Which has higher forest area, Bhutan or Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia, at 27,756 sq. km against 26,747 sq. km in Bhutan as of 2025.

What is the difference in forest area between Bhutan and Saudi Arabia?

1,009 sq. km, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Saudi Arabia?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as Forest area (sq. km). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Saudi Arabia: Forest area (sq. km)

Bhutan

26,747 sq. km

in 2025

Saudi Arabia

27,756 sq. km

in 2025

Bhutan rank

96th

Saudi Arabia rank

95th

Forest area (sq. km) over time

Bhutan
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 27,756 sq. km against 26,747 sq. km in Bhutan, a difference of 1,009 sq. km.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Saudi Arabia has been ahead every year.

Bhutan ranks 96th and Saudi Arabia ranks 95th of 214 countries.

Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	25,514 sq. km	27,680 sq. km	2,167 sq. km	Saudi Arabia
2000s	26,507 sq. km	27,680 sq. km	1,174 sq. km	Saudi Arabia
2010s	27,126 sq. km	27,680 sq. km	554.41 sq. km	Saudi Arabia
2020s	26,960 sq. km	27,718 sq. km	758.5 sq. km	Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest area, Bhutan or Saudi Arabia?: Saudi Arabia, at 27,756 sq. km against 26,747 sq. km in Bhutan as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest area between Bhutan and Saudi Arabia?: 1,009 sq. km, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Saudi Arabia?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Bhutan and Saudi Arabia rank globally for forest area?: Bhutan ranks 96th and Saudi Arabia ranks 95th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as Forest area (sq. km). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bhutan vs Saudi Arabia: Forest area. Statizoid, drawing on FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Retrieved 24 October 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/forest-area-sq-km/bhutan/saudi-arabia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/forest-area-sq-km/bhutan/saudi-arabia/">Bhutan vs Saudi Arabia: Forest area</a> — Statizoid

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: 262 places, 9,089 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 15 October 2026

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.