Countries with the Largest Forest Area
About This Dataset
Countries with the Largest Forest Area
Countries ranked by total forest cover in millions of hectares. Russia has more forest than any other country on Earth, with approximately 815 million hectares of forest — representing 20% of the world's total forested land, much of it the vast boreal taiga stretching across Siberia.
Analysis
The top three in Forest Area (Million Hectares) are Russia (815), Brazil (497) and Canada (347). The 8 entries cover a range of 724, from 815 down to 91. First and second are separated by 318, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Only 2 of the 8 reach even half the leader's figure (407.5 or more).
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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Russia leads in Forest Area (Million Hectares) with 815.
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Average Forest Area (Million Hectares): 318 · median: 265.
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Gap: Russia is 9× larger than Indonesia.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 8 observations
- Measure
- Forest Area (Million Hectares)
- 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.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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