Switzerland - Forest Area 2019
32.03%
+0.09% from 2018
Switzerland's forest area was 32.03% in 2019, increased +0.09% from 31.95% in 2018. This was the 103rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Suriname | 94.75% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Guyana | 93.60% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 91.99% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Gabon | 91.37% | -0.1% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 90.16% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Palau | 89.85% | 0.2% |
| 7th | Equatorial Guinea | 87.59% | -0.3% |
| 8th | American Samoa | 85.80% | -0.2% |
| 9th | Liberia | 79.40% | -0.4% |
| 10th | Papua New Guinea | 79.25% | -0.1% |
| 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 | 72.05% | -0.2% |
| 16th | Bhutan | 71.39% | 0.1% |
| 17th | Guinea-Bissau | 70.71% | -0.4% |
| 18th | Sweden | 68.70% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Japan | 68.41% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Korea | 64.52% | -0.2% |
| 21st | Congo, Republic of | 64.31% | -0.1% |
| 22nd | Dominica | 63.83% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Timor-Leste | 62.04% | -0.2% |
| 24th | Fiji | 62.03% | 0.6% |
| 25th | Slovenia | 61.57% | -0.2% |
| 26th | Montenegro | 61.49% | 0.0% |
| 27th | Zambia | 60.54% | -0.4% |
| 28th | Brazil | 59.56% | -0.3% |
| 29th | Costa Rica | 59.12% | 0.5% |
| 30th | Malaysia | 58.33% | -0.3% |
| 31st | Samoa | 58.33% | -0.3% |
| 32nd | Estonia | 57.04% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Honduras | 57.02% | -0.3% |
| 34th | Panama | 56.96% | -0.3% |
| 35th | Peru | 56.64% | -0.2% |
| 36th | Belize | 56.48% | -0.9% |
| 37th | Virgin Islands (US) | 56.46% | 0.8% |
| 38th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 56.13% | -0.9% |
| 39th | Puerto Rico (US) | 55.90% | 0.1% |
| 40th | Jamaica | 54.76% | 0.7% |
| 41st | Latvia | 54.75% | 0.1% |
| 42nd | São Tomé and Principe | 54.71% | -1.2% |
| 43rd | Angola | 53.87% | -0.8% |
| 44th | Colombia | 53.48% | -0.3% |
| 45th | Cayman Islands | 53.00% | -0.7% |
| 46th | Northern Mariana Islands | 52.96% | 0.0% |
| 47th | Marshall Islands | 52.22% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Tanzania | 52.17% | -1.0% |
| 49th | Grenada | 52.06% | 0.0% |
| 50th | Guam | 51.85% | 0.0% |
| 51st | Bahamas, The | 50.94% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Ecuador | 50.58% | -0.5% |
| 53rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 50.25% | -0.4% |
| 54th | Russian Federation | 49.78% | 0.0% |
| 55th | Indonesia | 49.39% | -0.6% |
| 56th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 47.11% | -0.4% |
| 57th | Austria | 47.10% | -0.1% |
| 58th | Mozambique | 47.01% | -0.7% |
| 59th | Cambodia | 46.59% | -1.9% |
| 60th | Viet Nam | 46.48% | 0.5% |
| 61st | New Caledonia | 45.85% | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Zimbabwe | 45.21% | -0.3% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.56% | -0.2% |
| 64th | Dominican Republic | 44.32% | 0.6% |
| 65th | Myanmar | 44.18% | -1.0% |
| 66th | Cameroon | 43.15% | -0.3% |
| 67th | Belarus | 43.13% | 0.2% |
| 68th | French Polynesia | 43.06% | 0.0% |
| 69th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.73% | 0.0% |
| 70th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 42.31% | 0.0% |
| 71st | Senegal | 42.11% | -0.5% |
| 72nd | Liechtenstein | 41.88% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Nepal | 41.59% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Paraguay | 41.23% | -1.7% |
| 75th | Georgia | 40.62% | 0.0% |
| 76th | Slovak Republic | 40.06% | 0.0% |
| 77th | European Union | 39.79% | 0.1% |
| 78th | North Macedonia | 39.71% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Thailand | 38.97% | -0.2% |
| 80th | Canada | 38.70% | 0.0% |
| 81st | New Zealand | 37.47% | 0.1% |
| 82nd | Spain | 37.17% | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Vanuatu | 36.28% | 0.0% |
| 84th | Portugal | 36.15% | 0.0% |
| 85th | Central African Republic | 35.85% | -0.1% |
| 86th | Bulgaria | 35.74% | 0.3% |
| 87th | Sierra Leone | 35.39% | -0.8% |
| 88th | Lithuania | 35.13% | 0.1% |
| 89th | Ghana | 35.07% | 0.1% |
| 90th | Czechia | 34.65% | 0.1% |
| 91st | Croatia | 34.60% | 0.1% |
| 92nd | Luxembourg | 34.45% | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Sri Lanka | 34.21% | -0.1% |
| 94th | St. Lucia | 34.05% | 0.0% |
| 95th | Andorra | 34.04% | 0.0% |
| 96th | United States | 33.87% | 0.0% |
| 97th | Mexico | 33.86% | -0.2% |
| 98th | Norway | 33.34% | 0.1% |
| 99th | Tuvalu | 33.33% | 0.0% |
| 100th | Guatemala | 33.03% | -0.3% |
| 101st | Germany | 32.68% | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Italy | 32.17% | 0.6% |
| 103rd | Switzerland | 32.03% | 0.3% |
| 104th | France | 31.86% | 0.5% |
| 105th | Cuba | 31.23% | 0.0% |
| 106th | Serbia | 31.13% | 0.0% |
| 107th | Poland | 30.94% | 0.1% |
| 108th | Greece | 30.27% | 0.0% |
| 109th | Romania | 30.12% | 0.0% |
| 110th | Nicaragua | 29.15% | -2.8% |
| 111th | Eswatini | 28.86% | 0.2% |
| 112th | Albania | 28.79% | 0.0% |
| 113th | Türkiye | 28.67% | 0.7% |
| 114th | El Salvador | 28.40% | -0.8% |
| 115th | Benin | 28.25% | -1.5% |
| 116th | Botswana | 27.13% | -0.8% |
| 117th | Guinea | 25.35% | -0.6% |
| 118th | St. Martin (French part) | 24.80% | 0.0% |
| 119th | Gambia, The | 24.55% | -2.3% |
| 120th | Chile | 24.35% | 0.6% |
| 121st | Malawi | 24.22% | -1.8% |
| 122nd | India | 24.18% | 0.4% |
| 123rd | British Virgin Islands | 24.13% | 0.0% |
| 124th | Philippines | 23.99% | 0.5% |
| 125th | Nigeria | 23.93% | -0.7% |
| 126th | China | 23.23% | 0.9% |
| 127th | Burkina Faso | 22.90% | -0.8% |
| 128th | Belgium | 22.60% | 0.0% |
| 129th | Hungary | 22.51% | -0.1% |
| 130th | Togo | 22.29% | -0.2% |
| 131st | Singapore | 22.00% | -1.4% |
| 132nd | Madagascar | 21.39% | -0.1% |
| 133rd | Mauritius | 19.39% | 0.1% |
| 134th | Cyprus | 18.67% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.59% | -0.8% |
| 136th | Bermuda | 18.52% | 0.0% |
| 137th | Comoros | 17.93% | -1.3% |
| 138th | Australia | 17.42% | 0.0% |
| 139th | Ukraine | 16.71% | 0.1% |
| 140th | San Marino | 16.67% | 0.0% |
| 141st | Denmark | 15.69% | 0.2% |
| 142nd | Barbados | 14.65% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Bangladesh | 14.47% | 0.0% |
| 144th | South Africa | 14.09% | -0.2% |
| 145th | Lebanon | 13.95% | 0.4% |
| 146th | Azerbaijan | 13.55% | 1.0% |
| 147th | United Kingdom | 13.15% | 0.3% |
| 148th | Morocco | 12.84% | 0.2% |
| 149th | Haiti | 12.71% | -0.9% |
| 150th | Tonga | 12.43% | 0.0% |
| 151st | Uganda | 11.86% | -1.7% |
| 152nd | Moldova | 11.75% | 0.0% |
| 153rd | Armenia | 11.54% | -0.1% |
| 154th | Uruguay | 11.48% | 1.1% |
| 155th | South Sudan | 11.33% | 0.0% |
| 156th | Ireland | 11.29% | 0.5% |
| 157th | Cabo Verde | 11.27% | 0.7% |
| 158th | Rwanda | 11.15% | 0.4% |
| 159th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.07% | 0.0% |
| 160th | Netherlands | 10.95% | 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 | 10.48% | -0.4% |
| 165th | Sudan | 9.92% | -0.9% |
| 166th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 9.65% | -1.3% |
| 167th | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.28% | -3.7% |
| 168th | Mongolia | 9.10% | 0.0% |
| 169th | Turkmenistan | 8.78% | 0.0% |
| 170th | Eritrea | 8.74% | -0.3% |
| 171st | Uzbekistan | 8.32% | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Namibia | 8.15% | -1.0% |
| 173rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.76% | 1.4% |
| 174th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.62% | 0.1% |
| 175th | Israel | 6.47% | 0.0% |
| 176th | Kenya | 6.24% | -0.3% |
| 177th | Isle of Man | 6.07% | 0.0% |
| 178th | Channel Islands | 5.15% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Pakistan | 4.89% | -1.1% |
| 180th | Tunisia | 4.51% | 0.2% |
| 181st | United Arab Emirates | 4.47% | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Chad | 3.51% | -2.5% |
| 183rd | Tajikistan | 3.05% | 0.2% |
| 184th | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.84% | 0.0% |
| 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% | 0.0% |
| 190th | Kiribati | 1.46% | 0.0% |
| 191st | Malta | 1.44% | 0.0% |
| 192nd | Kazakhstan | 1.27% | 0.9% |
| 193rd | Lesotho | 1.14% | 0.0% |
| 194th | Jordan | 1.10% | 0.0% |
| 195th | Yemen, Republic of | 1.04% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Bahrain | 0.87% | 2.8% |
| 197th | Niger | 0.86% | -1.1% |
| 198th | Algeria | 0.81% | 0.5% |
| 199th | Iceland | 0.50% | 1.3% |
| 200th | Saudi Arabia | 0.45% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Kuwait | 0.35% | 0.0% |
| 202nd | Mauritania | 0.31% | -1.7% |
| 203rd | Djibouti | 0.25% | 1.1% |
| 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% | 0.0% |
| 208th | Oman | 0.01% | -3.8% |
| 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 Switzerland's forest area in 2019?▾
Switzerland's forest area in 2019 was 32.03%. This ranked 103rd globally.
How did Switzerland's forest area change in 2019?▾
Switzerland's forest area increased by 0.3% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest forest area in 2019?▾
Suriname had the highest forest area in 2019 at 94.75%.
What is the forest area of Switzerland in 2019?▾
The forest area of Switzerland in 2019 was 32.03%. This ranked 103rd globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Switzerland's forest area?▾
Switzerland's forest area went from 31.95% in 2018 to 32.03% in 2019, a 0.3% increase.
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