Statizoid

Mozambique vs Papua New Guinea: Forest area

Mozambique
360,265 sq. km
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
357,552 sq. km
in 2023
Mozambique rank
18th
Papua New Guinea rank
19th

Forest area over time

  • Mozambique
  • Papua New Guinea
0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k199020062023

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 360,265 sq. km against 357,552 sq. km in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 2,713 sq. km.

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

Globally, Mozambique ranks 18th and Papua New Guinea ranks 19th 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.