STATISTICS: PRIMARY FORESTS
TROPICAL FORESTS
Primary forest refers to untouched, pristine forest that exists in its original condition. This forest has been relatively unaffected by human activities. Primary rainforest is often characterized by a full ceiling canopy and usually several layers of understory. The ground floor is generally clear of heavy vegetation because the full canopy allows very little light, necessary for plant growth, to penetrate. Occasionally, when a canopy tree falls, a temporary "light gap" is opened in the canopy, allowing growth of floor and understory species. Primary forest is the most biologically diverse type of forest.
This data is from Global Forest Watch 2019 using a 30 percent tree cover thresh hold as the definition of "forest". All figures are hectares.
| Country | Primary forest extent (2018) | Primary / Total tree cover (2018) | Primary forest loss (2001-2018) | % loss (2001-2018) | Total tree cover (2018) | % tree cover (2018) | Tree cover loss (2001-2018) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 320,069,365 | 68.0% | 23,160,478 | 6.7% | 471,775,486 | 55.4% | 51,532,499 |
| DR Congo | 100,227,214 | 53.0% | 4,352,849 | 4.2% | 189,337,424 | 81.2% | 12,836,705 |
| Indonesia | 84,683,971 | 59.0% | 9,154,000 | 9.8% | 143,180,196 | 75.6% | 24,972,682 |
| Peru | 67,318,459 | 87.0% | 1,806,941 | 2.6% | 76,967,686 | 59.5% | 2,738,812 |
| Colombia | 53,380,802 | 67.0% | 1,382,792 | 2.5% | 79,730,626 | 70.0% | 3,913,982 |
| Bolivia | 38,364,537 | 64.0% | 2,452,573 | 6.0% | 59,863,905 | 55.2% | 4,648,546 |
| Venezuela | 38,190,405 | 68.0% | 420,902 | 1.1% | 56,341,192 | 61.7% | 1,820,373 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31,920,894 | 76.0% | 674,321 | 2.1% | 42,010,054 | 90.5% | 1,381,513 |
| Gabon | 22,443,921 | 92.0% | 225,603 | 1.0% | 24,461,643 | 92.4% | 385,004 |
| Republic of Congo | 20,860,126 | 80.0% | 293,053 | 1.4% | 26,139,750 | 76.4% | 680,957 |
| Cameroon | 18,521,981 | 62.0% | 553,653 | 2.9% | 29,665,184 | 63.6% | 1,161,442 |
| Guyana | 17,181,363 | 91.0% | 111,662 | 0.6% | 18,956,466 | 90.2% | 171,319 |
| Myanmar | 13,497,079 | 35.0% | 538,305 | 3.8% | 38,566,905 | 57.5% | 3,346,453 |
| Malaysia | 13,430,905 | 55.0% | 2,508,553 | 15.7% | 24,222,112 | 73.4% | 7,377,092 |
| Suriname | 12,662,504 | 91.0% | 107,874 | 0.8% | 13,890,455 | 94.7% | 164,340 |
| Ecuador | 10,465,904 | 55.0% | 161,127 | 1.5% | 18,864,190 | 73.4% | 739,989 |
| India | 9,874,812 | 30.0% | 310,624 | 3.0% | 33,414,891 | 10.6% | 1,625,397 |
| Mexico | 8,685,283 | 18.0% | 528,111 | 5.7% | 48,507,856 | 24.8% | 3,477,548 |
| French Guiana | 7,807,728 | 96.0% | 46,404 | 0.6% | 8,128,779 | 97.4% | 67,868 |
| Laos | 7,621,351 | 48.0% | 700,849 | 8.4% | 15,761,285 | 68.4% | 2,970,138 |
| Central African Republic | 7,220,064 | 15.0% | 143,064 | 1.9% | 46,838,774 | 75.5% | 693,507 |
| Vietnam | 6,105,909 | 42.0% | 625,810 | 9.3% | 14,508,061 | 43.9% | 2,572,171 |
| Thailand | 5,817,833 | 32.0% | 119,022 | 2.0% | 18,152,935 | 35.2% | 1,902,664 |
| Philippines | 4,447,217 | 25.0% | 135,352 | 3.0% | 17,739,198 | 59.6% | 1,128,788 |
| Liberia | 4,224,722 | 52.0% | 204,329 | 4.6% | 8,091,516 | 84.2% | 1,495,508 |
| Madagascar | 4,060,522 | 29.0% | 793,148 | 16.3% | 13,772,127 | 23.3% | 3,535,289 |
| Cambodia | 3,128,291 | 51.0% | 1,155,761 | 27.0% | 6,133,196 | 33.7% | 2,161,251 |
| Panama | 2,836,629 | 53.0% | 65,601 | 2.3% | 5,391,687 | 71.4% | 367,351 |
| Paraguay | 2,534,492 | 15.0% | 946,602 | 27.2% | 17,188,453 | 42.9% | 5,557,662 |
| Angola | 2,346,961 | 5.0% | 110,516 | 4.5% | 52,074,907 | 41.7% | 2,569,542 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2,191,640 | 86.0% | 54,504 | 2.4% | 2,553,882 | 94.5% | 103,452 |
| Guatemala | 2,133,584 | 33.0% | 449,638 | 17.4% | 6,375,207 | 58.2% | 1,297,841 |
| Solomon Islands | 1,893,837 | 72.0% | 99,045 | 5.0% | 2,620,792 | 90.9% | 156,792 |
| Ethiopia | 1,826,449 | 15.0% | 63,736 | 3.4% | 12,147,482 | 10.7% | 370,127 |
| Honduras | 1,826,227 | 26.0% | 323,865 | 15.1% | 6,921,416 | 61.4% | 960,732 |
| Nigeria | 1,789,176 | 17.0% | 113,948 | 6.0% | 10,326,662 | 11.3% | 818,286 |
| Bhutan | 1,599,034 | 64.0% | 6,419 | 0.4% | 2,508,111 | 64.3% | 19,785 |
| Nicaragua | 1,593,646 | 24.0% | 426,563 | 21.1% | 6,767,899 | 52.6% | 1,280,110 |
| Costa Rica | 1,462,373 | 39.0% | 23,464 | 1.6% | 3,776,808 | 73.5% | 211,720 |
| Belize | 1,061,791 | 66.0% | 102,676 | 8.8% | 1,612,311 | 73.1% | 205,039 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1,042,155 | 9.0% | 323,085 | 23.7% | 12,074,542 | 37.5% | 2,645,630 |
| Ghana | 1,009,275 | 16.0% | 81,015 | 7.4% | 6,311,781 | 26.4% | 1,021,659 |
| Nepal | 721,648 | 15.0% | 3,437 | 0.5% | 4,787,946 | 32.4% | 42,513 |
| Tanzania | 707,958 | 3.0% | 24,212 | 3.3% | 23,293,797 | 24.7% | 2,262,112 |
| Kenya | 606,551 | 19.0% | 43,029 | 6.6% | 3,188,348 | 5.4% | 312,233 |
| Sri Lanka | 586,518 | 17.0% | 9,497 | 1.6% | 3,446,232 | 52.0% | 164,942 |
| Uganda | 448,163 | 7.0% | 60,933 | 12.0% | 6,397,067 | 26.4% | 742,268 |
| Brunei | 418,170 | 81.0% | 13,285 | 3.1% | 516,733 | 88.9% | 25,124 |
| Cuba | 360,364 | 9.0% | 40,456 | 10.1% | 4,030,755 | 36.2% | 339,591 |
| Zambia | 308,743 | 1.0% | 21,876 | 6.6% | 21,353,455 | 28.4% | 1,524,149 |
| Dominican Republic | 295,699 | 13.0% | 21,181 | 6.7% | 2,312,830 | 47.8% | 278,596 |
| Sierra Leone | 253,419 | 6.0% | 22,970 | 8.3% | 4,209,894 | 57.9% | 1,358,252 |
| Jamaica | 227,719 | 31.0% | 9,376 | 4.0% | 735,874 | 66.7% | 41,010 |
| Guinea | 220,462 | 3.0% | 12,999 | 5.6% | 6,892,202 | 28.1% | 1,307,414 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 151,476 | 41.0% | 2,181 | 1.4% | 373,705 | 72.1% | 19,000 |
| Mozambique | 109,682 | 0.0% | 10,001 | 8.4% | 25,183,681 | 32.0% | 2,948,858 |
| Bangladesh | 90,441 | 4.0% | 6,180 | 6.4% | 2,107,119 | 15.1% | 149,751 |
| South Sudan | 82,292 | 1.0% | 1,458 | 1.7% | 13,221,993 | 21.0% | 114,014 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 67,533 | 7.0% | 3,838 | 5.4% | 1,022,708 | 30.1% | 139,546 |
| Rwanda | 53,414 | 11.0% | 316 | 0.6% | 498,054 | 19.6% | 30,823 |
| El Salvador | 49,348 | 5.0% | 1,226 | 2.4% | 902,951 | 43.8% | 64,095 |
| Puerto Rico | 48,332 | 10.0% | 16,186 | 25.1% | 481,334 | 53.2% | 72,947 |
| Guadeloupe | 36,805 | 36.0% | 87 | 0.2% | 101,384 | 60.7% | 2,149 |
| Burundi | 24,549 | 5.0% | 300 | 1.2% | 542,569 | 20.0% | 23,641 |
| Dominica | 20,253 | 43.0% | 15,711 | 43.7% | 46,610 | 61.2% | 24,940 |
| Palau | 18,806 | 46.0% | 209 | 1.1% | 40,725 | 80.9% | 590 |
| Martinique | 16,943 | 22.0% | 130 | 0.8% | 77,081 | 67.8% | 2,478 |
| Saint Lucia | 13,790 | 28.0% | 145 | 1.0% | 49,750 | 80.0% | 912 |
| Bahamas | 9,709 | 3.0% | 1,557 | 13.8% | 331,579 | 24.4% | 19,264 |
| Zimbabwe | 6,837 | 1.0% | 764 | 10.1% | 958,601 | 2.5% | 185,978 |
| Saint Vincent / Grenadines | 6,239 | 21.0% | 36 | 0.6% | 29,677 | 73.3% | 371 |
| Cayman Islands | 6,068 | 43.0% | 131 | 2.1% | 14,088 | 49.5% | 507 |
| Haiti | 5,861 | 1.0% | 2,821 | 32.5% | 748,984 | 27.5% | 62,007 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5,779 | 42.0% | 65 | 1.1% | 13,907 | 51.0% | 260 |
| Malawi | 5,007 | 0.0% | 230 | 4.4% | 1,367,553 | 11.5% | 158,774 |
| Senegal | 3,476 | 8.0% | 5 | 0.1% | 45,607 | 0.2% | 3,420 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2,894 | 42.0% | 129 | 4.3% | 6,926 | 39.5% | 292 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,656 | 24.0% | 150 | 5.4% | 10,871 | 10.8% | 493 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. | 2,640 | 15.0% | 84 | 3.1% | 17,483 | 47.0% | 1,675 |
| Benin | 1,848 | 0.0% | 23 | 1.2% | 423,104 | 3.7% | 33,643 |
| Montserrat | 1,675 | 39.0% | 53 | 3.1% | 4,316 | 42.3% | 191 |
| Togo | 1,327 | 0.0% | 299 | 18.4% | 573,416 | 10.0% | 48,652 |
| Singapore | 843 | 4.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 19,526 | 27.6% | 1,855 |
| Bonaire, S. Eustatius, Saba | 726 | 20.0% | 16 | 2.2% | 3,716 | 11.4% | 47 |
| Timor-Leste | 350 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 684,626 | 45.6% | 25,936 |
| Sint Maarten | 250 | 29.0% | 6 | 2.2% | 851 | 21.9% | 27 |
| Gambia | 111 | 3.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,747 | 0.3% | 684 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 55 | 0.0% | 4 | 6.6% | 19,682 | 44.4% | 678 |
| Aruba | 7 | 28.0% | 1 | 9.0% | 24 | 0.1% | 2 |
This data is from Global Forest Watch 2019 using a 30 percent tree cover thresh hold as the definition of "forest". All figures are hectares.
LARGEST PRIMARY FOREST LOSS IN THE TROPICS (by area)
| Country | Primary forest extent (2018) | Primary / Total tree cover (2018) | Primary forest loss (2001-2018) | % loss | Total tree cover (2018) | % tree cover (2018) | Tree cover loss (2001-2018) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 320,069,365 | 68.0% | 23,160,478 | 6.7% | 471,775,486 | 55.4% | 51,532,499 |
| Indonesia | 84,683,971 | 59.0% | 9,154,000 | 9.8% | 143,180,196 | 75.6% | 24,972,682 |
| DR Congo | 100,227,214 | 53.0% | 4,352,849 | 4.2% | 189,337,424 | 81.2% | 12,836,705 |
| Malaysia | 13,430,905 | 55.0% | 2,508,553 | 15.7% | 24,222,112 | 73.4% | 7,377,092 |
| Bolivia | 38,364,537 | 64.0% | 2,452,573 | 6.0% | 59,863,905 | 55.2% | 4,648,546 |
| Peru | 67,318,459 | 87.0% | 1,806,941 | 2.6% | 76,967,686 | 59.5% | 2,738,812 |
| Colombia | 53,380,802 | 67.0% | 1,382,792 | 2.5% | 79,730,626 | 70.0% | 3,913,982 |
| Cambodia | 3,128,291 | 51.0% | 1,155,761 | 27.0% | 6,133,196 | 33.7% | 2,161,251 |
| Paraguay | 2,534,492 | 15.0% | 946,602 | 27.2% | 17,188,453 | 42.9% | 5,557,662 |
| Madagascar | 4,060,522 | 29.0% | 793,148 | 16.3% | 13,772,127 | 23.3% | 3,535,289 |
| Laos | 7,621,351 | 48.0% | 700,849 | 8.4% | 15,761,285 | 68.4% | 2,970,138 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31,920,894 | 76.0% | 674,321 | 2.1% | 42,010,054 | 90.5% | 1,381,513 |
| Vietnam | 6,105,909 | 42.0% | 625,810 | 9.3% | 14,508,061 | 43.9% | 2,572,171 |
| Cameroon | 18,521,981 | 62.0% | 553,653 | 2.9% | 29,665,184 | 63.6% | 1,161,442 |
| Myanmar | 13,497,079 | 35.0% | 538,305 | 3.8% | 38,566,905 | 57.5% | 3,346,453 |
| Mexico | 8,685,283 | 18.0% | 528,111 | 5.7% | 48,507,856 | 24.8% | 3,477,548 |
| Guatemala | 2,133,584 | 33.0% | 449,638 | 17.4% | 6,375,207 | 58.2% | 1,297,841 |
| Nicaragua | 1,593,646 | 24.0% | 426,563 | 21.1% | 6,767,899 | 52.6% | 1,280,110 |
| Venezuela | 38,190,405 | 68.0% | 420,902 | 1.1% | 56,341,192 | 61.7% | 1,820,373 |
| Honduras | 1,826,227 | 26.0% | 323,865 | 15.1% | 6,921,416 | 61.4% | 960,732 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1,042,155 | 9.0% | 323,085 | 23.7% | 12,074,542 | 37.5% | 2,645,630 |
| India | 9,874,812 | 30.0% | 310,624 | 3.0% | 33,414,891 | 10.6% | 1,625,397 |
| Republic of Congo | 20,860,126 | 80.0% | 293,053 | 1.4% | 26,139,750 | 76.4% | 680,957 |
| Gabon | 22,443,921 | 92.0% | 225,603 | 1.0% | 24,461,643 | 92.4% | 385,004 |
| Liberia | 4,224,722 | 52.0% | 204,329 | 4.6% | 8,091,516 | 84.2% | 1,495,508 |
| Ecuador | 10,465,904 | 55.0% | 161,127 | 1.5% | 18,864,190 | 73.4% | 739,989 |
| Central African Republic | 7,220,064 | 15.0% | 143,064 | 1.9% | 46,838,774 | 75.5% | 693,507 |
| Philippines | 4,447,217 | 25.0% | 135,352 | 3.0% | 17,739,198 | 59.6% | 1,128,788 |
| Thailand | 5,817,833 | 32.0% | 119,022 | 2.0% | 18,152,935 | 35.2% | 1,902,664 |
| Nigeria | 1,789,176 | 17.0% | 113,948 | 6.0% | 10,326,662 | 11.3% | 818,286 |
| Guyana | 17,181,363 | 91.0% | 111,662 | 0.6% | 18,956,466 | 90.2% | 171,319 |
| Angola | 2,346,961 | 5.0% | 110,516 | 4.5% | 52,074,907 | 41.7% | 2,569,542 |
| Suriname | 12,662,504 | 91.0% | 107,874 | 0.8% | 13,890,455 | 94.7% | 164,340 |
| Belize | 1,061,791 | 66.0% | 102,676 | 8.8% | 1,612,311 | 73.1% | 205,039 |
| Solomon Islands | 1,893,837 | 72.0% | 99,045 | 5.0% | 2,620,792 | 90.9% | 156,792 |
| Ghana | 1,009,275 | 16.0% | 81,015 | 7.4% | 6,311,781 | 26.4% | 1,021,659 |
| Panama | 2,836,629 | 53.0% | 65,601 | 2.3% | 5,391,687 | 71.4% | 367,351 |
| Ethiopia | 1,826,449 | 15.0% | 63,736 | 3.4% | 12,147,482 | 10.7% | 370,127 |
| Uganda | 448,163 | 7.0% | 60,933 | 12.0% | 6,397,067 | 26.4% | 742,268 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2,191,640 | 86.0% | 54,504 | 2.4% | 2,553,882 | 94.5% | 103,452 |
| French Guiana | 7,807,728 | 96.0% | 46,404 | 0.6% | 8,128,779 | 97.4% | 67,868 |
| Kenya | 606,551 | 19.0% | 43,029 | 6.6% | 3,188,348 | 5.4% | 312,233 |
| Cuba | 360,364 | 9.0% | 40,456 | 10.1% | 4,030,755 | 36.2% | 339,591 |
| Tanzania | 707,958 | 3.0% | 24,212 | 3.3% | 23,293,797 | 24.7% | 2,262,112 |
| Costa Rica | 1,462,373 | 39.0% | 23,464 | 1.6% | 3,776,808 | 73.5% | 211,720 |
| Sierra Leone | 253,419 | 6.0% | 22,970 | 8.3% | 4,209,894 | 57.9% | 1,358,252 |
| Zambia | 308,743 | 1.0% | 21,876 | 6.6% | 21,353,455 | 28.4% | 1,524,149 |
| Dominican Republic | 295,699 | 13.0% | 21,181 | 6.7% | 2,312,830 | 47.8% | 278,596 |
| Puerto Rico | 48,332 | 10.0% | 16,186 | 25.1% | 481,334 | 53.2% | 72,947 |
| Dominica | 20,253 | 43.0% | 15,711 | 43.7% | 46,610 | 61.2% | 24,940 |
| Brunei | 418,170 | 81.0% | 13,285 | 3.1% | 516,733 | 88.9% | 25,124 |
| Guinea | 220,462 | 3.0% | 12,999 | 5.6% | 6,892,202 | 28.1% | 1,307,414 |
| Mozambique | 109,682 | 0.0% | 10,001 | 8.4% | 25,183,681 | 32.0% | 2,948,858 |
| Sri Lanka | 586,518 | 17.0% | 9,497 | 1.6% | 3,446,232 | 52.0% | 164,942 |
| Jamaica | 227,719 | 31.0% | 9,376 | 4.0% | 735,874 | 66.7% | 41,010 |
| Bhutan | 1,599,034 | 64.0% | 6,419 | 0.4% | 2,508,111 | 64.3% | 19,785 |
| Bangladesh | 90,441 | 4.0% | 6,180 | 6.4% | 2,107,119 | 15.1% | 149,751 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 67,533 | 7.0% | 3,838 | 5.4% | 1,022,708 | 30.1% | 139,546 |
| Nepal | 721,648 | 15.0% | 3,437 | 0.5% | 4,787,946 | 32.4% | 42,513 |
| Haiti | 5,861 | 1.0% | 2,821 | 32.5% | 748,984 | 27.5% | 62,007 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 151,476 | 41.0% | 2,181 | 1.4% | 373,705 | 72.1% | 19,000 |
| Bahamas | 9,709 | 3.0% | 1,557 | 13.8% | 331,579 | 24.4% | 19,264 |
| South Sudan | 82,292 | 1.0% | 1,458 | 1.7% | 13,221,993 | 21.0% | 114,014 |
| El Salvador | 49,348 | 5.0% | 1,226 | 2.4% | 902,951 | 43.8% | 64,095 |
| Zimbabwe | 6,837 | 1.0% | 764 | 10.1% | 958,601 | 2.5% | 185,978 |
| Rwanda | 53,414 | 11.0% | 316 | 0.6% | 498,054 | 19.6% | 30,823 |
| Burundi | 24,549 | 5.0% | 300 | 1.2% | 542,569 | 20.0% | 23,641 |
| Togo | 1,327 | 0.0% | 299 | 18.4% | 573,416 | 10.0% | 48,652 |
| Malawi | 5,007 | 0.0% | 230 | 4.4% | 1,367,553 | 11.5% | 158,774 |
| Palau | 18,806 | 46.0% | 209 | 1.1% | 40,725 | 80.9% | 590 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,656 | 24.0% | 150 | 5.4% | 10,871 | 10.8% | 493 |
| Saint Lucia | 13,790 | 28.0% | 145 | 1.0% | 49,750 | 80.0% | 912 |
| Cayman Islands | 6,068 | 43.0% | 131 | 2.1% | 14,088 | 49.5% | 507 |
| Martinique | 16,943 | 22.0% | 130 | 0.8% | 77,081 | 67.8% | 2,478 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2,894 | 42.0% | 129 | 4.3% | 6,926 | 39.5% | 292 |
| Guadeloupe | 36,805 | 36.0% | 87 | 0.2% | 101,384 | 60.7% | 2,149 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. | 2,640 | 15.0% | 84 | 3.1% | 17,483 | 47.0% | 1,675 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5,779 | 42.0% | 65 | 1.1% | 13,907 | 51.0% | 260 |
| Montserrat | 1,675 | 39.0% | 53 | 3.1% | 4,316 | 42.3% | 191 |
| Saint Vincent / Grenadines | 6,239 | 21.0% | 36 | 0.6% | 29,677 | 73.3% | 371 |
| Benin | 1,848 | 0.0% | 23 | 1.2% | 423,104 | 3.7% | 33,643 |
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba | 726 | 20.0% | 16 | 2.2% | 3,716 | 11.4% | 47 |
| Sint Maarten | 250 | 29.0% | 6 | 2.2% | 851 | 21.9% | 27 |
| Senegal | 3,476 | 8.0% | 5 | 0.1% | 45,607 | 0.2% | 3,420 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 55 | 0.0% | 4 | 6.6% | 19,682 | 44.4% | 678 |
| Singapore | 843 | 4.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 19,526 | 27.6% | 1,855 |
| Aruba | 7 | 28.0% | 1 | 9.0% | 24 | 0.1% | 2 |
| Timor-Leste | 350 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 684,626 | 45.6% | 25,936 |
| Gambia | 111 | 3.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,747 | 0.3% | 684 |
LARGEST PRIMARY FOREST LOSS IN THE TROPICS, SORTED BY HIGHEST RATE OF LOSS (relative)
| Country | Primary forest extent (2018) | Primary / Total tree cover (2018) | Primary forest loss (2001-2018) | % loss | Total tree cover (2018) | % tree cover (2018) | Tree cover loss (2001-2018) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominica | 20,253 | 43.0% | 15,711 | 43.7% | 46,610 | 61.2% | 24,940 |
| Haiti | 5,861 | 1.0% | 2,821 | 32.5% | 748,984 | 27.5% | 62,007 |
| Paraguay | 2,534,492 | 15.0% | 946,602 | 27.2% | 17,188,453 | 42.9% | 5,557,662 |
| Cambodia | 3,128,291 | 51.0% | 1,155,761 | 27.0% | 6,133,196 | 33.7% | 2,161,251 |
| Puerto Rico | 48,332 | 10.0% | 16,186 | 25.1% | 481,334 | 53.2% | 72,947 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1,042,155 | 9.0% | 323,085 | 23.7% | 12,074,542 | 37.5% | 2,645,630 |
| Nicaragua | 1,593,646 | 24.0% | 426,563 | 21.1% | 6,767,899 | 52.6% | 1,280,110 |
| Togo | 1,327 | 0.0% | 299 | 18.4% | 573,416 | 10.0% | 48,652 |
| Guatemala | 2,133,584 | 33.0% | 449,638 | 17.4% | 6,375,207 | 58.2% | 1,297,841 |
| Madagascar | 4,060,522 | 29.0% | 793,148 | 16.3% | 13,772,127 | 23.3% | 3,535,289 |
| Malaysia | 13,430,905 | 55.0% | 2,508,553 | 15.7% | 24,222,112 | 73.4% | 7,377,092 |
| Honduras | 1,826,227 | 26.0% | 323,865 | 15.1% | 6,921,416 | 61.4% | 960,732 |
| Bahamas | 9,709 | 3.0% | 1,557 | 13.8% | 331,579 | 24.4% | 19,264 |
| Uganda | 448,163 | 7.0% | 60,933 | 12.0% | 6,397,067 | 26.4% | 742,268 |
| Cuba | 360,364 | 9.0% | 40,456 | 10.1% | 4,030,755 | 36.2% | 339,591 |
| Zimbabwe | 6,837 | 1.0% | 764 | 10.1% | 958,601 | 2.5% | 185,978 |
| Indonesia | 84,683,971 | 59.0% | 9,154,000 | 9.8% | 143,180,196 | 75.6% | 24,972,682 |
| Vietnam | 6,105,909 | 42.0% | 625,810 | 9.3% | 14,508,061 | 43.9% | 2,572,171 |
| Aruba | 7 | 28.0% | 1 | 9.0% | 24 | 0.1% | 2 |
| Belize | 1,061,791 | 66.0% | 102,676 | 8.8% | 1,612,311 | 73.1% | 205,039 |
| Laos | 7,621,351 | 48.0% | 700,849 | 8.4% | 15,761,285 | 68.4% | 2,970,138 |
| Mozambique | 109,682 | 0.0% | 10,001 | 8.4% | 25,183,681 | 32.0% | 2,948,858 |
| Sierra Leone | 253,419 | 6.0% | 22,970 | 8.3% | 4,209,894 | 57.9% | 1,358,252 |
| Ghana | 1,009,275 | 16.0% | 81,015 | 7.4% | 6,311,781 | 26.4% | 1,021,659 |
| Brazil | 320,069,365 | 68.0% | 23,160,478 | 6.7% | 471,775,486 | 55.4% | 51,532,499 |
| Dominican Republic | 295,699 | 13.0% | 21,181 | 6.7% | 2,312,830 | 47.8% | 278,596 |
| Kenya | 606,551 | 19.0% | 43,029 | 6.6% | 3,188,348 | 5.4% | 312,233 |
| Zambia | 308,743 | 1.0% | 21,876 | 6.6% | 21,353,455 | 28.4% | 1,524,149 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 55 | 0.0% | 4 | 6.6% | 19,682 | 44.4% | 678 |
| Bangladesh | 90,441 | 4.0% | 6,180 | 6.4% | 2,107,119 | 15.1% | 149,751 |
| Bolivia | 38,364,537 | 64.0% | 2,452,573 | 6.0% | 59,863,905 | 55.2% | 4,648,546 |
| Nigeria | 1,789,176 | 17.0% | 113,948 | 6.0% | 10,326,662 | 11.3% | 818,286 |
| Mexico | 8,685,283 | 18.0% | 528,111 | 5.7% | 48,507,856 | 24.8% | 3,477,548 |
| Guinea | 220,462 | 3.0% | 12,999 | 5.6% | 6,892,202 | 28.1% | 1,307,414 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 67,533 | 7.0% | 3,838 | 5.4% | 1,022,708 | 30.1% | 139,546 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,656 | 24.0% | 150 | 5.4% | 10,871 | 10.8% | 493 |
| Solomon Islands | 1,893,837 | 72.0% | 99,045 | 5.0% | 2,620,792 | 90.9% | 156,792 |
| Liberia | 4,224,722 | 52.0% | 204,329 | 4.6% | 8,091,516 | 84.2% | 1,495,508 |
| Angola | 2,346,961 | 5.0% | 110,516 | 4.5% | 52,074,907 | 41.7% | 2,569,542 |
| Malawi | 5,007 | 0.0% | 230 | 4.4% | 1,367,553 | 11.5% | 158,774 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2,894 | 42.0% | 129 | 4.3% | 6,926 | 39.5% | 292 |
| DR Congo | 100,227,214 | 53.0% | 4,352,849 | 4.2% | 189,337,424 | 81.2% | 12,836,705 |
| Jamaica | 227,719 | 31.0% | 9,376 | 4.0% | 735,874 | 66.7% | 41,010 |
| Myanmar | 13,497,079 | 35.0% | 538,305 | 3.8% | 38,566,905 | 57.5% | 3,346,453 |
| Ethiopia | 1,826,449 | 15.0% | 63,736 | 3.4% | 12,147,482 | 10.7% | 370,127 |
| Tanzania | 707,958 | 3.0% | 24,212 | 3.3% | 23,293,797 | 24.7% | 2,262,112 |
| Brunei | 418,170 | 81.0% | 13,285 | 3.1% | 516,733 | 88.9% | 25,124 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. | 2,640 | 15.0% | 84 | 3.1% | 17,483 | 47.0% | 1,675 |
| Montserrat | 1,675 | 39.0% | 53 | 3.1% | 4,316 | 42.3% | 191 |
| India | 9,874,812 | 30.0% | 310,624 | 3.0% | 33,414,891 | 10.6% | 1,625,397 |
| Philippines | 4,447,217 | 25.0% | 135,352 | 3.0% | 17,739,198 | 59.6% | 1,128,788 |
| Cameroon | 18,521,981 | 62.0% | 553,653 | 2.9% | 29,665,184 | 63.6% | 1,161,442 |
| Peru | 67,318,459 | 87.0% | 1,806,941 | 2.6% | 76,967,686 | 59.5% | 2,738,812 |
| Colombia | 53,380,802 | 67.0% | 1,382,792 | 2.5% | 79,730,626 | 70.0% | 3,913,982 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2,191,640 | 86.0% | 54,504 | 2.4% | 2,553,882 | 94.5% | 103,452 |
| El Salvador | 49,348 | 5.0% | 1,226 | 2.4% | 902,951 | 43.8% | 64,095 |
| Panama | 2,836,629 | 53.0% | 65,601 | 2.3% | 5,391,687 | 71.4% | 367,351 |
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba | 726 | 20.0% | 16 | 2.2% | 3,716 | 11.4% | 47 |
| Sint Maarten | 250 | 29.0% | 6 | 2.2% | 851 | 21.9% | 27 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31,920,894 | 76.0% | 674,321 | 2.1% | 42,010,054 | 90.5% | 1,381,513 |
| Cayman Islands | 6,068 | 43.0% | 131 | 2.1% | 14,088 | 49.5% | 507 |
| Thailand | 5,817,833 | 32.0% | 119,022 | 2.0% | 18,152,935 | 35.2% | 1,902,664 |
| Central African Republic | 7,220,064 | 15.0% | 143,064 | 1.9% | 46,838,774 | 75.5% | 693,507 |
| South Sudan | 82,292 | 1.0% | 1,458 | 1.7% | 13,221,993 | 21.0% | 114,014 |
| Costa Rica | 1,462,373 | 39.0% | 23,464 | 1.6% | 3,776,808 | 73.5% | 211,720 |
| Sri Lanka | 586,518 | 17.0% | 9,497 | 1.6% | 3,446,232 | 52.0% | 164,942 |
| Ecuador | 10,465,904 | 55.0% | 161,127 | 1.5% | 18,864,190 | 73.4% | 739,989 |
| Republic of Congo | 20,860,126 | 80.0% | 293,053 | 1.4% | 26,139,750 | 76.4% | 680,957 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 151,476 | 41.0% | 2,181 | 1.4% | 373,705 | 72.1% | 19,000 |
| Burundi | 24,549 | 5.0% | 300 | 1.2% | 542,569 | 20.0% | 23,641 |
| Benin | 1,848 | 0.0% | 23 | 1.2% | 423,104 | 3.7% | 33,643 |
| Venezuela | 38,190,405 | 68.0% | 420,902 | 1.1% | 56,341,192 | 61.7% | 1,820,373 |
| Palau | 18,806 | 46.0% | 209 | 1.1% | 40,725 | 80.9% | 590 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5,779 | 42.0% | 65 | 1.1% | 13,907 | 51.0% | 260 |
| Gabon | 22,443,921 | 92.0% | 225,603 | 1.0% | 24,461,643 | 92.4% | 385,004 |
| Saint Lucia | 13,790 | 28.0% | 145 | 1.0% | 49,750 | 80.0% | 912 |
| Suriname | 12,662,504 | 91.0% | 107,874 | 0.8% | 13,890,455 | 94.7% | 164,340 |
| Martinique | 16,943 | 22.0% | 130 | 0.8% | 77,081 | 67.8% | 2,478 |
| Guyana | 17,181,363 | 91.0% | 111,662 | 0.6% | 18,956,466 | 90.2% | 171,319 |
| French Guiana | 7,807,728 | 96.0% | 46,404 | 0.6% | 8,128,779 | 97.4% | 67,868 |
| Rwanda | 53,414 | 11.0% | 316 | 0.6% | 498,054 | 19.6% | 30,823 |
| Saint Vincent / Grenadines | 6,239 | 21.0% | 36 | 0.6% | 29,677 | 73.3% | 371 |
| Nepal | 721,648 | 15.0% | 3,437 | 0.5% | 4,787,946 | 32.4% | 42,513 |
| Bhutan | 1,599,034 | 64.0% | 6,419 | 0.4% | 2,508,111 | 64.3% | 19,785 |
| Guadeloupe | 36,805 | 36.0% | 87 | 0.2% | 101,384 | 60.7% | 2,149 |
| Senegal | 3,476 | 8.0% | 5 | 0.1% | 45,607 | 0.2% | 3,420 |
| Singapore | 843 | 4.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 19,526 | 27.6% | 1,855 |
| Timor-Leste | 350 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 684,626 | 45.6% | 25,936 |
| Gambia | 111 | 3.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,747 | 0.3% | 684 |
This data is from Global Forest Watch 2019 using a 30 percent tree cover thresh hold as the definition of "forest". All figures are hectares.