Data for 2021

Forest Area, 2021

Name: Forest Area, 2021
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2021, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2021 covers 214 countries. Suriname is highest, at 94.600; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 30.645. Against 2020, 140 values changed (54 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2021

HighestSuriname

94.600

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

214countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
211distinct values18 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Forest Area, 2021, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Forest Area, 2021: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	94.600
2	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	92.071
3	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.275
4	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	90.196
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.112
6	Guyana`GUY`South America	87.175
7	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	86.990
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	85.500
9	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.102
10	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	78.771
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.726
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.261
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.179
14	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.106
15	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	71.755
16	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.500
17	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	70.113
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.700
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.409
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.314
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.220
22	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
23	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62.764
24	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.849
25	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.487
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.371
27	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	60.030
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	59.758
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.270
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.024
31	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	57.982
32	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	57.314
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.039
34	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.652
35	Honduras`HND`Central America	56.648
36	Peru`PER`South America	56.373
37	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	56.011
38	Belize`BLZ`Central America	55.497
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	55.473
40	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	55.162
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.872
42	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	53.417
43	Colombia`COL`South America	53.125
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	52.982
45	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	52.957
46	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	52.750
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	52.348
48	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
50	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.852
51	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	51.113
52	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.063
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	49.904
55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.784
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.362
57	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	47.172
58	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	46.961
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	46.728
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	46.412
61	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.838
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.975
63	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	44.826
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.653
65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.400
66	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	43.290
67	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	43.272
68	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.060
69	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.911
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.733
71	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
72	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.875
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.698
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.591
75	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.616
76	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	40.056
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	39.826
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.710
79	Canada`CAN`Northern America	39.470
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	38.828
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.631
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.173
83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.155
85	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35.980
86	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	35.752
87	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.181
88	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.129
89	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	34.846
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.707
91	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.696
92	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.454
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.107
94	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.049
95	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
96	United States`USA`Northern America	33.867
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	33.727
98	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.458
99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
100	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	32.813
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.683
102	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	32.531
103	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	32.381
104	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	32.209
105	France`FRA`Western Europe	32.167
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.233
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	31.019
108	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.116
110	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.074
111	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.998
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.792
113	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.962
114	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	27.485
115	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	27.360
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.708
117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.024
118	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	24.800
119	Chile`CHL`South America	24.681
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.360
121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.226
122	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.133
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	23.632
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.566
125	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	23.412
126	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	23.332
127	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.604
128	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.538
129	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.480
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.179
131	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	21.435
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.342
133	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.434
134	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.670
135	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
136	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	18.303
137	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	17.453
138	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.421
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.735
140	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
141	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.735
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.060
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.469
145	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.069
146	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.025
147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.833
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.221
149	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.890
150	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.489
151	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
152	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.751
153	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.724
154	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.642
155	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.453
156	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.419
157	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.410
158	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.326
159	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.228
160	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
161	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.002
162	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.897
163	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.889
164	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	10.882
165	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.401
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.736
167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9.410
168	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.099
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.682
171	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.565
172	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.432
173	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7.978
174	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.953
175	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.635
176	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.470
177	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.217
178	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
179	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.152
180	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4.780
181	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.533
182	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.468
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.337
184	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.061
185	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.843
186	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.733
187	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
188	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.900
189	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
190	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.683
191	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
192	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.438
193	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.290
194	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
195	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.098
196	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
197	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.911
198	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.843
199	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.822
200	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.516
201	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
202	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.351
203	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.298
204	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.253
205	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0.158
206	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
207	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.058
208	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.045
209	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.008
210	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.001
=211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.000
=211	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000
=211	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000
=211	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname94.600
2Micronesia92.071
3Gabon91.275
4Palau90.196
5Solomon Islands90.112

Lowest

211Qatarshared0.000
211Naurushared0.000
211Monacoshared0.000
211Gibraltarshared0.000
210Greenland0.001

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.645. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
140values changed, of 214 in both
54 · 86rose · fell
74unchanged

Rose most

Canada38.696 → 39.470+0.775
United States Virgin Islands56.886 → 57.314+0.429
Fiji62.398 → 62.764+0.366
Jamaica55.114 → 55.473+0.359
Costa Rica59.437 → 59.758+0.321

Fell most

Cambodia45.708 → 44.826−0.882
Nicaragua28.316 → 27.485−0.831
Indonesia49.072 → 48.362−0.710
Paraguay40.529 → 39.826−0.703
São Tomé and Príncipe54.063 → 53.417−0.646

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2021.
211 distinct values among 214
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 4 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 214 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2021). Forest Area, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2021

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2021?

Suriname, at 94.600, of the 214 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2021 cover?

214.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2021?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Forest Area, 2021 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Forest Area, 2023.

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