Ethiopia vs Myanmar: Forest area

Ethiopia

26.75 million hectares

in 2025

Myanmar

27.10 million hectares

in 2025

Ethiopia rank

24th

Myanmar rank

23rd

Forest area over time

Ethiopia
Myanmar

How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 27.10 million hectares against 26.75 million hectares in Ethiopia, a difference of 348,200 hectares.

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

Ethiopia ranks 24th and Myanmar ranks 23rd of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Ethiopia
Forest area in Myanmar
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.