Share of global forest area in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Share of global forest area was 0.8% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of global forest area in Papua New Guinea, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 0.8% for share of global forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1990.
That places Papua New Guinea 20th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 10.76 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.02 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.4503 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4689 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.71 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0024 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0104 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.8618 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Papua New Guinea?
- Share of global forest area in Papua New Guinea was 0.8% 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 share of global forest area recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1990.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for share of global forest area?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 20th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.