Australia vs China: Forest area
Australia
133.56 million hectares
in 2025
China
227.15 million hectares
in 2025
Australia rank
7th
China rank
5th
Forest area over time
- Australia
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 227.15 million hectares against 133.56 million hectares in Australia, a difference of 93.59 million hectares.
That makes China's figure about 1.7 times Australia's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 7th and China ranks 5th of 235 countries.
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About this data
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.