Forest area in Fiji
Fiji: Forest area was 1.14 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Fiji, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Fiji recorded 1.14 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Fiji peaked at 1.14 million hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 939,690 hectares, in 1990.
That places Fiji 124th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 969,741 hectares | 939,690 hectares | 999,792 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.03 million hectares | 1.01 million hectares | 1.06 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.09 million hectares | 1.07 million hectares | 1.11 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.13 million hectares | 1.11 million hectares | 1.14 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
- 121 Togo 1.22 million hectares compare
- 122 Azerbaijan 1.21 million hectares compare
- 123 Afghanistan 1.21 million hectares compare
- 125 Niger 1.06 million hectares compare
- 126 East Timor 1.05 million hectares compare
- 127 North Macedonia 1.03 million hectares compare
More environment data for Fiji
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 2.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.96 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.4004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0164 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0072 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0007 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.7997 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.373 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Fiji?
- Forest area in Fiji was 1.14 million hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest forest area recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 million hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 939,690 hectares in 1990.
- How does Fiji rank for forest area?
- Fiji ranks 124th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.