Japan vs Turkey: Forest area
Japan
24.91 million hectares
in 2025
Turkey
22.81 million hectares
in 2025
Japan rank
25th
Turkey rank
28th
Forest area over time
- Japan
- Turkey
How they compare
Japan currently reports 24.91 million hectares against 22.81 million hectares in Turkey, a difference of 2.10 million hectares.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Turkey's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 25th and Turkey ranks 28th of 235 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.92 million hectares | 19.95 million hectares | 4.97 million hectares | Japan |
| 2000s | 24.92 million hectares | 20.57 million hectares | 4.35 million hectares | Japan |
| 2010s | 24.95 million hectares | 21.58 million hectares | 3.36 million hectares | Japan |
| 2020s | 24.91 million hectares | 22.51 million hectares | 2.40 million hectares | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Japan or Turkey?
- Japan, at 24.91 million hectares against 22.81 million hectares in Turkey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Japan and Turkey?
- 2.10 million hectares, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Turkey?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Turkey rank globally for forest area?
- Japan ranks 25th and Turkey ranks 28th 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.