Forest in Oceania · 2023

What country in Oceania has the most forest?

Australia has the most forest in Oceania, with 1.3 million km² of forest.

Ranking by km²
#CountryShare of #1km²
1 Australia 1,340,051
2 Papua New Guinea 357,552
3 New Zealand 99,503
4 Solomon Islands 25,208
5 Fiji 11,601
6 Timor-Leste 9,169
7 Vanuatu 4,423
8 Samoa 1,602
9 Micronesia 645
10 Palau 417
11 Marshall Islands 94
12 Tonga 90
13 Kiribati 12
14 Tuvalu 10
15 Nauru 0

Key facts

Runners-up

Papua New Guinea is 2nd and New Zealand 3rd in Oceania.

Lead

Australia has 3.7× the figure of Papua New Guinea.

Share of the total

Australia alone accounts for 72.4% of all 15 ranked countries in Oceania.

Questions

What country in Oceania has the most forest?

Australia has the most forest in Oceania, with 1.3 million km² of forest.

What country in Oceania has the second most forest?

Papua New Guinea ranks second in Oceania, with 357,552 km².

How many countries are in this ranking?

15 countries in Oceania with data from World Bank (2023). Territories are not ranked.

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