Argentina vs Japan: Forest area

Argentina
282,462 sq. km
in 2023
Japan
249,350 sq. km
in 2023
Argentina rank
20th
Japan rank
23rd

Forest area over time

  • Argentina
  • Japan
0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k199020062023

How they compare

Argentina currently reports 282,462 sq. km against 249,350 sq. km in Japan, a difference of 33,112 sq. km.

That makes Argentina's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Argentina has been ahead every year.

Globally, Argentina ranks 20th and Japan ranks 23rd of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest area (sq. km)
Unit
sq. km
Source
FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 8,639 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Forest area is land 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.