Australia vs Peru: Share of global forest area

Australia

3.2%

in 2025

Peru

1.6%

in 2025

Australia rank

7th

Peru rank

10th

Share of global forest area over time

Australia currently reports 3.2% against 1.6% in Peru, a difference of 1.6%.

That makes Australia's figure about 2.0 times Peru's.

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

Australia ranks 7th and Peru ranks 10th 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.