% of land area · annual 1990–2023 · World Bank / FAO FRA · 199 countries
Forest area, as a percentage of land area — five data points from 1990 to 2023.
World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.FRST.ZS) — primary source: FAO, Forest Resources Assessment. 198 countries covered.
Time slider, year by year.
Suriname (95%) and Gabon (91%) rank among the world's most forested countries — two territories with low population density and historically limited deforestation, unlike the rest of the Amazon or Congo basins, where agriculture has eaten far more deeply into the forest.