The total global forest area reported by country in year 2015
was 4000 million ha, a decrease of 3% from 4128 million ha
reported in 1990. This decrease was due to a decline of 200 million
ha in the tropical domain, partly offset by an increase of
65 million ha in the temperate domain, with smaller changes in
boreal and sub-tropical domains. The tropical domain reported
the highest percentage of forest area in 2015 (44% of the total), followed
by the Temperate domain (26%). In terms of regions, Europe
(including the Russian Federation), has the highest reported forest
area at 25% of the total, followed by South America (21%) and North
America (16%). For more information regarding forest area statistics
and trends