France vs Malaysia: Share of global forest area

France

0.4%

in 2025

Malaysia

0.5%

in 2025

France rank

38th

Malaysia rank

35th

Share of global forest area over time

Malaysia currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in France, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times France's.

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

France ranks 38th and Malaysia ranks 35th 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.