Nicaragua vs Panama: Forest area

Nicaragua

4.78 million hectares

in 2025

Panama

4.61 million hectares

in 2025

Nicaragua rank

74th

Panama rank

76th

Forest area over time

Nicaragua
Panama

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 4.78 million hectares against 4.61 million hectares in Panama, a difference of 166,090 hectares.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.

Nicaragua ranks 74th and Panama ranks 76th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Nicaragua
Forest area in Panama
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.