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

Democratic Republic of Congo

3.4%

in 2025

Indonesia

2.3%

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

6th

Indonesia rank

8th

Share of global forest area over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 3.4% against 2.3% in Indonesia, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.5 times Indonesia's.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 6th and Indonesia ranks 8th 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.