Italy - Forest Area 2022
32.71%
+0.18% from 2021
Italy's forest area was 32.71% in 2022, increased +0.18% from 32.53% in 2021. This was the 100th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Suriname | 94.52% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 92.11% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Gabon | 91.23% | -0.1% |
| 4th | Palau | 90.37% | 0.2% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 90.09% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Guyana | 87.13% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Equatorial Guinea | 86.69% | -0.3% |
| 8th | American Samoa | 85.35% | -0.2% |
| 9th | Papua New Guinea | 79.03% | -0.1% |
| 10th | Liberia | 78.46% | -0.4% |
| 11th | Finland | 73.73% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Seychelles | 73.26% | 0.0% |
| 13th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.18% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Brunei Darussalam | 72.11% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Lao PDR | 71.61% | -0.2% |
| 16th | Bhutan | 71.55% | 0.1% |
| 17th | Guinea-Bissau | 69.81% | -0.4% |
| 18th | Sweden | 68.70% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Japan | 68.41% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Korea | 64.21% | -0.2% |
| 21st | Congo, Republic of | 64.18% | -0.1% |
| 22nd | Dominica | 63.83% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Fiji | 63.13% | 0.6% |
| 24th | Timor-Leste | 61.76% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Montenegro | 61.49% | 0.0% |
| 26th | Slovenia | 61.27% | -0.2% |
| 27th | Costa Rica | 60.08% | 0.5% |
| 28th | Zambia | 59.78% | -0.4% |
| 29th | Brazil | 59.13% | -0.2% |
| 30th | Malaysia | 57.87% | -0.3% |
| 31st | Samoa | 57.81% | -0.3% |
| 32nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 57.74% | 0.7% |
| 33rd | Estonia | 57.07% | 0.0% |
| 34th | Panama | 56.50% | -0.3% |
| 35th | Honduras | 56.46% | -0.3% |
| 36th | Peru | 56.24% | -0.2% |
| 37th | Puerto Rico (US) | 56.07% | 0.1% |
| 38th | Jamaica | 55.83% | 0.6% |
| 39th | Belize | 55.01% | -0.9% |
| 40th | Latvia | 54.93% | 0.1% |
| 41st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 54.68% | -0.9% |
| 42nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 52.96% | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Colombia | 52.95% | -0.3% |
| 44th | São Tomé and Principe | 52.77% | -1.2% |
| 45th | Cayman Islands | 52.67% | -0.2% |
| 46th | Angola | 52.54% | -0.8% |
| 47th | Marshall Islands | 52.22% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Grenada | 52.06% | 0.0% |
| 49th | Guam | 51.85% | 0.0% |
| 50th | Bahamas, The | 50.94% | 0.0% |
| 51st | Tanzania | 50.58% | -1.0% |
| 52nd | Ecuador | 49.80% | -0.5% |
| 53rd | Russian Federation | 49.78% | 0.0% |
| 54th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 49.73% | -0.3% |
| 55th | Indonesia | 48.04% | -0.7% |
| 56th | Austria | 47.21% | 0.1% |
| 57th | Viet Nam | 47.20% | 0.5% |
| 58th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 46.54% | -0.4% |
| 59th | Mozambique | 46.12% | -0.6% |
| 60th | New Caledonia | 45.83% | 0.0% |
| 61st | Zimbabwe | 44.86% | -0.3% |
| 62nd | Dominican Republic | 44.82% | 0.4% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.32% | -0.2% |
| 64th | Cambodia | 43.94% | -2.0% |
| 65th | Belarus | 43.34% | 0.1% |
| 66th | French Polynesia | 43.06% | 0.0% |
| 67th | Myanmar | 42.85% | -1.0% |
| 68th | Cameroon | 42.79% | -0.3% |
| 69th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.73% | 0.0% |
| 70th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 42.31% | 0.0% |
| 71st | Liechtenstein | 41.88% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Nepal | 41.59% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Senegal | 41.49% | -0.5% |
| 74th | Georgia | 40.62% | 0.0% |
| 75th | Slovak Republic | 40.06% | 0.0% |
| 76th | European Union | 39.93% | 0.1% |
| 77th | North Macedonia | 39.71% | 0.0% |
| 78th | Canada | 39.47% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Paraguay | 39.25% | -1.4% |
| 80th | Thailand | 38.76% | -0.2% |
| 81st | New Zealand | 37.72% | 0.2% |
| 82nd | Spain | 37.18% | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Vanuatu | 36.28% | 0.0% |
| 84th | Portugal | 36.15% | 0.0% |
| 85th | Bulgaria | 36.10% | 0.3% |
| 86th | Central African Republic | 35.70% | -0.1% |
| 87th | Lithuania | 35.20% | 0.1% |
| 88th | Ghana | 35.16% | 0.1% |
| 89th | Croatia | 34.74% | 0.1% |
| 90th | Czechia | 34.74% | 0.1% |
| 91st | Sierra Leone | 34.57% | -0.8% |
| 92nd | Luxembourg | 34.45% | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Sri Lanka | 34.06% | -0.1% |
| 94th | St. Lucia | 34.05% | 0.0% |
| 95th | Andorra | 34.04% | 0.0% |
| 96th | United States | 33.87% | 0.0% |
| 97th | Mexico | 33.66% | -0.2% |
| 98th | Norway | 33.48% | 0.1% |
| 99th | Tuvalu | 33.33% | 0.0% |
| 100th | Italy | 32.71% | 0.6% |
| 101st | Guatemala | 32.70% | -0.3% |
| 102nd | Germany | 32.69% | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Serbia | 32.39% | 0.0% |
| 104th | France | 32.32% | 0.5% |
| 105th | Switzerland | 32.30% | 0.3% |
| 106th | Cuba | 31.23% | 0.0% |
| 107th | Poland | 31.06% | 0.1% |
| 108th | Greece | 30.27% | 0.0% |
| 109th | Romania | 30.12% | 0.0% |
| 110th | Türkiye | 29.28% | 0.7% |
| 111th | Eswatini | 29.07% | 0.2% |
| 112th | Albania | 28.79% | 0.0% |
| 113th | El Salvador | 27.75% | -0.8% |
| 114th | Benin | 26.92% | -1.6% |
| 115th | Nicaragua | 26.65% | -3.0% |
| 116th | Botswana | 26.50% | -0.8% |
| 117th | Guinea | 24.86% | -0.7% |
| 118th | Chile | 24.85% | 0.7% |
| 119th | St. Martin (French part) | 24.80% | 0.0% |
| 120th | India | 24.45% | 0.4% |
| 121st | Philippines | 24.34% | 0.5% |
| 122nd | British Virgin Islands | 24.13% | 0.0% |
| 123rd | China | 23.83% | 0.8% |
| 124th | Nigeria | 23.39% | -0.8% |
| 125th | Malawi | 22.89% | -1.9% |
| 126th | Gambia, The | 22.85% | -2.4% |
| 127th | Belgium | 22.60% | 0.0% |
| 128th | Hungary | 22.46% | -0.1% |
| 129th | Burkina Faso | 22.36% | -0.8% |
| 130th | Togo | 22.12% | -0.2% |
| 131st | Madagascar | 21.32% | -0.1% |
| 132nd | Singapore | 21.18% | -1.2% |
| 133rd | Mauritius | 19.45% | 0.1% |
| 134th | Cyprus | 18.67% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Bermuda | 18.52% | 0.0% |
| 136th | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.16% | -0.8% |
| 137th | Australia | 17.42% | 0.0% |
| 138th | Comoros | 17.22% | -1.4% |
| 139th | Ukraine | 16.74% | 0.1% |
| 140th | San Marino | 16.67% | 0.0% |
| 141st | Denmark | 15.76% | 0.1% |
| 142nd | Barbados | 14.65% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Bangladesh | 14.46% | -0.1% |
| 144th | Lebanon | 14.13% | 0.4% |
| 145th | South Africa | 14.00% | -0.2% |
| 146th | Azerbaijan | 13.97% | 1.0% |
| 147th | United Kingdom | 13.26% | 0.3% |
| 148th | Morocco | 12.91% | 0.2% |
| 149th | Tonga | 12.43% | 0.0% |
| 150th | Haiti | 12.38% | -0.9% |
| 151st | Uruguay | 11.84% | 1.0% |
| 152nd | Moldova | 11.75% | 0.0% |
| 153rd | Armenia | 11.63% | -0.1% |
| 154th | Cabo Verde | 11.49% | 0.7% |
| 155th | Ireland | 11.47% | 0.5% |
| 156th | South Sudan | 11.33% | 0.0% |
| 157th | Rwanda | 11.27% | 0.4% |
| 158th | Uganda | 11.25% | -1.8% |
| 159th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.07% | 0.0% |
| 160th | Netherlands | 11.03% | 0.3% |
| 161st | Mali | 10.90% | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Burundi | 10.89% | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 10.88% | 0.0% |
| 164th | Argentina | 10.36% | -0.4% |
| 165th | Sudan | 9.64% | -0.9% |
| 166th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 9.29% | -1.3% |
| 167th | Mongolia | 9.10% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Turkmenistan | 8.78% | 0.0% |
| 169th | Eritrea | 8.66% | -0.3% |
| 170th | Uzbekistan | 8.49% | 0.7% |
| 171st | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.21% | -4.1% |
| 172nd | Namibia | 7.89% | -1.1% |
| 173rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 7.05% | 1.4% |
| 174th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.64% | 0.1% |
| 175th | Israel | 6.47% | 0.0% |
| 176th | Kenya | 6.22% | 0.0% |
| 177th | Isle of Man | 6.07% | 0.0% |
| 178th | Pakistan | 4.73% | -1.1% |
| 179th | Tunisia | 4.54% | 0.2% |
| 180th | United Arab Emirates | 4.47% | 0.0% |
| 181st | Chad | 3.25% | -2.6% |
| 182nd | Tajikistan | 3.07% | 0.2% |
| 183rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.84% | 0.0% |
| 184th | Maldives | 2.73% | 0.0% |
| 185th | Aruba | 2.33% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Iraq | 1.90% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | 1.85% | 0.0% |
| 188th | West Bank and Gaza | 1.68% | 0.0% |
| 189th | Kiribati | 1.46% | 0.0% |
| 190th | Malta | 1.44% | 0.0% |
| 191st | Kazakhstan | 1.30% | 0.8% |
| 192nd | Lesotho | 1.14% | 0.0% |
| 193rd | Jordan | 1.10% | 0.0% |
| 194th | Yemen, Republic of | 1.04% | 0.0% |
| 195th | Bahrain | 0.94% | 2.8% |
| 196th | Niger | 0.83% | -1.2% |
| 197th | Algeria | 0.83% | 0.5% |
| 198th | Iceland | 0.52% | 1.3% |
| 199th | Saudi Arabia | 0.45% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Kuwait | 0.35% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Mauritania | 0.29% | -1.8% |
| 202nd | Djibouti | 0.26% | 1.6% |
| 203rd | Curaçao | 0.16% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Libya | 0.12% | 0.0% |
| 205th | Faroe Islands | 0.06% | 0.0% |
| 206th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.05% | 0.0% |
| 207th | Oman | 0.01% | -0.9% |
| 208th | Greenland | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Gibraltar | 0.00% | - |
| 210th | Monaco | 0.00% | - |
| 211th | Nauru | 0.00% | - |
| 212th | Qatar | 0.00% | - |
FAQ
What was Italy's forest area in 2022?▾
Italy's forest area in 2022 was 32.71%. This ranked 100th globally.
How did Italy's forest area change in 2022?▾
Italy's forest area increased by 0.6% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest forest area in 2022?▾
Suriname had the highest forest area in 2022 at 94.52%.
What is the forest area of Italy in 2022?▾
The forest area of Italy in 2022 was 32.71%. This ranked 100th globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Italy's forest area?▾
Italy's forest area went from 32.53% in 2021 to 32.71% in 2022, a 0.6% increase.
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