Data for 2023

Forest Area, 2023

Name: Forest Area, 2023
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2023, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area, 2023 covers 213 countries. Suriname is highest, at 94.448; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 31.080. Against 2022, 144 values changed (58 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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Forest Area · Data for 2023

HighestSuriname

94.448

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

213countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
210distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Suriname`SUR`South America	94.448
2	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	92.157
3	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.182
4	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	90.543
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.060
6	Guyana`GUY`South America	87.088
7	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	86.394
8	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	85.200
9	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	78.954
10	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	78.142
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.724
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	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.605
16	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	71.456
17	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	69.512
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.701
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	68.396
20	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.132
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.109
22	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.827
23	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	63.495
24	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.661
25	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.487
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.175
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.399
28	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.524
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	58.982
30	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	58.171
31	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.719
32	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	57.637
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.065
34	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.344
35	Honduras`HND`Central America	56.273
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	56.191
37	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	56.122
38	Peru`PER`South America	56.103
39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.996
40	Belize`BLZ`Central America	54.519
41	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	54.190
42	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	52.957
43	Colombia`COL`South America	52.766
44	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	52.472
45	Venezuela`VEN`South America	52.234
46	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52.222
47	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	52.125
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	52.091
49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.059
50	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	51.852
51	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.935
52	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	50.054
53	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	49.784
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	49.551
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.545
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	47.722
57	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	47.445
58	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	47.240
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	46.346
60	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	45.827
61	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	45.813
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.989
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.737
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	44.236
65	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	43.408
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	43.062
67	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.060
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.733
69	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.674
70	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42.402
71	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.308
72	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	41.875
73	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.591
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.283
75	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	40.616
76	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	40.056
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.710
78	Canada`CAN`Northern America	39.462
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	38.687
80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	38.545
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.789
82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.193
83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.284
84	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	36.220
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.155
86	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	35.656
87	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.230
88	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.192
89	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.786
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.762
91	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.454
92	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	34.299
93	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.049
94	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.043
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.005
96	United States`USA`Northern America	33.867
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	33.596
98	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.501
99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.333
100	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	32.894
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32.679
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	32.596
103	France`FRA`Western Europe	32.476
104	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	32.390
105	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	32.383
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.233
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	31.080
108	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.270
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30.116
110	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.480
111	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	29.139
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.792
113	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.528
114	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	26.473
115	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.291
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25.823
117	Chile`CHL`South America	25.012
118	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	24.800
119	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	24.699
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.539
121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.460
122	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24.133
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	24.032
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.208
125	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.604
126	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.448
127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	22.441
128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	22.279
129	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.173
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.070
131	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.296
132	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	20.933
133	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.474
134	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.666
135	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	18.519
136	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	18.013
137	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.421
138	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	16.980
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.755
140	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
141	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.782
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	14.931
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.651
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.490
145	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.187
146	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	14.112
147	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.965
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.291
149	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.937
150	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.431
151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.263
152	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.964
153	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.737
154	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.618
155	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.568
156	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.526
157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.326
158	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.309
159	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.074
160	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.057
161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.042
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	10.321
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.552
167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9.165
168	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.092
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.782
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.630
171	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.549
172	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.856
173	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7.805
174	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7.143
175	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.649
176	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.470
177	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.217
178	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	6.070
179	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4.672
180	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.553
181	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.468
182	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.161
183	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.075
184	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.843
185	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.752
186	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.333
187	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.900
188	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.853
189	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.683
190	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.457
191	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.438
192	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.312
193	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.137
194	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.098
195	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.040
196	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.950
197	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.830
198	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.823
199	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.529
200	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.454
201	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.351
202	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.288
203	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.261
204	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0.158
205	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
206	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.058
207	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.045
208	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.008
209	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.001
=210	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.000
=210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.000
=210	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000
=210	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Suriname94.448
2Micronesia92.157
3Gabon91.182
4Palau90.543
5Solomon Islands90.060

Lowest

210Qatarshared0.000
210Naurushared0.000
210Monacoshared0.000
210Gibraltarshared0.000
209Greenland0.001

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.080. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 213 in both
58 · 86rose · fell
69unchanged

Rose most

United States Virgin Islands57.743 → 58.171+0.429
Fiji63.130 → 63.495+0.366
Jamaica55.832 → 56.191+0.359
Costa Rica60.079 → 60.399+0.321
Vietnam47.203 → 47.445+0.242

Fell most

Cambodia43.944 → 43.062−0.882
Nicaragua26.654 → 25.823−0.831
Paraguay39.250 → 38.545−0.705
São Tomé and Príncipe52.771 → 52.125−0.646
Gambia22.846 → 22.279−0.567

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 2023.
210 distinct values among 213
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 213 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2023). Forest Area, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/forest-area/2023

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07Questions

Forest Area, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest forest area in Forest Area, 2023?

Suriname, at 94.448, of the 213 countries in the file.

What year does Forest Area, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Forest Area, 2023 cover?

213.

Where can I download Forest Area, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-06, when it was read from the publisher.

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