Australia vs Indonesia: Share of global forest area

Australia
3.2%
in 2025
Indonesia
2.3%
in 2025
Australia rank
7th
Indonesia rank
8th

Share of global forest area over time

  • Australia
  • Indonesia
0123199020072025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 3.2% against 2.3% in Indonesia, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.4 times Indonesia's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 7th and Indonesia ranks 8th of 235 countries.

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About this data

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

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