Argentina vs Zambia: Forest area

Argentina

46.60 million hectares

in 2025

Zambia

44.87 million hectares

in 2025

Argentina rank

16th

Zambia rank

18th

Forest area over time

Argentina
Zambia

How they compare

Argentina currently reports 46.60 million hectares against 44.87 million hectares in Zambia, a difference of 1.72 million hectares.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Argentina has been ahead every year.

Argentina ranks 16th and Zambia ranks 18th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Argentina
Forest area in Zambia
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.