Sweden vs Tanzania: Share of global forest area
Sweden
0.7%
in 2025
Tanzania
1.0%
in 2025
Sweden rank
22nd
Tanzania rank
19th
Share of global forest area over time
- Sweden
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 1.0% against 0.7% in Sweden, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.6 times Sweden's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Tanzania has been ahead every year.
Sweden ranks 22nd and Tanzania ranks 19th of 235 countries.
Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.7% | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 1.2% | 0.6% | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 1.2% | 0.5% | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.4% | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global forest area, Sweden or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 1.0% against 0.7% in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of global forest area between Sweden and Tanzania?
- 0.3%, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Tanzania?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Sweden and Tanzania rank globally for share of global forest area?
- Sweden ranks 22nd and Tanzania ranks 19th 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.