Forests

The Forests issue category (previously called "Ecosystem Services") measures trends in area and integrity of countries' forests. It includes five indicators: loss of humid tropical primary forests, loss of intact forest landscapes, lasting tree cover loss, net change in tree cover, and the Forest Landscape Integrity Index. Only countries that had more than 10 percent tree cover in 2000 are scored in these indicators.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Bhutan 1 86.7 5.3
Georgia 2 85.1 -1.9
Taiwan 2 85.1 2.6
Armenia 4 83.4 4.4
Azerbaijan 5 82.3 2.9
Vanuatu 6 81.9 0.6
Saint Lucia 7 80.7 4.8
Nepal 8 80.6 0.6
Gabon 9 80.5 3.5
Japan 10 80.1 0.3
Guyana 11 79.8 -2.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 76.2 -0.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13 75.5 -2.3
Fiji 14 75.3 -3.3
India 15 73.8 -2.7
China 16 73.1 4.8
Maldives 17 72.9 0.3
Suriname 17 72.9 -7.0
Trinidad and Tobago 19 72.6 7.9
Costa Rica 20 72.3 -2.7
Bulgaria 21 72.1 -0.8
Ecuador 22 71.3 -3.5
Venezuela 22 71.3 -6.9
Thailand 24 70.7 7.2
Chile 25 70.3 19.9
Sri Lanka 26 70.0 3.3
Serbia 27 69.3 -3.1
Jamaica 28 68.7 4.1
Central African Republic 29 68.6 -7.6
Montenegro 30 67.9 1.7
Republic of Congo 30 67.9 -4.1
New Zealand 32 67.4 7.1
El Salvador 33 67.0 -0.2
Equatorial Guinea 34 66.6 4.1
Cuba 35 66.0 -14.9
Papua New Guinea 36 65.3 -6.8
Comoros 37 65.1 17.4
North Macedonia 38 64.6 0.4
Brunei Darussalam 39 64.2 8.9
Ethiopia 40 63.8 6.7
Burundi 41 63.7 -4.3
Senegal 42 63.5 -5.6
Grenada 43 63.1 7.8
Timor-Leste 44 62.6 -1.4
Albania 45 62.4 4.7
Netherlands 46 62.0 -4.3
Croatia 47 61.7 -6.2
Norway 48 61.4 -8.4
Dominican Republic 49 61.1 5.1
Switzerland 49 61.1 -7.8
Finland 51 60.8 0.0
Cyprus 52 60.6 -15.4
Peru 53 60.1 -5.5
Panama 54 60.0 -6.8
Lesotho 55 59.6 -7.6
Slovenia 56 58.9 -8.0
France 57 58.6 -1.3
Cameroon 58 58.4 -10.2
Rwanda 59 58.3 -7.9
Greece 60 58.2 -8.7
South Korea 61 57.5 -6.4
Romania 62 57.1 -1.4
Colombia 63 57.0 -15.2
Dominica 64 56.4 -19.8
Sweden 65 56.2 0.8
Italy 66 55.0 -9.7
Ukraine 67 54.8 -3.4
Turkiye 68 54.7 -11.5
Tanzania 69 54.4 8.3
Slovakia 70 53.5 2.4
Benin 71 53.2 -1.2
Indonesia 72 52.7 9.3
Belarus 73 52.5 -10.8
United States of America 74 51.9 -2.8
Myanmar 75 51.5 -4.1
Bangladesh 76 51.4 -12.2
Haiti 76 51.4 -6.2
Denmark 78 51.0 -3.5
Philippines 79 50.6 -10.2
Hungary 80 50.1 -3.4
Gambia 81 49.9 8.6
Angola 82 49.2 -2.4
Argentina 83 48.9 12.0
Mexico 84 48.8 -12.2
Lebanon 85 48.5 -16.4
Viet Nam 85 48.5 1.5
Poland 87 48.4 -6.1
Canada 88 47.6 3.7
Austria 89 47.5 -9.5
Dem. Rep. Congo 90 47.1 -10.9
United Kingdom 91 46.4 1.2
Luxembourg 92 46.1 -3.1
Lithuania 93 45.9 -4.0
Zimbabwe 94 45.7 1.4
Barbados 95 45.4 6.2
Eswatini 96 44.6 6.7
Spain 97 44.5 -6.8
Brazil 98 44.0 -11.0
Russia 99 43.9 -4.1
Belgium 100 43.6 -0.5
Liberia 101 42.4 -13.0
Togo 101 42.4 -10.6
Australia 103 42.3 -14.9
Belize 103 42.3 0.0
Solomon Islands 105 42.0 -12.3
Mozambique 106 41.5 -2.1
Malaysia 107 41.0 15.0
Zambia 108 40.0 -8.2
Germany 109 38.5 -20.2
Cambodia 110 37.6 12.5
Uganda 111 34.1 2.8
Bolivia 112 33.7 -14.4
Guinea-Bissau 112 33.7 -8.8
Guatemala 114 33.3 -12.6
Nigeria 115 32.8 -20.3
Latvia 116 31.8 -6.1
Guinea 117 30.6 -14.7
Estonia 118 28.9 -11.2
Singapore 119 28.8 -31.5
Antigua and Barbuda 120 28.7 -6.0
Malawi 121 28.2 -20.2
Cote d'Ivoire 122 26.2 4.7
Ghana 123 25.1 -18.7
Laos 124 24.5 -10.1
Madagascar 125 23.5 -6.1
Czech Republic 126 22.5 -25.4
Paraguay 127 20.6 9.5
Honduras 128 20.2 -16.1
Sierra Leone 129 17.4 -15.7
Nicaragua 130 16.7 -11.4
Portugal 131 16.5 -2.2
Afghanistan
Algeria
Bahamas
Bahrain
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Chad
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Iceland
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Morocco
Namibia
Niger
Oman
Pakistan
Qatar
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
South Africa
Sudan
Tajikistan
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan