Countries by Forest Cover as Percentage of Land Area 2024
About This Dataset
Countries by Forest Cover as Percentage of Land Area 2024
Countries ranked by the proportion of their total land area covered by forest in 2024 according to FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment data. Suriname is the world's most heavily forested country by percentage, with approximately 93% of its land area covered by tropical rainforest — a vast expanse of largely untouched Amazonian and Guiana Shield forest maintained in part by a small population of under 600,000 people concentrated along the northern coastal strip.
Analysis
Suriname heads the table on 93, ahead of Federated States of Micronesia (91.9) and Gabon (90) in Forest Cover as % of Land Area in 2024. 25 separates the highest figure (93) from the lowest (68). First and second are separated by 1.10, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 90 to 68.
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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Suriname leads in Forest Cover as % of Land Area with 93 in 2024.
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Average Forest Cover as % of Land Area in 2024: 82 · median: 87.
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Gap in 2024: Suriname is 1.4× larger than Japan.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Forest Cover as % of Land Area
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
Data Sources & References
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