Countries with the Largest Forest Area

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Countries with the Largest Forest Area

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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.

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).

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Data Points

8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

815

Russia

Forest Area (Million Hectares) · All Time

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Forest Area (Million Hectares)

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All Time

Single year snapshot

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 use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Forest Area (Million Hectares) · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	Russia	815
🥈	Brazil	497
🥉	Canada	347
4	United States	310
5	China	220
6	Australia	134
7	Congo (DRC)	126
8	Indonesia	91

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_forest_area Visit ↗

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