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
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
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.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global forest area, Japan or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.7% against 0.6% in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of global forest area between Japan and Sweden?
- 0.1%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for share of global forest area?
- Japan ranks 25th and Sweden ranks 22nd of 235 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.