Forest area (sq. km)

Name: Forest area (sq. km)
Creator: World Development Indicators

Last updated time

08/10/2026 02:00

Source name

Indicator

Forest area (sq. km)

Country/Region

EU Average

19902023

Forest area by country in 2025 (forest area (sq. km))

In 2025, Russian Federation had the highest value (8,326,299.3) among 209 countries.

#	Country	Value	Change
1	Russian Federation	8,326,299.3	+0.1%
1	Nicaragua (2023)	31,075.3	-35.9%
2	Brazil	4,860,866.4	-0.7%
2	Naoero (2023)	0	–
2	Gibraltar (2023)	0	–
2	Monaco (2023)	0	–
3	Canada	3,688,188.5	-0.0%
4	United States	3,088,950	-0.0%
5	China	2,271,530	+0.7%
6	Congo, Dem. Rep.	1,391,890.5	-0.2%
7	Australia	1,335,615.9	+0.0%
8	Indonesia	959,693	+0.1%
9	India	727,390	+0.1%
10	Peru	671,597.6	-0.4%
11	Mexico	662,655.9	-0.2%
12	Angola	632,623.3	-0.8%
13	Colombia	594,568.6	-0.2%
14	Bolivia	543,702.7	-0.4%
15	Venezuela, RB	470,882.4	-0.1%
16	Argentina	465,980	-0.4%
17	Central African Republic	450,948.7	-0.1%
18	Zambia	448,742.9	-0.2%
19	Tanzania	434,000	-1.1%
20	Papua New Guinea	340,289.6	-0.0%
21	Mozambique	322,429	-0.8%
22	Sweden	279,340	0.0%
23	Myanmar	270,953.2	-1.1%
24	Ethiopia	267,471	-0.0%
25	Japan	249,080	-0.0%
26	Gabon	235,553.1	-0.0%
27	South Africa	228,814.2	+0.4%