Forest area
Share of land area under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters, productive or not, excluding tree stands in agricultural production systems and trees in urban parks and gardens. World Bank series from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
A share of land area, not of total area. For the area itself see land_area.
Key facts
- Forest area in the World was 31.1% in 2023, according to the World Bank.
- Forest area in the United States was 33.8% in 2024, according to the World Bank.
- Micronesia had the highest forest share of land area of 209 countries in 2024, at 92.1%, and Greenland the lowest, at 0%. Source: the World Bank.
- Published for 214 places, with figures from 1990 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by forest share of land area, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Panama
- Peru
- Kenya
- French Polynesia
- Papua New Guinea
- Antigua and Barbuda
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest forest share of land area? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"forest_area_share","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=forest_area_share&level=country