Iran vs Norway: Forest area

Iran

10.75 million hectares

in 2025

Norway

12.11 million hectares

in 2025

Iran rank

50th

Norway rank

48th

Forest area over time

Iran
Norway

How they compare

Norway currently reports 12.11 million hectares against 10.75 million hectares in Iran, a difference of 1.36 million hectares.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Iran's.

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

Iran ranks 50th and Norway ranks 48th of 235 countries.

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Forest area in Iran
Forest area in Norway
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.