sq. km per person 2023 down 29.6% falling
36 Bahamas 0.0128 sq. km per person 2023 down 5.1% falling
37 Fiji 0.0126 sq. km per person 2023 up 5.2% flat
38 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0116 sq. km per person 2023 down 34.3% falling
39 Colombia 0.0112 sq. km per person 2023 down 14.5% falling
40 Mozambique 0.0107 sq. km per person 2023 down 30.0% falling
41 Zimbabwe 0.0106 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.5% falling
42 Belarus 0.0096 sq. km per person 2023 up 5.0% rising
43 Chile 0.0095 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.1% falling
44 Panama 0.0094 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.5% falling
45 United States 0.0092 sq. km per person 2023 down 5.9% falling
46 Guinea-Bissau 0.0091 sq. km per person 2023 down 24.5% falling
47 Brunei 0.0083 sq. km per person 2023 down 10.4% falling
48 Lithuania 0.0077 sq. km per person 2023 up 4.3% rising
49 Georgia 0.0076 sq. km per person 2023 up 0.1% rising
50 Samoa 0.0074 sq. km per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
51 Dominica 0.0072 sq. km per person 2023 up 4.8% flat
52 Cameroon 0.0071 sq. km per person 2023 down 26.6% falling
53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0069 sq. km per person 2023 up 16.0% rising
54 Ecuador 0.0068 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.2% falling
55 Tanzania 0.0067 sq. km per person 2023 down 33.5% falling
56 East Timor 0.0066 sq. km per person 2023 down 17.6% falling
57 South Sudan 0.0062 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.8% flat
58 Argentina 0.0062 sq. km per person 2023 down 10.6% falling
59 Uruguay 0.0062 sq. km per person 2023 up 12.1% rising
60 Bulgaria 0.0061 sq. km per person 2023 up 15.1% rising
61 Costa Rica 0.006 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.4% falling
62 Honduras 0.0059 sq. km per person 2023 down 19.2% falling
63 Slovenia 0.0058 sq. km per person 2023 down 4.1% flat
64 Micronesia (country) 0.0057 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.6% flat
65 Turkmenistan 0.0056 sq. km per person 2023 down 19.4% falling
66 Mali 0.0056 sq. km per person 2023 down 26.5% falling
67 North Macedonia 0.0055 sq. km per person 2023 up 7.4% rising
68 Malaysia 0.0054 sq. km per person 2023 down 15.4% falling
69 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0054 sq. km per person 2023 down 4.5% falling
70 French Polynesia 0.0053 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.3% falling
71 Myanmar 0.0051 sq. km per person 2023 down 15.9% falling
72 Croatia 0.005 sq. km per person 2023 up 11.1% rising
73 Mexico 0.005 sq. km per person 2023 down 10.5% falling
74 Nicaragua 0.0046 sq. km per person 2023 down 32.2% falling
75 Senegal 0.0044 sq. km per person 2023 down 27.8% falling
76 Cambodia 0.0044 sq. km per person 2023 down 30.7% falling
77 Austria 0.0043 sq. km per person 2023 down 6.6% falling
78 Guinea 0.0042 sq. km per person 2023 down 27.0% falling
79 Serbia 0.0041 sq. km per person 2023 up 8.5% rising
80 Eswatini 0.0041 sq. km per person 2023 down 5.9% falling
81 Madagascar 0.004 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.5% falling
82 Spain 0.0038 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.4% flat
83 Greece 0.0037 sq. km per person 2023 up 5.4% rising
84 Romania 0.0036 sq. km per person 2023 up 7.7% rising
85 American Samoa 0.0036 sq. km per person 2023 up 11.7% flat
86 Sudan 0.0036 sq. km per person 2023 down 31.1% falling
87 Slovakia 0.0035 sq. km per person 2023 up 0.0% flat
88 Albania 0.0033 sq. km per person 2023 up 17.2% rising
89 Indonesia 0.0032 sq. km per person 2023 down 15.2% falling
90 Somalia 0.0031 sq. km per person 2023 down 38.2% falling
91 Portugal 0.0031 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.4% falling
92 Eritrea 0.003 sq. km per person 2023 down 14.0% falling
93 Cuba 0.0029 sq. km per person 2023 up 7.8% rising
94 Sierra Leone 0.0029 sq. km per person 2023 down 26.5% falling
95 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0028 sq. km per person 2023 up 6.7% rising
96 Seychelles 0.0028 sq. km per person 2023 down 24.9% falling
97 Thailand 0.0028 sq. km per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
98 South Africa 0.0027 sq. km per person 2023 down 15.3% falling
99 Turkey 0.0027 sq. km per person 2023 down 5.4% falling
100 Burkina Faso 0.0026 sq. km per person 2023 down 29.0% falling
101 Poland 0.0026 sq. km per person 2023 up 5.2% rising
102 Ukraine 0.0026 sq. km per person 2023 up 23.4% rising
103 France 0.0026 sq. km per person 2023 up 1.4% flat
104 Czechia 0.0025 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.5% flat
105 Marshall Islands 0.0024 sq. km per person 2023 up 30.5% rising
106 Ghana 0.0024 sq. km per person 2023 down 17.9% falling
107 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0024 sq. km per person 2023 up 0.7% falling
108 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0023 sq. km per person 2023 down 27.2% falling
109 North Korea 0.0023 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.4% falling
110 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0022 sq. km per person 2023 down 25.6% falling
111 Jamaica 0.0021 sq. km per person 2023 up 4.7% flat
112 Hungary 0.0021 sq. km per person 2023 up 2.6% rising
113 Benin 0.0021 sq. km per person 2023 down 35.0% falling
114 Chad 0.0021 sq. km per person 2023 down 45.2% falling
115 Nepal 0.002 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
116 Japan 0.002 sq. km per person 2023 up 2.3% flat
117 Andorra 0.002 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.0% falling
118 United States Virgin Islands 0.0019 sq. km per person 2023 up 11.1% falling
119 Kyrgyzstan 0.0019 sq. km per person 2023 down 10.3% falling
120 Guatemala 0.0019 sq. km per person 2023 down 18.5% falling
121 Dominican Republic 0.0019 sq. km per person 2023 down 6.7% falling
122 Kazakhstan 0.0017 sq. km per person 2023 down 4.9% falling
123 Cayman Islands 0.0017 sq. km per person 2023 down 20.5% falling
124 Guam 0.0017 sq. km per person 2023 up 13.5% flat
125 Liechtenstein 0.0017 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.2% falling
126 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0017 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.8% falling
127 Italy 0.0016 sq. km per person 2023 up 8.2% rising
128 China 0.0016 sq. km per person 2023 up 5.6% rising
129 Moldova 0.0016 sq. km per person 2023 up 17.8% rising
130 Puerto Rico 0.0016 sq. km per person 2023 up 14.5% rising
131 Morocco 0.0015 sq. km per person 2023 down 8.9% falling
132 Grenada 0.0015 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.1% falling
133 Ireland 0.0015 sq. km per person 2023 down 6.7% rising
134 Vietnam 0.0015 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.7% flat
135 Togo 0.0015 sq. km per person 2023 down 19.3% falling
136 Switzerland 0.0014 sq. km per person 2023 down 6.5% falling
137 Iceland 0.0014 sq. km per person 2023 down 4.3% rising
138 Germany 0.0014 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.1% flat
139 Luxembourg 0.0013 sq. km per person 2023 down 18.5% falling
140 Ethiopia 0.0013 sq. km per person 2023 down 26.7% falling
141 Cyprus 0.0013 sq. km per person 2023 down 12.1% falling
142 South Korea 0.0012 sq. km per person 2023 down 4.0% falling
143 Iran 0.0012 sq. km per person 2023 down 10.5% falling
144 Saint Lucia 0.0012 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.3% falling
145 Azerbaijan 0.0011 sq. km per person 2023 up 2.1% falling
146 Armenia 0.0011 sq. km per person 2023 up 1.2% rising
147 Denmark 0.0011 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.2% flat
148 Uzbekistan 0.0011 sq. km per person 2023 down 9.5% falling
149 Tuvalu 0.001 sq. km per person 2023 up 12.1% falling
150 Malawi 0.001 sq. km per person 2023 down 36.1% falling
151 Sri Lanka 0.001 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.3% falling
152 British Virgin Islands 0.0009 sq. km per person 2023 down 18.9% falling
153 Nigeria 0.0009 sq. km per person 2023 down 26.2% falling
154 El Salvador 0.0009 sq. km per person 2023 down 9.8% falling
155 Cape Verde 0.0009 sq. km per person 2023 up 4.8% rising
156 Tonga 0.0009 sq. km per person 2023 up 2.4% falling
157 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0008 sq. km per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
158 Gambia 0.0008 sq. km per person 2023 down 37.8% falling
159 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0008 sq. km per person 2023 down 47.1% volatile
160 Kenya 0.0007 sq. km per person 2023 down 17.5% falling
161 Philippines 0.0006 sq. km per person 2023 down 6.7% falling
162 Mauritania 0.0006 sq. km per person 2023 down 37.2% falling
163 Belgium 0.0006 sq. km per person 2023 down 5.3% falling
164 Tunisia 0.0006 sq. km per person 2023 down 6.7% falling
165 India 0.0005 sq. km per person 2023 down 6.5% falling
166 United Kingdom 0.0005 sq. km per person 2023 down 3.4% flat
167 Uganda 0.0005 sq. km per person 2023 down 38.8% falling
168 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0005 sq. km per person 2023 up 36.0% rising
169 Algeria 0.0004 sq. km per person 2023 down 15.2% falling
170 Isle of Man 0.0004 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.0% falling
171 Tajikistan 0.0004 sq. km per person 2023 down 19.1% falling
172 Niger 0.0004 sq. km per person 2023 down 36.7% volatile
173 Comoros 0.0004 sq. km per person 2023 down 28.1% falling
174 Mauritius 0.0003 sq. km per person 2023 up 2.3% falling
175 United Arab Emirates 0.0003 sq. km per person 2023 down 26.6% falling
176 Libya 0.0003 sq. km per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
177 San Marino 0.0003 sq. km per person 2023 down 2.4% falling
178 Afghanistan 0.0003 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
179 Haiti 0.0003 sq. km per person 2023 down 19.6% falling
180 Saudi Arabia 0.0003 sq. km per person 2023 down 18.0% falling
181 Lebanon 0.0003 sq. km per person 2023 up 3.8% falling
182 Barbados 0.0002 sq. km per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
183 Syria 0.0002 sq. km per person 2023 down 6.0% falling
184 Netherlands 0.0002 sq. km per person 2023 down 5.0% falling
185 Burundi 0.0002 sq. km per person 2023 down 13.1% falling
186 Rwanda 0.0002 sq. km per person 2023 down 17.2% falling
187 Iraq 0.0002 sq. km per person 2023 down 21.7% falling
188 Bermuda 0.0002 sq. km per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
189 Lesotho 0.0001 sq. km per person 2023 down 11.0% falling
190 Pakistan 0.0001 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.2% falling
191 Israel 0.0001 sq. km per person 2023 down 28.7% falling
192 Yemen 0.0001 sq. km per person 2023 down 25.6% falling
193 Bangladesh 0.0001 sq. km per person 2023 down 8.8% falling
194 Kiribati 0.0001 sq. km per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
195 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0001 sq. km per person 2023 down 16.1% falling
196 Jordan 0.0001 sq. km per person 2023 down 30.1% falling
197 Channel Islands 0.0001 sq. km per person 2021 down 4.2% rising
198 Djibouti 0.0001 sq. km per person 2023 down 7.8% falling
199 Aruba 0 sq. km per person 2023 down 1.6% falling
200 Greenland 0 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.7% flat
201 Singapore 0 sq. km per person 2023 down 19.2% falling
202 Palestine 0 sq. km per person 2023 down 20.5% falling
203 Maldives 0 sq. km per person 2023 down 23.9% falling
204 Faroe Islands 0 sq. km per person 2023 down 11.3% falling
205 Kuwait 0 sq. km per person 2023 down 27.7% falling
206 Malta 0 sq. km per person 2023 up 1.0% falling
207 Bahrain 0 sq. km per person 2023 up 6.3% falling
208 Oman 0 sq. km per person 2023 down 40.3% falling
209 Curacao 0 sq. km per person 2023 down 0.5% flat
210 Egypt 0 sq. km per person 2023 down 32.3% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Forest area (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Forest area (sq. km) ÷ Population, total

Computed from

  • Forest area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)

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Indicator
Forest area (sq. km), per capita
Unit
sq. km per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
262 places, 8,671 data points, 1990–2023
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Forest area (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.