The world's total forest area is just over 4 billion hectares, which corresponds to an average of 0.6 ha per capita.
The five most forest-rich countries (the Russian Federation, Brazil, Canada, the United States of America and China) account for more than half of the total forest area.
Ten countries or areas have no forest at all and an additional 54 have forest on less than 10 percent of their total land area.
