Myanmar vs Papua New Guinea: Forest area
Myanmar
276,748 sq. km
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
357,552 sq. km
in 2023
Myanmar rank
22nd
Papua New Guinea rank
19th
Forest area over time
- Myanmar
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 357,552 sq. km against 276,748 sq. km in Myanmar, a difference of 80,804 sq. km.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.3 times Myanmar's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Myanmar ahead.
Globally, Myanmar ranks 22nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 19th of 214 countries.
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About this data
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.