Forest land — Share in Land area in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Forest land — Share in Land area was 75.15 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Share in Land area in Papua New Guinea, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 75.15 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Papua New Guinea peaked at 76.44 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 75.15 %, in 2024.
Papua New Guinea ranks 11th of 210 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 76.22 % | 76 % | 76.44 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.73 % | 75.52 % | 75.95 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.39 % | 75.23 % | 75.47 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.17 % | 75.15 % | 75.18 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 288 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 288 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 2,630 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 2,623 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 13 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 26 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 15,699 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 19,050 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Papua New Guinea?
- Forest land — share in land area in Papua New Guinea was 75.15 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 76.44 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.15 % in 2024.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 11th out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.