Australia vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Share of global forest area

Australia

3.2%

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo

3.4%

in 2025

Australia rank

7th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

6th

Share of global forest area over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 3.4% against 3.2% in Australia, a difference of 0.1%.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Democratic Republic of Congo has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 7th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 6th of 235 countries.

Indicator: Share of global forest area
Unit: %
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

Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.