Top 10 Most Forested Countries Quiz — Rules & What Counts
Name the ten countries with the highest share of their land covered by forest. This is a percentage ranking, not a total-area one — the question is how green a country is, not how big its forests are. The leader is around 97% forest: almost the entire country is trees.
That framing produces a wonderfully unexpected list: two neighboring South American countries, a cluster of small Pacific island nations, two Central African states, and a single European entry. The big famous forest countries are nowhere to be seen — and that's the point.
How to play
Pins are hidden — several of these countries are small enough that location would betray the answer. Use the numbered 1–10 rail; correct guesses fly onto the map.
Start typing anywhere and the answer bar matches live.
Abbreviations and alternate names are accepted, so common short forms count.
The timer counts up; give up reveals the remaining countries and saves your score.
What counts in this quiz
Exactly 10 sovereign countries, ranked by percentage of land area under forest cover.
Suriname tops the list at about 97%, with neighboring Guyana close behind at ~94%.
Small countries dominate by design: keeping nearly all your land forested is far easier at small-nation scale than at continental scale.
What's not included — and why
Russia and Brazil — the two largest forest areas on Earth in absolute terms — don't appear: vast non-forest regions (steppe, tundra, savanna, cities) drag their percentages below the cutoff.
Good to know
Suriname and Guyana are among the very few carbon-negative countries on Earth — their forests absorb more CO₂ than their entire economies emit.
Forests cover about 31% of the world's land overall; every country on this list at least doubles that share.
The lone European entry is still about three-quarters forest — roughly 4.5 hectares of woodland per citizen.