Japan vs Sweden: Share of global forest area

Japan

0.6%

in 2025

Sweden

0.7%

in 2025

Japan rank

25th

Sweden rank

22nd

Share of global forest area over time

Sweden currently reports 0.7% against 0.6% in Japan, a difference of 0.1%.

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

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

Japan ranks 25th and Sweden ranks 22nd 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.