Mali vs Norway: Forest area
Mali
10.48 million hectares
in 2025
Norway
12.11 million hectares
in 2025
Mali rank
51st
Norway rank
48th
Forest area over time
- Mali
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 12.11 million hectares against 10.48 million hectares in Mali, a difference of 1.63 million hectares.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mali ahead.
Mali ranks 51st and Norway ranks 48th of 235 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.55 million hectares | 12.21 million hectares | 1.34 million hectares | Mali |
| 2000s | 12.54 million hectares | 12.18 million hectares | 364,110 hectares | Mali |
| 2010s | 11.53 million hectares | 12.14 million hectares | 600,450 hectares | Norway |
| 2020s | 10.73 million hectares | 12.11 million hectares | 1.38 million hectares | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Mali or Norway?
- Norway, at 12.11 million hectares against 10.48 million hectares in Mali as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Mali and Norway?
- 1.63 million hectares, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Norway?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Mali and Norway rank globally for forest area?
- Mali ranks 51st and Norway ranks 48th 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.