Colombia vs Peru: Share of global forest area

Colombia

1.4%

in 2025

Peru

1.6%

in 2025

Colombia rank

13th

Peru rank

10th

Share of global forest area over time

Peru currently reports 1.6% against 1.4% in Colombia, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

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

Colombia ranks 13th 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.