Switzerland - Forest Area 2025
32.56%
+0.17% from 2024
Switzerland's forest area was 32.56% in 2025. This was the 104th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 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 Switzerland's forest area in 2025?▾
Switzerland's forest area in 2025 was 32.56%. This ranked 104th globally.
How did Switzerland's forest area change in 2025?▾
Switzerland's forest area increased by 0.5% 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 Switzerland in 2025?▾
The forest area of Switzerland in 2025 was 32.56%. This ranked 104th globally.
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