Which country in Europe has the most forest?

Finland has the most forest in Europe: 74% forest (2023). Next come Sweden (69% forest) and Montenegro (62% forest).

What is the typical forest area of a country in Europe?

The median of the 43 countries in Europe is 34% forest: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

The share of the land under forest: natural or planted stands of trees at least five metres tall, whether productive or not. Source: World Bank, 2023. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Europe by forest area

The share of the land under forest: natural or planted stands of trees at least five metres tall, whether productive or not. 43 countries in Europe, highest first. World Bank, 2023

See it on the map

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Highest

74%

Finland

Median country

34%

half above, half below

Lowest

Monaco

Countries in Europe by forest area, World Bank, 2023
#	Country	% of land	Region
1	Finland	74%	Northern Europe
2	Sweden	69%	Northern Europe
3	Montenegro	62%	Southern Europe
4	Slovenia	61%	Southern Europe
5	Estonia	57%	Northern Europe
6	Latvia	55%	Northern Europe
7	Russia	50%	Eastern Europe
8	Austria	47%	Western Europe
9	Belarus	43%	Eastern Europe
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43%	Southern Europe
11	Liechtenstein	42%	Western Europe
12	Slovakia	40%	Eastern Europe
13	North Macedonia	40%	Southern Europe
14	Spain	37%	Southern Europe
=15	Bulgaria	36%	Eastern Europe
=15	Portugal	36%	Southern Europe
17	Lithuania	35%	Northern Europe
=18	Croatia	35%	Southern Europe
=18	Czechia	35%	Eastern Europe
20	Luxembourg	35%	Western Europe
21	Andorra	34%	Southern Europe
22	Norway	34%	Northern Europe
23	Italy	33%	Southern Europe
24	Germany	33%	Western Europe
25	France	33%	Western Europe
=26	Serbia	32%	Southern Europe
=26	Switzerland	32%	Western Europe
28	Poland	31%	Eastern Europe
29	Greece	30%	Southern Europe
30	Romania	30%	Eastern Europe
31	Albania	29%	Southern Europe
32	Belgium	23%	Western Europe
33	Hungary	22%	Eastern Europe
34	Ukraine	17%	Eastern Europe
35	San Marino	17%	Southern Europe
36	Denmark	16%	Northern Europe
37	United Kingdom	13%	Northern Europe
38	Moldova	12%	Eastern Europe
39	Ireland	12%	Northern Europe
40	Netherlands	11%	Western Europe
41	Malta	1%	Southern Europe
42	Iceland	1%	Northern Europe
43	Monaco	0%	Western Europe

No World Bank figure for Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	% of land	Status
Isle of Man	6%	Territory of United Kingdom
Faroe Islands	0%	Territory of Denmark

Questions

Which country in Europe has the most forest?: Finland has the most forest in Europe: 74% forest (2023). Next come Sweden (69% forest) and Montenegro (62% forest).
Which country in Europe has the least forest?: Monaco, with 0% forest (2023).
What is the typical forest area of a country in Europe?: The median of the 43 countries in Europe is 34% forest: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: The share of the land under forest: natural or planted stands of trees at least five metres tall, whether productive or not. Source: World Bank, 2023. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.