Ethiopia vs Japan: Share of global forest area

Ethiopia

0.6%

in 2025

Japan

0.6%

in 2025

Ethiopia rank

24th

Japan rank

25th

Share of global forest area over time

Ethiopia currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Japan, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

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

Ethiopia ranks 24th and Japan ranks 25th 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.