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Top 10 Countries with the Most Forest

The countries covered by the largest areas of forest.

  • Updated 1 h ago
  • 📏 Ranked by forest area
  • 🔄 Refreshed weekly
  • 📚 Source: World Bank Open Data

  1. Russian Federation

    Data year 2024

    8,326,299 km²

    No change

  2. Brazil

    Data year 2024

    4,860,866 km²

    No change

  3. Canada

    Data year 2024

    3,688,189 km²

    No change
  1. 4United StatesData year 20243,088,950 km²No change
  2. 5ChinaData year 20242,271,530 km²No change
  3. 6Congo, Dem. Rep.Data year 20241,391,891 km²No change
  4. 7AustraliaData year 20241,335,616 km²No change
  5. 8IndonesiaData year 2024959,693 km²No change
  6. 9IndiaData year 2024727,390 km²No change
  7. 10PeruData year 2023671,598 km²No change
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  1. 11MexicoData year 2024662,656 km²No change
  2. 12AngolaData year 2025632,623 km²No change
  3. 13ColombiaData year 2020594,569 km²No change
  4. 14BoliviaData year 2024543,703 km²No change
  5. 15Venezuela, RBData year 2024470,882 km²No change
  6. 16ArgentinaData year 2024465,980 km²No change
  7. 17Central African RepublicData year 2024450,949 km²No change
  8. 18ZambiaData year 2024448,743 km²No change
  9. 19TanzaniaData year 2024434,000 km²No change
  10. 20Papua New GuineaData year 2024340,290 km²No change
  11. 21MozambiqueData year 2024322,429 km²No change
  12. 22SwedenData year 2022279,340 km²No change
  13. 23MyanmarData year 2024270,953 km²No change
  14. 24EthiopiaData year 2024267,471 km²No change
  15. 25JapanData year 2024249,080 km²No change
  16. 26GabonData year 2024235,553 km²No change
  17. 27South AfricaData year 2024228,814 km²No change
  18. 28TurkiyeData year 2024228,058 km²No change
  19. 29FinlandData year 2022225,430 km²No change
  20. 30SudanData year 2024219,804 km²No change
  21. 31Congo, Rep.Data year 2024218,538 km²No change
  22. 32ThailandData year 2024196,475 km²No change
  23. 33CameroonData year 2024191,432 km²No change
  24. 34SpainData year 2024191,328 km²No change
  25. 35MalaysiaData year 2024188,847 km²No change
  26. 36GuyanaData year 2024183,772 km²No change
  27. 37ChileData year 2025181,619 km²No change
  28. 38FranceData year 2024177,950 km²No change
  29. 39NigeriaData year 2024171,300 km²No change
  30. 40BotswanaData year 2020157,302 km²No change
  31. 41Viet NamData year 2024147,901 km²No change
  32. 42SurinameData year 2024146,742 km²No change
  33. 43ParaguayData year 2022142,974 km²No change
  34. 44MongoliaData year 2024141,783 km²No change
  35. 45ZimbabweData year 2024137,660 km²No change
  36. 46Lao PDRData year 2024130,360 km²No change
  37. 47EcuadorData year 2025123,103 km²No change
  38. 48NorwayData year 2022121,086 km²No change
  39. 49GermanyData year 2024114,814 km²No change
  40. 50Iran, Islamic Rep.Data year 2024107,510 km²No change

How this list is ranked

Forest area (World Bank indicator AG.LND.FRST.K2), latest year available for each country, from the last 6 years only.

Data from World Bank Open Data, refreshed weekly. Arrows show how each entry moved since the previous update.

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