Gabon vs Japan: Share of global forest area

Gabon

0.6%

in 2025

Japan

0.6%

in 2025

Gabon rank

26th

Japan rank

25th

Share of global forest area over time

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

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

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

Gabon ranks 26th 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.