Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 0.17 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Papua New Guinea, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 0.17 % for planted forest — share in forest land in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.17 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.14 %, in 1990.
That places Papua New Guinea 180th out of 191 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.14 % | 0.14 % | 0.14 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.14 % | 0.14 % | 0.14 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.145 % | 0.14 % | 0.16 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.165 % | 0.16 % | 0.17 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Inland waters — Area 998 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.42 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 13.52 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 190 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 62.99 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 885 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 23.49 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 330 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.11 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 2.68 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Papua New Guinea?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Papua New Guinea was 0.17 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.17 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.14 % in 1990.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 180th out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Planted Forest — Share in Forest land. 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.