France - Forest Area 2015
31.24%
+0.15% from 2014
France's forest area was 31.24% in 2015, increased +0.15% from 31.08% in 2014. This was the 105th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Suriname | 95.02% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Guyana | 93.78% | -0.1% |
| 3rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 91.81% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Gabon | 91.55% | -0.1% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 90.27% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Palau | 89.11% | 0.2% |
| 7th | Equatorial Guinea | 88.78% | -0.3% |
| 8th | American Samoa | 86.40% | -0.2% |
| 9th | Liberia | 80.66% | -0.4% |
| 10th | Papua New Guinea | 79.55% | -0.1% |
| 11th | Finland | 73.74% | 0.1% |
| 12th | Seychelles | 73.26% | 0.0% |
| 13th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.18% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Lao PDR | 72.65% | -0.2% |
| 15th | Brunei Darussalam | 72.11% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Guinea-Bissau | 71.91% | -0.4% |
| 17th | Bhutan | 71.23% | 0.1% |
| 18th | Sweden | 68.69% | -0.1% |
| 19th | Japan | 68.43% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Korea | 65.03% | -0.2% |
| 21st | Congo, Republic of | 64.47% | -0.1% |
| 22nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 64.11% | -0.6% |
| 23rd | Dominica | 63.83% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Timor-Leste | 62.41% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Slovenia | 61.96% | 0.0% |
| 26th | Zambia | 61.55% | -0.4% |
| 27th | Montenegro | 61.49% | 0.0% |
| 28th | Fiji | 60.57% | 0.6% |
| 29th | Brazil | 60.29% | -0.3% |
| 30th | Malaysia | 59.24% | 0.5% |
| 31st | Belize | 58.43% | -0.9% |
| 32nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 58.08% | -0.8% |
| 33rd | Samoa | 57.98% | -0.3% |
| 34th | Costa Rica | 57.83% | 0.6% |
| 35th | Honduras | 57.77% | -0.3% |
| 36th | Panama | 57.62% | -0.3% |
| 37th | São Tomé and Principe | 57.29% | -1.1% |
| 38th | Peru | 57.18% | -0.2% |
| 39th | Estonia | 55.69% | 0.7% |
| 40th | Puerto Rico (US) | 55.68% | 0.1% |
| 41st | Angola | 55.65% | -0.8% |
| 42nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 54.74% | 0.8% |
| 43rd | Latvia | 54.50% | 0.1% |
| 44th | Tanzania | 54.29% | -0.8% |
| 45th | Colombia | 54.20% | -0.2% |
| 46th | Jamaica | 53.32% | 0.7% |
| 47th | Cayman Islands | 53.00% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Marshall Islands | 52.22% | 0.0% |
| 49th | Grenada | 52.06% | 0.0% |
| 50th | Ecuador | 51.62% | -0.3% |
| 51st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 50.96% | -0.3% |
| 52nd | Bahamas, The | 50.94% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Indonesia | 50.61% | -1.0% |
| 54th | Cambodia | 50.12% | -3.8% |
| 55th | Russian Federation | 49.76% | 0.0% |
| 56th | Mozambique | 48.25% | -0.5% |
| 57th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 48.03% | -0.4% |
| 58th | Austria | 47.03% | 0.1% |
| 59th | Guam | 46.30% | 0.8% |
| 60th | Myanmar | 45.92% | -1.0% |
| 61st | New Caledonia | 45.87% | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Zimbabwe | 45.69% | -0.3% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.89% | -0.2% |
| 64th | Viet Nam | 44.87% | 1.0% |
| 65th | Paraguay | 44.04% | -2.3% |
| 66th | Cameroon | 43.62% | -0.3% |
| 67th | Dominican Republic | 43.54% | 0.3% |
| 68th | French Polynesia | 43.06% | 0.0% |
| 69th | Senegal | 42.94% | -0.5% |
| 70th | Belarus | 42.53% | 0.0% |
| 71st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 42.31% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.20% | 0.5% |
| 73rd | Liechtenstein | 41.88% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Nepal | 41.59% | 0.0% |
| 75th | Georgia | 40.62% | 0.0% |
| 76th | Slovak Republic | 39.97% | 0.0% |
| 77th | European Union | 39.59% | 0.2% |
| 78th | North Macedonia | 39.43% | 0.7% |
| 79th | Thailand | 39.27% | 0.0% |
| 80th | Canada | 38.72% | 0.0% |
| 81st | New Zealand | 37.40% | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Spain | 37.13% | 0.1% |
| 83rd | Sierra Leone | 36.49% | -0.7% |
| 84th | Vanuatu | 36.28% | 0.0% |
| 85th | Portugal | 36.15% | 0.4% |
| 86th | Central African Republic | 36.04% | -0.1% |
| 87th | Bulgaria | 35.31% | 0.5% |
| 88th | Lithuania | 34.91% | 0.2% |
| 89th | Ghana | 34.63% | -0.2% |
| 90th | Czechia | 34.56% | 0.1% |
| 91st | Luxembourg | 34.45% | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Sri Lanka | 34.40% | 1.6% |
| 93rd | Croatia | 34.34% | 0.0% |
| 94th | Mexico | 34.12% | -0.2% |
| 95th | St. Lucia | 34.05% | 0.0% |
| 96th | Andorra | 34.04% | 0.0% |
| 97th | United States | 33.90% | 0.1% |
| 98th | Guatemala | 33.46% | -0.8% |
| 99th | Tuvalu | 33.33% | 0.0% |
| 100th | Norway | 33.25% | 0.0% |
| 101st | Germany | 32.73% | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Nicaragua | 32.47% | -1.4% |
| 103rd | Switzerland | 31.69% | 0.3% |
| 104th | Italy | 31.44% | 0.6% |
| 105th | France | 31.24% | 0.5% |
| 106th | Serbia | 31.09% | 0.0% |
| 107th | Poland | 30.77% | 0.2% |
| 108th | Cuba | 30.59% | 1.5% |
| 109th | Greece | 30.27% | 0.0% |
| 110th | Benin | 30.02% | -1.5% |
| 111th | Romania | 29.99% | 1.1% |
| 112th | El Salvador | 29.27% | -0.7% |
| 113th | Albania | 28.80% | 0.2% |
| 114th | Eswatini | 28.58% | 0.2% |
| 115th | Türkiye | 28.10% | 0.5% |
| 116th | Botswana | 27.96% | -0.7% |
| 117th | Gambia, The | 26.81% | -2.1% |
| 118th | Malawi | 26.00% | -1.7% |
| 119th | Guinea | 26.00% | -0.6% |
| 120th | St. Martin (French part) | 24.80% | 0.0% |
| 121st | Nigeria | 24.64% | -0.7% |
| 122nd | British Virgin Islands | 24.13% | -0.1% |
| 123rd | India | 23.82% | 0.4% |
| 124th | Chile | 23.72% | 1.0% |
| 125th | Burkina Faso | 23.63% | -0.8% |
| 126th | Philippines | 23.52% | 0.5% |
| 127th | Singapore | 23.23% | -1.5% |
| 128th | Belgium | 22.72% | 0.0% |
| 129th | Hungary | 22.58% | 0.1% |
| 130th | Togo | 22.51% | -0.2% |
| 131st | China | 22.40% | 0.9% |
| 132nd | Madagascar | 21.48% | -0.1% |
| 133rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 19.20% | -0.8% |
| 134th | Mauritius | 19.18% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Comoros | 18.87% | -1.2% |
| 136th | Cyprus | 18.69% | 0.0% |
| 137th | Bermuda | 18.52% | 0.0% |
| 138th | Australia | 17.32% | 0.5% |
| 139th | Ukraine | 16.67% | 0.2% |
| 140th | San Marino | 16.67% | 0.0% |
| 141st | Denmark | 15.62% | 1.2% |
| 142nd | Barbados | 14.65% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Bangladesh | 14.47% | -0.1% |
| 144th | South Africa | 14.21% | -0.2% |
| 145th | Lebanon | 13.72% | 0.4% |
| 146th | Haiti | 13.17% | -0.8% |
| 147th | United Kingdom | 13.04% | 0.6% |
| 148th | Azerbaijan | 13.04% | 0.8% |
| 149th | Morocco | 12.74% | 0.0% |
| 150th | Uganda | 12.69% | -1.6% |
| 151st | Tonga | 12.43% | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Moldova | 11.75% | 0.6% |
| 153rd | Armenia | 11.57% | -0.1% |
| 154th | South Sudan | 11.33% | 0.0% |
| 155th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.07% | 0.0% |
| 156th | Cabo Verde | 10.97% | 0.7% |
| 157th | Uruguay | 10.97% | 2.0% |
| 158th | Ireland | 10.95% | 0.9% |
| 159th | Rwanda | 10.94% | 0.4% |
| 160th | Mali | 10.90% | 0.0% |
| 161st | Burundi | 10.89% | 6.5% |
| 162nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 10.88% | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Netherlands | 10.84% | -0.4% |
| 164th | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.70% | -3.2% |
| 165th | Argentina | 10.63% | -0.8% |
| 166th | Sudan | 10.28% | -0.9% |
| 167th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 10.14% | -1.2% |
| 168th | Mongolia | 9.10% | 0.0% |
| 169th | Eritrea | 8.85% | -0.3% |
| 170th | Turkmenistan | 8.78% | 0.0% |
| 171st | Namibia | 8.50% | -1.0% |
| 172nd | Uzbekistan | 8.06% | 0.0% |
| 173rd | Israel | 7.62% | 1.4% |
| 174th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.56% | 0.0% |
| 175th | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.53% | 0.4% |
| 176th | Kenya | 6.17% | -0.9% |
| 177th | Isle of Man | 6.07% | 0.0% |
| 178th | Channel Islands | 5.15% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Pakistan | 5.10% | -0.8% |
| 180th | Tunisia | 4.47% | 0.2% |
| 181st | United Arab Emirates | 4.47% | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Chad | 3.88% | -2.6% |
| 183rd | Tajikistan | 3.04% | 0.6% |
| 184th | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.84% | 1.2% |
| 185th | Maldives | 2.73% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Aruba | 2.33% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Iraq | 1.90% | 0.0% |
| 188th | Afghanistan | 1.85% | 0.0% |
| 189th | West Bank and Gaza | 1.68% | 0.4% |
| 190th | Kiribati | 1.46% | 0.0% |
| 191st | Kazakhstan | 1.23% | 1.4% |
| 192nd | Lesotho | 1.14% | 0.0% |
| 193rd | Jordan | 1.10% | 0.0% |
| 194th | Malta | 1.09% | 0.0% |
| 195th | Yemen, Republic of | 1.04% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Niger | 0.90% | -1.1% |
| 197th | Algeria | 0.82% | 0.4% |
| 198th | Bahrain | 0.77% | 1.8% |
| 199th | Iceland | 0.48% | 1.5% |
| 200th | Saudi Arabia | 0.45% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Kuwait | 0.35% | 0.0% |
| 202nd | Mauritania | 0.33% | -1.6% |
| 203rd | Djibouti | 0.24% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Curaçao | 0.16% | 0.0% |
| 205th | Libya | 0.12% | 0.0% |
| 206th | Faroe Islands | 0.06% | 0.0% |
| 207th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.05% | -6.6% |
| 208th | Oman | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Greenland | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Gibraltar | 0.00% | - |
| 211th | Monaco | 0.00% | - |
| 212th | Nauru | 0.00% | - |
| 213th | Qatar | 0.00% | - |
FAQ
What was France's forest area in 2015?▾
France's forest area in 2015 was 31.24%. This ranked 105th globally.
How did France's forest area change in 2015?▾
France's forest area increased by 0.5% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest forest area in 2015?▾
Suriname had the highest forest area in 2015 at 95.02%.
What is the forest area of France in 2015?▾
The forest area of France in 2015 was 31.24%. This ranked 105th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for France's forest area?▾
France's forest area went from 31.08% in 2014 to 31.24% in 2015, a 0.5% increase.
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