Which has higher forest area, Papua New Guinea or Sweden?

Papua New Guinea, at 340,290 sq. km against 279,340 sq. km in Sweden as of 2025.

What is the difference in forest area between Papua New Guinea and Sweden?

60,950 sq. km, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sweden?

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.

Papua New Guinea vs Sweden: Forest area (sq. km)

Papua New Guinea

340,290 sq. km

in 2025

Sweden

279,340 sq. km

in 2025

Papua New Guinea rank

20th

Sweden rank

22nd

Forest area (sq. km) over time

Papua New Guinea
Sweden

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 340,290 sq. km against 279,340 sq. km in Sweden, a difference of 60,950 sq. km.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Sweden's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Papua New Guinea ranks 20th and Sweden ranks 22nd of 214 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Papua New Guinea	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1990s	345,157 sq. km	281,080 sq. km	64,077 sq. km	Papua New Guinea
2000s	342,966 sq. km	281,225 sq. km	61,741 sq. km	Papua New Guinea
2010s	341,388 sq. km	279,987 sq. km	61,402 sq. km	Papua New Guinea
2020s	340,384 sq. km	279,340 sq. km	61,044 sq. km	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest area, Papua New Guinea or Sweden?: Papua New Guinea, at 340,290 sq. km against 279,340 sq. km in Sweden as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest area between Papua New Guinea and Sweden?: 60,950 sq. km, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sweden?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Papua New Guinea and Sweden rank globally for forest area?: Papua New Guinea ranks 20th and Sweden ranks 22nd 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.

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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.