The country with the most forest loss since 2001 lost as much forest cover as the next four countries combined.
We visualize which countries have the biggest share of world forests by area—and while country size plays a factor, so too, does the environment.
Together, the top five countries with the largest forests account for more than half of the world’s entire forest cover.
Where are the world's forests? These high-resolution maps show how the world’s carbon-sequestering forests are spread.
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