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World Forest area Ranking Map In the available data, Suriname has the highest recorded value at 94.4% (rank #1); Japan ranks #19 at 68.4%. Coverage: 213 countries and territories. Reference years: Suriname 2023; Japan 2023. This compares the share of surface area classified as forest, not the total number of forested square kilometres.
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Compare forest area across the world. Compare forest area by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
Japan 68.4%
Japan, world rank 19 for Forest area, 68.4%
Fiji: 63.5% Tanzania: 50.1% Western Sahara: No data Canada: 39.5% United States: 33.9% Kazakhstan: 1.3% Uzbekistan: 8.5% Papua New Guinea: 79% Indonesia: 47.7% Argentina: 10.3% Chile: 25% Democratic Republic of the Congo: 54.2% Somalia: 9.2% Kenya: 6.2% Sudan: 9.6% Chad: 3.2% Haiti: 12.3% Dominican Republic: 45% Russia: 49.8% Bahamas: 50.9% Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 33.5% Greenland: 0% Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 61.7% South Africa: 14% Lesotho: 1.1% Mexico: 33.6% Uruguay: 12% Brazil: 59% Bolivia: 46.3% Peru: 56.1% Colombia: 52.8% Panama: 56.3% Costa Rica: 60.4% Nicaragua: 25.8% Honduras: 56.3% El Salvador: 27.5% Guatemala: 32.6% Belize: 54.5% Venezuela: 52.2% Guyana: 87.1% Suriname: 94.4% France: 32.5% Ecuador: 49.5% Puerto Rico: 56.1% Jamaica: 56.2% Cuba: 31.2% Zimbabwe: 44.7% Botswana: 26.3% Namibia: 7.8% Senegal: 41.3% Mali: 10.9% Mauritania: 0.3% Benin: 26.5% Niger: 0.8% Nigeria: 23.2% Cameroon: 42.7% Togo: 22.1% Ghana: 35.2% Côte d’Ivoire: 7.9% Guinea: 24.7% Guinea-Bissau: 69.5% Liberia: 78.1% Sierra Leone: 34.3% Burkina Faso: 22.2% Central African Republic: 35.7% Republic of the Congo: 64.1% Gabon: 91.2% Equatorial Guinea: 86.4% Zambia: 59.5% Malawi: 22.4% Mozambique: 45.8% Eswatini: 29.1% Angola: 52.1% Burundi: 10.9% Israel: 6.5% Lebanon: 14.2% Madagascar: 21.3% Palestine: 1.7% Gambia: 22.3% Tunisia: 4.6% Algeria: 0.8% Jordan: 1.1% United Arab Emirates: 4.5% Qatar: 0% Kuwait: 0.4% Iraq: 1.9% Oman: 0% Vanuatu: 36.3% Cambodia: 43.1% Thailand: 38.7% Laos: 71.5% Myanmar: 42.4% Vietnam: 47.4% North Korea: 49.6% South Korea: 64.1% Mongolia: 9.1% India: 24.5% Bangladesh: 14.5% Bhutan: 71.6% Nepal: 41.6% Pakistan: 4.7% Afghanistan: 1.9% Tajikistan: 3.1% Kyrgyzstan: 7.1% Turkmenistan: 8.8% Iran: 6.6% Syria: 2.8% Armenia: 11.6% Sweden: 68.7% Belarus: 43.4% Ukraine: 16.8% Poland: 31.1% Austria: 47.2% Hungary: 22.4% Moldova: 11.7% Romania: 30.1% Lithuania: 35.2% Latvia: 55% Estonia: 57.1% Germany: 32.7% Bulgaria: 36.2% Greece: 30.3% Türkiye: 29.5% Albania: 28.8% Croatia: 34.8% Switzerland: 32.4% Luxembourg: 34.5% Belgium: 22.6% Netherlands: 11.1% Portugal: 36.2% Spain: 37.2% Ireland: 11.5% New Caledonia: 45.8% Solomon Islands: 90.1% New Zealand: 37.8% Australia: 17.4% Sri Lanka: 34% China: 24% Taiwan: No data Italy: 32.9% Denmark: 15.8% United Kingdom: 13.3% Iceland: 0.5% Azerbaijan: 14.1% Georgia: 40.6% Philippines: 24.5% Malaysia: 57.7% Brunei: 72.1% Slovenia: 61.2% Finland: 73.7% Slovakia: 40.1% Czechia: 34.8% Eritrea: 8.6% Japan: 68.4% Paraguay: 38.5% Yemen: 1% Saudi Arabia: 0.5% Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 18.7% Morocco: 12.9% Egypt: 0% Libya: 0.1% Ethiopia: 14.9% Djibouti: 0.3% Somaliland: No data Uganda: 11% Rwanda: 11.3% Bosnia and Herzegovina: 42.7% North Macedonia: 39.7% Serbia: 32.4% Montenegro: 61.5% Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 44.2% South Sudan: 11.3% Japan Suriname 1 Gabon 3 Solomon Islands 5 Greenland 209 Qatar 210 Finland Liberia Brunei Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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× JPN Top 10% / 2023
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Forest areaRankings 19/213 68.4%
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #19 for forest area. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Suriname 94.4% 2 Micronesia 92.2% 3 Gabon 91.2% 4 Palau 90.5% 5 Solomon Islands 90.1%
210 Qatar 0% 210 Nauru 0% 210 Monaco 0% 210 Gibraltar 0% 209 Greenland 0% 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Forest area ranking map Compare forest area by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 213 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Suriname (94.4%), #2 Micronesia (92.2%), #3 Gabon (91.2%)
Japan’s position World #19 (68.4%)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) All displayed observations use the reference period above. Check the source and definition before interpreting small differences.
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Forest area Full ranking213 countries #13 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 73.2% Profile #20 Republic of the Congo 64.1% Profile #41 Democratic Republic of the Congo 54.2% Profile #42 Northern Mariana Islands 53% Profile #47 Sao Tome and Principe 52.1% Profile #68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.7% Profile #86 Central African Republic 35.7% Profile #118 St. Martin (French part) 24.8% Profile #122 British Virgin Islands 24.1% Profile #159 Turks and Caicos Islands 11.1% Profile #164 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 10.9% Profile #181 United Arab Emirates 4.5% Profile