Forest Area

Name: Forest Area
Creator: GK Maps

Russia has the highest Forest Area (2023) of any country, at 8,153,120 km². It is followed by Brazil (4,929,788) and Canada (3,468,171).

Forest Area — 167 countries (km²)
1	Russia	8,153,120
2	Brazil	4,929,788
3	Canada	3,468,171
4	United States of America	3,097,950
5	China	2,256,169
6	Australia	1,340,051
7	Dem. Rep. 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	Turkey	226,884
26	Finland	224,090
27	Central African Rep.	222,130
28	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	Romania	69,291
64	Namibia	64,259
65	Honduras	62,964
66	South Korea	62,570
67	Guinea	60,690
68	Burkina Faso	60,664
69	North Korea	59,664
70	Nepal	59,620
71	Morocco	57,738
72	Somalia	57,498
73	Panama	41,796
74	Turkmenistan	41,270
75	Chad	39,804
76	Bulgaria	39,320
77	Greece	39,018
78	Austria	38,983
79	Uzbekistan	37,672
80	Kenya	36,111
81	Pakistan	36,019
82	Kazakhstan	35,424
83	Guatemala	34,930
84	Latvia	34,224
85	Portugal	33,120
86	Cuba	32,420
87	United Kingdom	32,154
88	Nicaragua	31,075
89	Costa Rica	30,840
90	Benin	29,852
91	Georgia	28,224
92	Bhutan	27,310
93	Serbia	27,236
94	Czechia	26,825
95	Solomon Is.	25,208
96	Côte d'Ivoire	24,981
97	Sierra Leone	24,757
98	Estonia	24,384
99	Eq. Guinea	24,233
100	Uganda	22,141
101	Lithuania	22,054
102	Bosnia and Herz.	21,879
103	Dominican Rep.	21,684
104	Malawi	21,157
105	Sri Lanka	21,035
106	Uruguay	20,940
107	Hungary	20,486
108	Algeria	19,776
109	Guinea-Bissau	19,547
110	Croatia	19,466
111	Slovakia	19,259
112	Bangladesh	18,834
113	Kyrgyzstan	13,701
114	Switzerland	12,794
115	Belize	12,436
116	Slovenia	12,317
117	Afghanistan	12,084
118	Togo	12,004
119	Azerbaijan	11,664
120	Fiji	11,601
121	Eritrea	10,458
122	Niger	10,424
123	North Macedonia	10,015
124	Saudi Arabia	9,770
125	Timor-Leste	9,169
126	New Caledonia	8,377
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	Puerto Rico	4,978
141	Vanuatu	4,423
142	Tajikistan	4,268
143	Moldova	3,865
144	Brunei	3,800
145	Netherlands	3,723
146	Haiti	3,380
147	Armenia	3,276
148	United Arab Emirates	3,173
149	Mauritania	2,964
150	Burundi	2,796
151	Rwanda	2,790
152	Trinidad and Tobago	2,269
153	Gambia	2,255
154	Libya	2,170
155	Cyprus	1,725
156	Lebanon	1,451
157	Israel	1,400
158	Jordan	975
159	Luxembourg	887
160	Iceland	533
161	Egypt	450
162	Lesotho	345
163	Kuwait	63
164	Djibouti	60
165	Oman	24
166	Greenland	2
167	Qatar	0

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