Forest area in Oceania

19 countries in Oceania, 2023. Unit: % of land area. World ranking →

First in the ranking
92.2 %
Federated States of Micronesia
Median country
51.9 %
half above, half below
World
31.1 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.0 to 92.2
Nauru - Federated States of Micronesia

How to read it

Across 19 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Federated States of Micronesia (92.2 %) and the lowest in Nauru (0.0 %).

The median country is at 51.9 %: half are above, half below.

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is 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 (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

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Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL, publisher: Food and Agriculture… · via World Bank WDI (AG.LND.FRST.ZS) · licence

Forest area over time

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Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Federated States of Micronesia92.2
2Palau90.5
3Solomon Islands90.1
4American Samoa85.2
5Papua New Guinea79.0
6Fiji63.5
7Samoa57.6
8Northern Mariana Islands53.0
9Marshall Islands52.2
10Guam51.9
11New Caledonia45.8
12French Polynesia43.1
13New Zealand37.8
14Vanuatu36.3
15Tuvalu33.3
16Australia17.4
17Tonga12.4
18Kiribati1.5
19Nauru0.0
World Bank, WDI · AG.LND.FRST.ZS · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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