Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Paraguay: Forest area

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
264,743 sq. km
in 2023
Paraguay
152,643 sq. km
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
44th
Paraguay rank
42nd

Forest area over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Paraguay
0100.0k200.0k300.0k199020062023

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 264,743 sq. km against 152,643 sq. km in Paraguay, a difference of 112,100 sq. km.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 1.7 times Paraguay's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Paraguay ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 44th and Paraguay ranks 42nd of 47 groups.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Paraguay Difference Ahead
1990s 252,239 sq. km 243,965 sq. km 8,274 sq. km Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 258,214 sq. km 214,520 sq. km 43,694 sq. km Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 265,864 sq. km 178,523 sq. km 87,340 sq. km Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2020s 264,851 sq. km 156,833 sq. km 108,018 sq. km Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest area, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Paraguay?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 264,743 sq. km against 152,643 sq. km in Paraguay as of 2023.
What is the difference in forest area between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Paraguay?
112,100 sq. km, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Paraguay?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Paraguay rank globally for forest area?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 44th and Paraguay ranks 42nd of 47 groups.
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.

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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
262 places, 8,671 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.