2026-09-24 · percent of global forest area
Half the world's forests are in five countries
Russia, Brazil, Canada, US, and China hold massive boreal and tropical blocks.
Planetary boundaries love waffle charts — one cell is a fixed sip of the whole resource. This grid divides forest area (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Russia, Brazil, Canada, US, China, Asia & Pacific, and 2 more groups — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 0.1 percent of global forest area (0.1% of forest area) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2026 figures from FAO FRA put Russia, Brazil, Canada, US, China at 54% of forest area and Asia & Pacific at 23.9% — about 100 percent of global forest area in this edition's rounding.
FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment shares.
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Credit this grid as Inagrid — https://inagrid.com/e/2026-09-24-forest-area