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Sri Lanka - Forest Area 2025

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Forest area as % of land area · World Bank

33.90% −0.10% from 2024 Global rank: 94th

Sri Lanka's forest area was 33.90% in 2025. This was the 94th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2025▾

Forest Area by Country - 2025
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Suriname	94.30%	-0.2%
2nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	92.24%	0.1%
3rd	Gabon	91.09%	-0.1%
4th	Palau	90.89%	0.4%
5th	Solomon Islands	90.01%	-0.1%
6th	Equatorial Guinea	85.80%	-0.7%
7th	American Samoa	84.90%	-0.4%
8th	Guyana	83.20%	-4.5%
9th	Papua New Guinea	78.81%	-0.2%
10th	Liberia	77.51%	-0.8%
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	71.71%	0.1%
16th	Lao PDR	71.16%	-0.4%
17th	Guinea-Bissau	68.91%	-0.9%
18th	Sweden	68.70%	0.0%
19th	Japan	68.40%	0.0%
20th	Fiji	64.23%	1.2%
21st	Congo, Republic of	64.04%	-0.1%
22nd	Korea	63.90%	-0.3%
23rd	Dominica	63.83%	0.0%
24th	Montenegro	61.49%	0.0%
25th	Timor-Leste	61.47%	-0.3%
26th	Costa Rica	61.04%	1.1%
27th	Slovenia	60.97%	-0.3%
28th	Virgin Islands (US)	59.03%	1.5%
29th	Zambia	59.02%	-0.9%
30th	Brazil	58.69%	-0.5%
31st	Malaysia	57.41%	-0.5%
32nd	Samoa	57.29%	-0.6%
33rd	Estonia	57.08%	0.0%
34th	Jamaica	56.91%	1.3%
35th	Puerto Rico (US)	56.23%	0.2%
36th	Panama	56.04%	-0.5%
37th	Honduras	55.90%	-0.7%
38th	Peru	55.83%	-0.5%
39th	Latvia	55.12%	0.2%
40th	Belize	53.54%	-1.8%
41st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	53.22%	-1.8%
42nd	Northern Mariana Islands	52.96%	0.0%
43rd	Colombia	52.41%	-0.7%
44th	Marshall Islands	52.22%	0.0%
45th	Cayman Islands	52.22%	-0.5%
46th	Grenada	52.06%	0.0%
47th	Guam	51.85%	0.0%
48th	Angola	51.20%	-1.7%
49th	Bahamas, The	50.94%	0.0%
50th	São Tomé and Principe	50.83%	-2.5%
51st	Russian Federation	49.78%	0.0%
52nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	49.20%	-0.7%
53rd	Ecuador	49.03%	-1.0%
54th	Tanzania	49.00%	-2.1%
55th	Viet Nam	47.93%	1.0%
56th	Austria	47.31%	0.1%
57th	Indonesia	46.77%	-2.0%
58th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	45.96%	-0.8%
59th	New Caledonia	45.82%	0.0%
60th	Dominican Republic	45.32%	0.7%
61st	Mozambique	45.22%	-1.3%
62nd	Zimbabwe	44.50%	-0.5%
63rd	Trinidad and Tobago	44.07%	-0.4%
64th	Belarus	43.55%	0.3%
65th	French Polynesia	43.06%	0.0%
66th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.73%	0.0%
67th	Cameroon	42.44%	-0.6%
68th	St. Kitts and Nevis	42.31%	0.0%
69th	Liechtenstein	41.88%	0.0%
70th	Nepal	41.59%	0.0%
71st	Myanmar	41.52%	-2.1%
72nd	Cambodia	41.30%	-4.1%
73rd	Senegal	40.87%	-1.0%
74th	Georgia	40.62%	0.0%
75th	Canada	40.08%	1.6%
76th	European Union	40.06%	0.3%
77th	Slovak Republic	40.06%	0.0%
78th	North Macedonia	39.71%	0.0%
79th	Thailand	38.55%	-0.4%
80th	New Zealand	37.95%	0.4%
81st	Paraguay	37.22%	-3.5%
82nd	Spain	37.20%	0.0%
83rd	Bulgaria	36.46%	0.7%
84th	Vanuatu	36.28%	0.0%
85th	Portugal	36.16%	0.0%
86th	Central African Republic	35.56%	-0.3%
87th	Lithuania	35.28%	0.1%
88th	Ghana	35.26%	0.2%
89th	Croatia	34.88%	0.3%
90th	Czechia	34.82%	0.2%
91st	Luxembourg	34.45%	0.0%
92nd	St. Lucia	34.05%	0.0%
93rd	Andorra	34.04%	0.0%
94th	Sri Lanka	33.90%	-0.3%
95th	United States	33.87%	0.0%
96th	Sierra Leone	33.75%	-1.6%
97th	Norway	33.59%	0.3%
98th	Mexico	33.46%	-0.4%
99th	Tuvalu	33.33%	0.0%
100th	Italy	33.26%	1.1%
101st	Serbia	33.15%	2.3%
102nd	France	32.79%	1.0%
103rd	Germany	32.68%	0.0%
104th	Switzerland	32.56%	0.5%
105th	Guatemala	32.38%	-0.7%
106th	Cuba	31.23%	0.0%
107th	Poland	31.16%	0.3%
108th	Greece	30.27%	0.0%
109th	Romania	30.12%	0.0%
110th	Türkiye	29.89%	1.4%
111th	Eswatini	29.28%	0.5%
112th	Albania	28.79%	0.0%
113th	El Salvador	27.09%	-1.6%
114th	Botswana	25.87%	-1.6%
115th	Benin	25.59%	-3.4%
116th	Chile	25.34%	1.3%
117th	St. Martin (French part)	24.80%	0.0%
118th	India	24.72%	0.7%
119th	Philippines	24.69%	1.0%
120th	China	24.43%	1.7%
121st	Guinea	24.37%	-1.3%
122nd	Nicaragua	24.16%	-6.4%
123rd	British Virgin Islands	24.13%	0.0%
124th	Nigeria	22.85%	-1.5%
125th	Belgium	22.60%	0.0%
126th	Hungary	22.42%	-0.1%
127th	Togo	21.96%	-0.5%
128th	Burkina Faso	21.81%	-1.6%
129th	Malawi	21.55%	-4.0%
130th	Madagascar	21.25%	-0.2%
131st	Gambia, The	21.15%	-5.1%
132nd	Singapore	20.40%	-2.6%
133rd	Mauritius	19.51%	0.2%
134th	Cyprus	18.66%	0.0%
135th	Bermuda	18.52%	0.0%
136th	Antigua and Barbuda	17.73%	-1.6%
137th	Australia	17.42%	0.0%
138th	Ukraine	16.78%	0.1%
139th	San Marino	16.67%	0.0%
140th	Comoros	16.51%	-2.8%
141st	Denmark	15.83%	0.3%
142nd	Barbados	14.65%	0.0%
143rd	Bangladesh	14.48%	0.0%
144th	Azerbaijan	14.39%	2.0%
145th	Lebanon	14.30%	0.8%
146th	South Africa	13.91%	-0.4%
147th	United Kingdom	13.36%	0.5%
148th	Morocco	12.98%	0.4%
149th	Tonga	12.43%	0.0%
150th	Uruguay	12.20%	2.0%
151st	Haiti	12.04%	-1.8%
152nd	Moldova	11.74%	0.0%
153rd	Cabo Verde	11.72%	1.3%
154th	Armenia	11.67%	0.4%
155th	Ireland	11.64%	1.0%
156th	Rwanda	11.39%	0.7%
157th	South Sudan	11.33%	0.0%
158th	Netherlands	11.11%	0.5%
159th	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.07%	0.0%
160th	Mali	10.90%	0.0%
161st	Burundi	10.89%	0.0%
162nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	10.88%	0.0%
163rd	Uganda	10.63%	-3.7%
164th	Argentina	10.24%	-0.8%
165th	Sudan	9.37%	-1.9%
166th	Mongolia	9.09%	0.0%
167th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	8.92%	-2.7%
168th	Turkmenistan	8.78%	0.0%
169th	Uzbekistan	8.67%	1.4%
170th	Eritrea	8.57%	-0.7%
171st	Namibia	7.63%	-2.2%
172nd	Kyrgyz Republic	7.33%	2.7%
173rd	Côte d'Ivoire	7.15%	-9.0%
174th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	6.66%	0.2%
175th	Israel	6.47%	0.0%
176th	Kenya	6.20%	-0.2%
177th	Isle of Man	6.07%	0.0%
178th	Tunisia	4.57%	0.4%
179th	Pakistan	4.57%	-2.3%
180th	United Arab Emirates	4.47%	0.0%
181st	Tajikistan	3.09%	0.5%
182nd	Chad	2.99%	-5.5%
183rd	Syrian Arab Republic	2.84%	0.0%
184th	Maldives	2.75%	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%	-0.1%
189th	Kiribati	1.46%	0.0%
190th	Malta	1.44%	0.0%
191st	Kazakhstan	1.33%	1.7%
192nd	Lesotho	1.14%	0.0%
193rd	Jordan	1.10%	0.0%
194th	Yemen, Republic of	1.04%	0.0%
195th	Bahrain	0.99%	4.5%
196th	Algeria	0.84%	1.0%
197th	Niger	0.80%	-2.4%
198th	Iceland	0.54%	2.5%
199th	Saudi Arabia	0.45%	0.0%
200th	Kuwait	0.35%	0.0%
201st	Mauritania	0.28%	-3.7%
202nd	Djibouti	0.27%	2.9%
203rd	Curaçao	0.16%	0.0%
204th	Libya	0.12%	0.0%
205th	Faroe Islands	0.06%	1.0%
206th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.05%	0.0%
207th	Oman	0.01%	-2.9%
208th	Greenland	0.00%	-6.7%
209th	Gibraltar	0.00%	-
210th	Monaco	0.00%	-
211th	Nauru	0.00%	-
212th	Qatar	0.00%	-

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's forest area in 2025?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area in 2025 was 33.90%. This ranked 94th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's forest area change in 2025?▾

Sri Lanka's forest area decreased by 0.3% in 2025 compared to 2024.

Which country had the highest forest area in 2025?▾

Suriname had the highest forest area in 2025 at 94.30%.

What is the forest area of Sri Lanka in 2025?▾

The forest area of Sri Lanka in 2025 was 33.90%. This ranked 94th globally.

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