Australia vs France: Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted

Australia
2.06 million hectares
in 2025
France
2.36 million hectares
in 2025
Australia rank
29th
France rank
26th

Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted over time

  • Australia
  • France
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How they compare

France currently reports 2.36 million hectares against 2.06 million hectares in Australia, a difference of 298,860 hectares.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

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

Australia ranks 29th and France ranks 26th of 185 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted
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
186 places, 6,421 data points, 1990–2025
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