Forest area in Oceania

18 countries in Oceania, 2024. Unit: % of land area. World ranking →

First in the ranking
92.1 %
Median country
53.5 %
half above, half below
Range
1.3 to 92.1
Kiribati - Federated States of Micronesia

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Across 18 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Federated States of Micronesia (92.1 %) and the lowest in Kiribati (1.3 %).

The median country is at 53.5 %: 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

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Federated States of Micronesia92.1
2Palau90.8
3Solomon Islands89.8
4American Samoa79.6
5Papua New Guinea75.2
6Vanuatu74.6
7Fiji61.7
8Samoa57.6
9Marshall Islands53.6
10Northern Mariana Islands53.3
11Guam52.3
12New Caledonia48.1
13French Polynesia42.4
14Tuvalu39.6
15New Zealand38.9
16Australia17.4
17Tonga12.1
18Kiribati1.3
World Bank, WDI · AG.LND.FRST.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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