Philippines vs South Sudan: Forest area

Philippines
7.44 million hectares
in 2025
South Sudan
7.16 million hectares
in 2025
Philippines rank
62nd
South Sudan rank
63rd

Forest area over time

  • Philippines
  • South Sudan
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M199020072025

How they compare

Philippines currently reports 7.44 million hectares against 7.16 million hectares in South Sudan, a difference of 278,640 hectares.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Philippines ahead.

Philippines ranks 62nd and South Sudan ranks 63rd of 235 countries.

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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

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.