Kuwait vs Tonga: Forest area
Kuwait
6,300 hectares
in 2025
Tonga
8,730 hectares
in 2025
Kuwait rank
199th
Tonga rank
197th
Forest area over time
- Kuwait
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 8,730 hectares against 6,300 hectares in Kuwait, a difference of 2,430 hectares.
That makes Tonga's figure about 1.4 times Kuwait's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 199th and Tonga ranks 197th of 235 countries.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,143 hectares | 8,730 hectares | 4,587 hectares | Tonga |
| 2000s | 5,170 hectares | 8,730 hectares | 3,560 hectares | Tonga |
| 2010s | 5,922 hectares | 8,730 hectares | 2,808 hectares | Tonga |
| 2020s | 6,300 hectares | 8,730 hectares | 2,430 hectares | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Kuwait or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 8,730 hectares against 6,300 hectares in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Kuwait and Tonga?
- 2,430 hectares, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Tonga?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Tonga rank globally for forest area?
- Kuwait ranks 199th and Tonga ranks 197th 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.