Japan vs Sweden: Forest area
Japan
24.91 million hectares
in 2025
Sweden
27.93 million hectares
in 2025
Japan rank
25th
Sweden rank
22nd
Forest area over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 27.93 million hectares against 24.91 million hectares in Japan, a difference of 3.03 million hectares.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 25th and Sweden ranks 22nd of 235 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.92 million hectares | 28.11 million hectares | 3.19 million hectares | Sweden |
| 2000s | 24.92 million hectares | 28.12 million hectares | 3.21 million hectares | Sweden |
| 2010s | 24.95 million hectares | 28.00 million hectares | 3.05 million hectares | Sweden |
| 2020s | 24.91 million hectares | 27.93 million hectares | 3.02 million hectares | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Japan or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 27.93 million hectares against 24.91 million hectares in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Japan and Sweden?
- 3.03 million hectares, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for forest area?
- Japan ranks 25th and Sweden ranks 22nd 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.