Americas vs Vanuatu: Forest land — Share in Land area

Americas
42.32 %
in 2024
Vanuatu
74.64 %
in 2024
Americas rank
11th
Vanuatu rank
14th

Forest land — Share in Land area over time

  • Americas
  • Vanuatu
020406080199020072024

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 74.64 % against 42.32 % in Americas, a difference of 32.32 %.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.8 times Americas's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Vanuatu has been ahead every year.

Americas ranks 11th and Vanuatu ranks 14th of 36 groups.

Vanuatu has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas Vanuatu Difference Ahead
1990s 45.67 % 80.41 % 34.74 % Vanuatu
2000s 44.06 % 78.45 % 34.39 % Vanuatu
2010s 43.14 % 76.49 % 33.35 % Vanuatu
2020s 42.52 % 75.03 % 32.51 % Vanuatu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — share in land area, Americas or Vanuatu?
Vanuatu, at 74.64 % against 42.32 % in Americas as of 2024.
What is the difference in forest land — share in land area between Americas and Vanuatu?
32.32 %, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Vanuatu?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Americas and Vanuatu rank globally for forest land — share in land area?
Americas ranks 11th and Vanuatu ranks 14th of 36 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forest land — Share in 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 — Share in Land area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
267 places, 9,048 data points, 1990–2024
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.