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.
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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.