Australia vs Indonesia: Annual change in forest area
Australia
54,094 hectares
in 2025
Indonesia
81,480 hectares
in 2025
Australia rank
10th
Indonesia rank
7th
Annual change in forest area over time
- Australia
- Indonesia
How they compare
Indonesia currently reports 81,480 hectares against 54,094 hectares in Australia, a difference of 27,386 hectares.
That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.5 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 10th and Indonesia ranks 7th of 235 countries.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.