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

China

5.5%

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo

3.4%

in 2025

China rank

5th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

6th

Share of global forest area over time

China currently reports 5.5% against 3.4% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 2.1%.

That makes China's figure about 1.6 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

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

China ranks 5th 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.