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Malaysia - Forest Area 2023

Name: Malaysia Forest Area 2023
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Forest area as % of land area · World Bank

57.72% −0.15% from 2022 Global rank: 31st

Malaysia's forest area was 57.72% in 2023, decreased +0.15% from 57.87% in 2022. This was the 31st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2023▾

Forest Area by Country - 2023
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Suriname	94.45%	-0.1%
2nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	92.16%	0.0%
3rd	Gabon	91.18%	-0.1%
4th	Palau	90.54%	0.2%
5th	Solomon Islands	90.06%	0.0%
6th	Guyana	87.09%	-0.1%
7th	Equatorial Guinea	86.39%	-0.3%
8th	American Samoa	85.20%	-0.2%
9th	Papua New Guinea	78.95%	-0.1%
10th	Liberia	78.14%	-0.4%
11th	Finland	73.72%	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	Bhutan	71.61%	0.1%
16th	Lao PDR	71.46%	-0.2%
17th	Guinea-Bissau	69.51%	-0.4%
18th	Sweden	68.70%	0.0%
19th	Japan	68.40%	0.0%
20th	Congo, Republic of	64.13%	-0.1%
21st	Korea	64.11%	-0.2%
22nd	Dominica	63.83%	0.0%
23rd	Fiji	63.50%	0.6%
24th	Timor-Leste	61.66%	-0.2%
25th	Montenegro	61.49%	0.0%
26th	Slovenia	61.17%	-0.2%
27th	Costa Rica	60.40%	0.5%
28th	Zambia	59.52%	-0.4%
29th	Brazil	58.98%	-0.2%
30th	Virgin Islands (US)	58.17%	0.7%
31st	Malaysia	57.72%	-0.3%
32nd	Samoa	57.64%	-0.3%
33rd	Estonia	57.07%	0.0%
34th	Panama	56.34%	-0.3%
35th	Honduras	56.27%	-0.3%
36th	Jamaica	56.19%	0.6%
37th	Puerto Rico (US)	56.12%	0.1%
38th	Peru	56.10%	-0.2%
39th	Latvia	55.00%	0.1%
40th	Belize	54.52%	-0.9%
41st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	54.19%	-0.9%
42nd	Northern Mariana Islands	52.96%	0.0%
43rd	Colombia	52.77%	-0.3%
44th	Cayman Islands	52.47%	-0.4%
45th	Marshall Islands	52.22%	0.0%
46th	São Tomé and Principe	52.13%	-1.2%
47th	Angola	52.09%	-0.8%
48th	Grenada	52.06%	0.0%
49th	Guam	51.85%	0.0%
50th	Bahamas, The	50.94%	0.0%
51st	Tanzania	50.05%	-1.0%
52nd	Russian Federation	49.78%	0.0%
53rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	49.55%	-0.4%
54th	Ecuador	49.55%	-0.5%
55th	Indonesia	47.72%	-0.7%
56th	Viet Nam	47.45%	0.5%
57th	Austria	47.24%	0.1%
58th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	46.35%	-0.4%
59th	New Caledonia	45.83%	0.0%
60th	Mozambique	45.81%	-0.7%
61st	Dominican Republic	44.99%	0.4%
62nd	Zimbabwe	44.74%	-0.3%
63rd	Trinidad and Tobago	44.24%	-0.2%
64th	Belarus	43.41%	0.2%
65th	Cambodia	43.06%	-2.0%
66th	French Polynesia	43.06%	0.0%
67th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.73%	0.0%
68th	Cameroon	42.67%	-0.3%
69th	Myanmar	42.40%	-1.0%
70th	St. Kitts and Nevis	42.31%	0.0%
71st	Liechtenstein	41.88%	0.0%
72nd	Nepal	41.59%	0.0%
73rd	Senegal	41.28%	-0.5%
74th	Georgia	40.62%	0.0%
75th	Slovak Republic	40.06%	0.0%
76th	North Macedonia	39.71%	0.0%
77th	Canada	39.46%	0.0%
78th	Thailand	38.69%	-0.2%
79th	Paraguay	38.54%	-1.8%
80th	New Zealand	37.79%	0.2%
81st	Spain	37.19%	0.0%
82nd	Vanuatu	36.28%	0.0%
83rd	Bulgaria	36.22%	0.3%
84th	Portugal	36.15%	0.0%
85th	Central African Republic	35.66%	-0.1%
86th	Lithuania	35.23%	0.1%
87th	Ghana	35.19%	0.1%
88th	Croatia	34.79%	0.1%
89th	Czechia	34.76%	0.1%
90th	Luxembourg	34.45%	0.0%
91st	Sierra Leone	34.30%	-0.8%
92nd	St. Lucia	34.05%	0.0%
93rd	Andorra	34.04%	0.0%
94th	Sri Lanka	34.00%	-0.1%
95th	United States	33.87%	0.0%
96th	Mexico	33.60%	-0.2%
97th	Norway	33.50%	0.1%
98th	Tuvalu	33.33%	0.0%
99th	Italy	32.89%	0.6%
100th	Germany	32.68%	0.0%
101st	Guatemala	32.60%	-0.3%
102nd	France	32.48%	0.5%
103rd	Serbia	32.39%	0.0%
104th	Switzerland	32.38%	0.3%
105th	Cuba	31.23%	0.0%
106th	Poland	31.08%	0.1%
107th	Greece	30.27%	0.0%
108th	Romania	30.12%	0.0%
109th	Türkiye	29.48%	0.7%
110th	Eswatini	29.14%	0.2%
111th	Albania	28.79%	0.0%
112th	El Salvador	27.53%	-0.8%
113th	Benin	26.47%	-1.6%
114th	Botswana	26.29%	-0.8%
115th	Nicaragua	25.82%	-3.1%
116th	Chile	25.01%	0.7%
117th	St. Martin (French part)	24.80%	0.0%
118th	Guinea	24.70%	-0.7%
119th	India	24.54%	0.4%
120th	Philippines	24.46%	0.5%
121st	British Virgin Islands	24.13%	0.0%
122nd	China	24.03%	0.8%
123rd	Nigeria	23.21%	-0.8%
124th	Belgium	22.60%	0.0%
125th	Hungary	22.45%	-0.1%
126th	Malawi	22.44%	-1.9%
127th	Gambia, The	22.28%	-2.5%
128th	Burkina Faso	22.17%	-0.8%
129th	Togo	22.07%	-0.2%
130th	Madagascar	21.30%	-0.1%
131st	Singapore	20.93%	-1.2%
132nd	Mauritius	19.47%	0.1%
133rd	Cyprus	18.67%	0.0%
134th	Bermuda	18.52%	0.0%
135th	Antigua and Barbuda	18.01%	-0.8%
136th	Australia	17.42%	0.0%
137th	Comoros	16.98%	-1.4%
138th	Ukraine	16.76%	0.1%
139th	San Marino	16.67%	0.0%
140th	Denmark	15.78%	0.1%
141st	Barbados	14.65%	0.0%
142nd	Bangladesh	14.49%	0.2%
143rd	Lebanon	14.19%	0.4%
144th	Azerbaijan	14.11%	1.0%
145th	South Africa	13.97%	-0.2%
146th	United Kingdom	13.29%	0.3%
147th	Morocco	12.94%	0.2%
148th	Tonga	12.43%	0.0%
149th	Haiti	12.26%	-0.9%
150th	Uruguay	11.96%	1.0%
151st	Moldova	11.74%	-0.2%
152nd	Armenia	11.62%	-0.1%
153rd	Cabo Verde	11.57%	0.6%
154th	Ireland	11.53%	0.5%
155th	South Sudan	11.33%	0.0%
156th	Rwanda	11.31%	0.4%
157th	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.07%	0.0%
158th	Netherlands	11.06%	0.3%
159th	Uganda	11.04%	-1.8%
160th	Mali	10.90%	0.0%
161st	Burundi	10.89%	0.0%
162nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	10.88%	0.0%
163rd	Argentina	10.32%	-0.4%
164th	Sudan	9.55%	-1.0%
165th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	9.17%	-1.3%
166th	Mongolia	9.09%	-0.1%
167th	Turkmenistan	8.78%	0.0%
168th	Eritrea	8.63%	-0.3%
169th	Uzbekistan	8.55%	0.7%
170th	Côte d'Ivoire	7.86%	-4.3%
171st	Namibia	7.81%	-1.1%
172nd	Kyrgyz Republic	7.14%	1.3%
173rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	6.65%	0.1%
174th	Israel	6.47%	0.0%
175th	Kenya	6.22%	0.0%
176th	Isle of Man	6.07%	0.0%
177th	Pakistan	4.67%	-1.1%
178th	Tunisia	4.55%	0.2%
179th	United Arab Emirates	4.47%	0.0%
180th	Chad	3.16%	-2.7%
181st	Tajikistan	3.08%	0.2%
182nd	Syrian Arab Republic	2.84%	0.0%
183rd	Maldives	2.75%	0.7%
184th	Aruba	2.33%	0.0%
185th	Iraq	1.90%	0.0%
186th	Afghanistan	1.85%	0.0%
187th	West Bank and Gaza	1.68%	0.0%
188th	Kiribati	1.46%	0.0%
189th	Malta	1.44%	0.0%
190th	Kazakhstan	1.31%	0.8%
191st	Lesotho	1.14%	0.0%
192nd	Jordan	1.10%	0.0%
193rd	Yemen, Republic of	1.04%	0.0%
194th	Bahrain	0.95%	1.4%
195th	Algeria	0.83%	0.5%
196th	Niger	0.82%	-1.2%
197th	Iceland	0.53%	1.2%
198th	Saudi Arabia	0.45%	0.0%
199th	Kuwait	0.35%	0.0%
200th	Mauritania	0.29%	-1.8%
201st	Djibouti	0.26%	1.3%
202nd	Curaçao	0.16%	0.0%
203rd	Libya	0.12%	0.0%
204th	Faroe Islands	0.06%	0.0%
205th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.05%	0.0%
206th	Oman	0.01%	-2.2%
207th	Greenland	0.00%	0.0%
208th	Gibraltar	0.00%	-
209th	Monaco	0.00%	-
210th	Nauru	0.00%	-
211th	Qatar	0.00%	-

FAQ

What was Malaysia's forest area in 2023?▾

Malaysia's forest area in 2023 was 57.72%. This ranked 31st globally.

How did Malaysia's forest area change in 2023?▾

Malaysia's forest area decreased by 0.3% in 2023 compared to 2022.

Which country had the highest forest area in 2023?▾

Suriname had the highest forest area in 2023 at 94.45%.

What is the forest area of Malaysia in 2023?▾

The forest area of Malaysia in 2023 was 57.72%. This ranked 31st globally.

How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Malaysia's forest area?▾

Malaysia's forest area went from 57.87% in 2022 to 57.72% in 2023, a 0.3% decrease.

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