Mozambique vs Papua New Guinea: Forest land — Area

Mozambique
32,243 1000 ha
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
34,029 1000 ha
in 2025
Mozambique rank
23rd
Papua New Guinea rank
22nd

Forest land — Area over time

  • Mozambique
  • Papua New Guinea
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k199020072025

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 34,029 1000 ha against 32,243 1000 ha in Mozambique, a difference of 1,786 1000 ha.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Mozambique's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mozambique ahead.

Mozambique ranks 23rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 22nd of 231 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Mozambique averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mozambique Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 40,387 1000 ha 34,516 1000 ha 5,872 1000 ha Mozambique
2000s 37,717 1000 ha 34,297 1000 ha 3,420 1000 ha Mozambique
2010s 35,047 1000 ha 34,139 1000 ha 907.86 1000 ha Mozambique
2020s 32,910 1000 ha 34,038 1000 ha 1,128 1000 ha Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — area, Mozambique or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 34,029 1000 ha against 32,243 1000 ha in Mozambique as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest land — area between Mozambique and Papua New Guinea?
1,786 1000 ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Papua New Guinea?
36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Mozambique and Papua New Guinea rank globally for forest land — area?
Mozambique ranks 23rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 22nd of 231 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forest land — Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest land — Area
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
267 places, 9,311 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.