Comoros vs Palau: Forest area
Comoros
33,370 hectares
in 2025
Palau
41,870 hectares
in 2025
Comoros rank
176th
Palau rank
173rd
Forest area over time
- Comoros
- Palau
How they compare
Palau currently reports 41,870 hectares against 33,370 hectares in Comoros, a difference of 8,500 hectares.
That makes Palau's figure about 1.3 times Comoros's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Comoros ahead.
Comoros ranks 176th and Palau ranks 173rd of 235 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 2 and Palau in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45,189 hectares | 38,794 hectares | 6,396 hectares | Comoros |
| 2000s | 40,314 hectares | 40,021 hectares | 293 hectares | Comoros |
| 2010s | 35,044 hectares | 40,947 hectares | 5,903 hectares | Palau |
| 2020s | 33,120 hectares | 41,645 hectares | 8,525 hectares | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Comoros or Palau?
- Palau, at 41,870 hectares against 33,370 hectares in Comoros as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Comoros and Palau?
- 8,500 hectares, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Palau?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Comoros and Palau rank globally for forest area?
- Comoros ranks 176th and Palau ranks 173rd of 235 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.